Comments on: The Book and The Redesign http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/ Tutorials and screencasts Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:58:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Remy http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-5127 Remy Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:59:07 +0000 http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/#comment-5127 <p>Hi all,</p> <p>Yep - the book is still in progress, though @Project2501 is right, it's definitely not finished now that we've passed June (due to delays on both mine <em>and</em> the publishers side) - but I am still pressing on and I know it will be going to MEAP (early availability/first chapters, etc) soon.</p> <p>As soon as there's anything publicly available, I'll be publishing it here, and hopefully you have your input on what's been done so far.</p> <p>I'm hope you all like it and find it useful, book writing is strangely different to blog post writing: in particularly it's not interactive. Daft as it sounds, but being able to rely on links in blog posts makes a world of difference!</p> <p>Anyway, watch this space! :-)</p> Hi all,

Yep – the book is still in progress, though @Project2501 is right, it’s definitely not finished now that we’ve passed June (due to delays on both mine and the publishers side) – but I am still pressing on and I know it will be going to MEAP (early availability/first chapters, etc) soon.

As soon as there’s anything publicly available, I’ll be publishing it here, and hopefully you have your input on what’s been done so far.

I’m hope you all like it and find it useful, book writing is strangely different to blog post writing: in particularly it’s not interactive. Daft as it sounds, but being able to rely on links in blog posts makes a world of difference!

Anyway, watch this space! :-)

]]> By: Project2501 http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-5124 Project2501 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:48:03 +0000 http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/#comment-5124 <p>I second Tom... are you still working on the book? Having some degree of experience in that area, I was thinking that you might have been a little too optimistic regarding the book's schedule but then you also organized events and presented, worked on the jQuery API browser, etc., so being too optimistic or not, it doesn't seem like you could have been done with the book in June... unless, of course, you're actually superman(, which might explain a few things)..! At any rate, it'd be good to hear whether the book is still alive. Thanks!</p> I second Tom… are you still working on the book? Having some degree of experience in that area, I was thinking that you might have been a little too optimistic regarding the book’s schedule but then you also organized events and presented, worked on the jQuery API browser, etc., so being too optimistic or not, it doesn’t seem like you could have been done with the book in June… unless, of course, you’re actually superman(, which might explain a few things)..! At any rate, it’d be good to hear whether the book is still alive. Thanks!

]]> By: Tom Arnfeld http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-5078 Tom Arnfeld Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:47:17 +0000 http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/#comment-5078 <p>Hey, I really want this book.. when does it come out, and where can i buy it? Perhaps may i recommend Amazon, i have a voucher waiting to be spent on something VERY worth while! This!</p> Hey, I really want this book.. when does it come out, and where can i buy it? Perhaps may i recommend Amazon, i have a voucher waiting to be spent on something VERY worth while! This!

]]> By: Greg Johnson http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-1777 Greg Johnson Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:20:14 +0000 http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/#comment-1777 <p>Hey Remy,</p> <p>A few suggestions for the wire frames:</p> <p>The number of comments is not that important of an element. Too many designers give it undue emphasis and this is definitely one of those cases. On the articles page - http://quicksnapper.com/remy/image/categories-0000/ - (mistakenly labeled categories btw) a huge deal is made of the number of comments for each article. A much more useful bit of information for people would be the running time of the video and perhaps an arbitrary skill-level declaration for the post in question.</p> <p>Offer a popup for the videos. If a reader is on your site and following a tutorial, they're using their browser to do so.</p> <p>Wood grain and paper textures have been done to death. Keep it clean and keep it simple.</p> <p>Congrats on the book. I'll be looking forward to it.</p> Hey Remy,

A few suggestions for the wire frames:

The number of comments is not that important of an element. Too many designers give it undue emphasis and this is definitely one of those cases. On the articles page – http://quicksnapper.com/remy/image/categories-0000/ – (mistakenly labeled categories btw) a huge deal is made of the number of comments for each article. A much more useful bit of information for people would be the running time of the video and perhaps an arbitrary skill-level declaration for the post in question.

Offer a popup for the videos. If a reader is on your site and following a tutorial, they’re using their browser to do so.

Wood grain and paper textures have been done to death. Keep it clean and keep it simple.

Congrats on the book. I’ll be looking forward to it.

]]> By: rsteiner http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-1736 rsteiner Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:49:02 +0000 http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/#comment-1736 <p>Liking the new site design - a lot.</p> <p>What's up with all the black? Are you going to be peddling Black/Death Metal goods for extra cash?</p> Liking the new site design – a lot.

What’s up with all the black? Are you going to be peddling Black/Death Metal goods for extra cash?

]]> By: chovy http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-1713 chovy Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:28:15 +0000 http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/#comment-1713 <p>Awesome -- can't wait to read it.</p> Awesome — can’t wait to read it.

]]> By: Rusti http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-1707 Rusti Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:06:15 +0000 http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/#comment-1707 <p>I am looking forward to the book! </p> <p>I'd love to see the new design keep the orange colors, it makes you unique and identifiable. </p> <p>Keep up the good work! More complete noob stuff please!</p> I am looking forward to the book!

I’d love to see the new design keep the orange colors, it makes you unique and identifiable.

Keep up the good work! More complete noob stuff please!

]]> By: Tim Print http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-1705 Tim Print Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:34:22 +0000 http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/#comment-1705 <p>Your jquery tutorials are the best I've found for simple pixel pushers like me. I'm reading Jeremy Keith's 'Dom Scripting' at the moment and I'll definitely follow it up with your book when it's available.</p> Your jquery tutorials are the best I’ve found for simple pixel pushers like me. I’m reading Jeremy Keith’s ‘Dom Scripting’ at the moment and I’ll definitely follow it up with your book when it’s available.

]]> By: Remy http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-1701 Remy Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:46:08 +0000 http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/#comment-1701 <p>@William - absolutely. The colour won't be dark - this is purely for the wireframe phase so that we're focusing on the layout and presentation before we apply colour.</p> <p>Thanks again to everyone who posted.</p> <p>And, for those who couldn't quite see it, randomly, yes, it's an elephant!</p> @William – absolutely. The colour won’t be dark – this is purely for the wireframe phase so that we’re focusing on the layout and presentation before we apply colour.

Thanks again to everyone who posted.

And, for those who couldn’t quite see it, randomly, yes, it’s an elephant!

]]> By: William http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/comment-page-1/#comment-1700 William Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:22:50 +0000 http://jqueryfordesigners.com/the-book-and-the-redesign/#comment-1700 <p>Congratulations on the book. I also follow the site but am not one to post.</p> <p>I would like to make a comment on the new design though.</p> <p>The wire frame layouts are slick and exciting but please don't leave the color scheme dominantly black. I always have a hard time sticking around sites that are black.</p> <p>Anyways, Thanks for the excellent resource. I look forward to new tutorials, screencast and reading the book when it comes out.</p> <p>Regards, William</p> Congratulations on the book. I also follow the site but am not one to post.

I would like to make a comment on the new design though.

The wire frame layouts are slick and exciting but please don’t leave the color scheme dominantly black. I always have a hard time sticking around sites that are black.

Anyways, Thanks for the excellent resource. I look forward to new tutorials, screencast and reading the book when it comes out.

Regards, William

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