tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952285463052789261.post1058651590424031078..comments2023-07-11T02:49:20.309-07:00Comments on Burgeon Verger: gloves are off in the boxing ringThe Vergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08959775216787359394noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952285463052789261.post-54636527794582005212008-09-11T10:56:00.000-07:002008-09-11T10:56:00.000-07:00Boxes aren't the problem. Boxes are a solution cr...Boxes aren't the problem. Boxes are a solution created to solve another, greater problem -- Web 2.0.<BR/><BR/>Since everything is connected and everyone is sharing, we need to showcase how everything is connected and everyone is sharing. <BR/><BR/>We need to have related topics, associated articles, popular tags, promoted videos, comments, responses, user details, descriptions, and galleries. User tools, sharing functions, rating abilities and log-in abilities.<BR/><BR/>We need to have header navigation and convenience navigation and left navigation (with primary, secondary and tertiary! categories). Not to mention ad units. And footers.<BR/><BR/>To keep all this crap in as useful a state as possible, boxes are actually a pretty reasonable solution -- they keep dissimilar content groups all living peacefully together on the same limited real estate. It's the same strategy the US is using in Iraq to quell sectarian violence. <BR/><BR/>The problem is, like in Iraq, boxes are a stop-gap and don't address the underlying problem -- too many dissimilar and competing content groups all vying for the same real estate. <BR/><BR/>Boxes are easy to get rid of: all you need is a little focus and boxes so small they're invisible to the naked eye. <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>We have navigation (primary, secondary and sometimes even tertiary. Tertiary!), page content, related page content, call-outs, sharing tools, comments,Damienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09648838399673847309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6952285463052789261.post-39557488563037637152008-08-19T06:43:00.000-07:002008-08-19T06:43:00.000-07:00Hey your blog template has boxes all over it. And...Hey your blog template has boxes all over it. And ones with rounded corners. What up with that?Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01163262798612657124noreply@blogger.com