Box.net has temporarily closed their doors for a feature update and bug fix, much to my inconvenience!! Just kidding, though I will find it helpful if they release some of the features they have talked about here. The ability to edit documents online with the ‘web-based document editor’ will come in very handy indeed…. here’s hoping!
Update: It appears it was a mistake and traffic was routed to a maintenance page by mistake.
Shuttle, the much needed ‘beautification of the WordPress Administration Panel’, is slowly becoming a reality it seems though the most movement appears to be unofficially from Mark over at the Sidejob. As Khaled, one of the original designers, highlights, ‘ WordPress is a community EFFORT.‘ and Mark seems to be doing a great job of implementing it on his own install.
While still a long way from finished, you can keep track on Marks blog of his interpretation of what will become the official dashboard of Wordpress in the future. Kudos for his initiative who knows he may just be involved in implementing this long overdue overhaul of the admin panel.
Well after the creaking and straining, Digg v3, is now up and live and appears to be coping with the early rush.
(5:00AM PST): Digg temporarily down while we switch over to Digg v3.0.
(6:10AM PST): Digg v3 is live.
(6:20AM PST): Demand is so high we’re adding more machines.
(7:50AM PST): We are making a run to bestbuy to pick up some more servers (kidding). Seriously though: We are seeing much higher activity than we normally do, so bear with us as we turn on additional machines and tweak the site throughout the day.
“It’s the event of the year for anyone interested in learning about and discussing the latest approaches to web design with some of the world’s most highly respected experts.”
With sessions on IE7, bug hunting, microformats, the future of web apps and much more this years @media looks amazing. To be held in London tomorrow and Friday (15th-16th June), the line up is awesome with the whose who of web design including Andy Budd, Dave Shea, Veerle Pieters, John Hicks with far too many more to mention.
Gutted I can’t go (its sold out now) but hopefully they will make the some of the sessions into podcasts for download afterwards. Pretty please?
Flock, the browser based on Firefox that encompasses all that’s great about the web, has gone beta and is available for download. They have gradually been improving the browser with regular new builds over the last few months and have finally released a beta that is much more stable and feature packed.
Along with the fanfare of the release they have had the website overhauled from what could be described as simple and functional to a site that really does the browser justice. I reviewed one of the early releases here but the changes here make it a worthwhile download again. Watch out for an updated review soon.
