Soooo it runs on my Mac just fine mostly! And the Skins is totally going to be like catnip to people, I think.
Now I'm going to list a bunch of nitpicks, many of which you probably already know about! They do *not* mean that I didn't like your prototype--on the contrary, it's awesome and that's why I'm listing these things out and took the time to play around with it enough to find them. I realize that it's just a prototype, and a really really well done one, and that these are just the types of suggestions to move a really nice prototype forward, not criticisms of what it doesn't do yet. Some may not even be valid on further reflection!
* I'd rename "Main" to something that says what it is displaying--"My Entries"? "My Journal"? Just "Journal"? Not sure, but something other than Main. * No Friends (on the left), they don't exist...except in our hearts! What it should be named will depend on the future purpose it has, ie "Circle" or whatnot. * The HTML preview pane is a great idea! It'll need some additions for DW syntax for things like usernames, cuts. You'll also need a "preformatted" toggle, and the preview pane should pay attention accordingly, since most people won't be formatting exact HTML and newlines will insert breaks. It would be cool to be able to resize the writing area/preview pane, and to rearrange whether they appear on top of each other or side by side! * I'd label the empty text box for mood something like "mood text" just to make it obvious. * After posting something with an empty subject, it ends up being called "null", and so a more descriptive "(no subject)" might work there better. Additionally, posting something with an empty subject appears to break the widget on the left, making have only one item displayed (with arrows on the side to move up and down). Since it only happens if the null subject is at the top of the list, it's fixed if you post another entry with a subject. * The "Journal entries" widget on the left might want to have "All" entries up at the top of the list, instead of the bottom, so it is easier to access. * On my Mac, no copy paste; don't know if it works on other OSes. * Personally, I think there should automatically be *one* new post pane up by default, during start up and after a post finishes, or alternatively have a "New Post" button on the left side. I don't think it's going to be very intuitive to go to the file. * Resizing while in post mode makes the left sidebar much bigger and it can't be resized smaller until I go back to the main pane. * If the window's pretty small, and you expand widgets that weren't expanded before, you can push the post widget out of the window's bounds. * Duh-nuh-nuh typo--when a login fails, "falid challenge request" instead of "failed challenge request". * If I put in a URL that doesn't resolve (aka www.foxfirefey.dreamwidth.net) it seems to hang forever instead of informing me of my silly error! * You talk about an editing option, so I know it exists, but I can't figure out how. Double clicking on individual entries in the left widget doesn't seem to do it, nor my equivalent of right clicking, nor selecting "Post" from the "File" menu when an individual entry is selected. Don't know if this is a platform issue or what!
I crit because I love!
Now I'm going to list a bunch of nitpicks, many of which you probably already know about! They do *not* mean that I didn't like your prototype--on the contrary, it's awesome and that's why I'm listing these things out and took the time to play around with it enough to find them. I realize that it's just a prototype, and a really really well done one, and that these are just the types of suggestions to move a really nice prototype forward, not criticisms of what it doesn't do yet. Some may not even be valid on further reflection!
* I'd rename "Main" to something that says what it is displaying--"My Entries"? "My Journal"? Just "Journal"? Not sure, but something other than Main.
* No Friends (on the left), they don't exist...except in our hearts! What it should be named will depend on the future purpose it has, ie "Circle" or whatnot.
* The HTML preview pane is a great idea! It'll need some additions for DW syntax for things like usernames, cuts. You'll also need a "preformatted" toggle, and the preview pane should pay attention accordingly, since most people won't be formatting exact HTML and newlines will insert breaks. It would be cool to be able to resize the writing area/preview pane, and to rearrange whether they appear on top of each other or side by side!
* I'd label the empty text box for mood something like "mood text" just to make it obvious.
* After posting something with an empty subject, it ends up being called "null", and so a more descriptive "(no subject)" might work there better. Additionally, posting something with an empty subject appears to break the widget on the left, making have only one item displayed (with arrows on the side to move up and down). Since it only happens if the null subject is at the top of the list, it's fixed if you post another entry with a subject.
* The "Journal entries" widget on the left might want to have "All" entries up at the top of the list, instead of the bottom, so it is easier to access.
* On my Mac, no copy paste; don't know if it works on other OSes.
* Personally, I think there should automatically be *one* new post pane up by default, during start up and after a post finishes, or alternatively have a "New Post" button on the left side. I don't think it's going to be very intuitive to go to the file.
* Resizing while in post mode makes the left sidebar much bigger and it can't be resized smaller until I go back to the main pane.
* If the window's pretty small, and you expand widgets that weren't expanded before, you can push the post widget out of the window's bounds.
* Duh-nuh-nuh typo--when a login fails, "falid challenge request" instead of "failed challenge request".
* If I put in a URL that doesn't resolve (aka www.foxfirefey.dreamwidth.net) it seems to hang forever instead of informing me of my silly error!
* You talk about an editing option, so I know it exists, but I can't figure out how. Double clicking on individual entries in the left widget doesn't seem to do it, nor my equivalent of right clicking, nor selecting "Post" from the "File" menu when an individual entry is selected. Don't know if this is a platform issue or what!
Anyway, great work! And I love your icon.