Comments on: A blog service by Microsoft http://www.forevergeek.com/2004/12/a_blog_service_by_microsoft/ Nerds are for Dorks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:14:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: andrew http://www.forevergeek.com/2004/12/a_blog_service_by_microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-6427 andrew Sat, 04 Dec 2004 01:27:52 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1001#comment-6427 Whoa... did FG just link to Slashdot? Spaces can be summed up in one word: <strong>fugly</strong>. Whoa… did FG just link to Slashdot?

Spaces can be summed up in one word: fugly.

]]> By: Rob http://www.forevergeek.com/2004/12/a_blog_service_by_microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-6426 Rob Fri, 03 Dec 2004 21:42:10 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1001#comment-6426 Yeah, I tried using h2's and such in my blog entry, but it strips them out. No doc types, no custom styles, very little semantic markup, blah. Of course, the thought of someone who knows how to code using M$ for their blogging is pretty far-fetched. I guess you can always have fun on M$'s bandwith. Start up a pro-firefox blog. It will make you feel a little better. Here's mine: http://spaces.msn.com/members/firefoxbrowser/ As a side thought that's waaaay of topic, if thousands (hundreds of thousands,millions?) of people linked to Firefox with "Microsoft" as the link text, would it push our friendly fuzzy browser to the top of the Google list? Yeah, I tried using h2’s and such in my blog entry, but it strips them out. No doc types, no custom styles, very little semantic markup, blah. Of course, the thought of someone who knows how to code using M$ for their blogging is pretty far-fetched.

I guess you can always have fun on M$’s bandwith. Start up a pro-firefox blog. It will make you feel a little better. Here’s mine:

http://spaces.msn.com/members/firefoxbrowser/

As a side thought that’s waaaay of topic, if thousands (hundreds of thousands,millions?) of people linked to Firefox with “Microsoft” as the link text, would it push our friendly fuzzy browser to the top of the Google list?

]]> By: Dylan http://www.forevergeek.com/2004/12/a_blog_service_by_microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-6425 Dylan Fri, 03 Dec 2004 17:51:55 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1001#comment-6425 I posted about this on my blog too. From a technical standpoint, it's atrocious. It doesn't even come close to validating against any kind of standard. It doesn't even output a doctype. In my blog, I ranted about Michael Connolly's "space". He's a group manager for MSN Spaces. I pointed out that his ONE ENTRY BLOG took up 122k and that I could take a screenshot that took up less space. And I did: http://mboffin.com/stuff/mikes-space.jpg The themes are horrible. The backgrounds are short and if you have more than a two-entry blog, or several things in your sidebar, the background just stops and your site keeps going. Also, the Terms of Service are unreal. As stated in the TOS, Microsoft basically owns anything you post INCLUDING YOUR PHOTOS and can do whatever they please with what you post. It's in total contrast to Blogger, where they explicitly state that you own all content you post to Blogger. I read somewhere a great description of what it will probably end up being in the near future: A new Geocities with thousands upon thousands of atrociously designed, dead blogs, started and abandoned by teenagers everywhere, full of useless content. I posted about this on my blog too. From a technical standpoint, it’s atrocious. It doesn’t even come close to validating against any kind of standard. It doesn’t even output a doctype. In my blog, I ranted about Michael Connolly’s “space”. He’s a group manager for MSN Spaces. I pointed out that his ONE ENTRY BLOG took up 122k and that I could take a screenshot that took up less space. And I did:

http://mboffin.com/stuff/mikes-space.jpg

The themes are horrible. The backgrounds are short and if you have more than a two-entry blog, or several things in your sidebar, the background just stops and your site keeps going.

Also, the Terms of Service are unreal. As stated in the TOS, Microsoft basically owns anything you post INCLUDING YOUR PHOTOS and can do whatever they please with what you post. It’s in total contrast to Blogger, where they explicitly state that you own all content you post to Blogger.

I read somewhere a great description of what it will probably end up being in the near future: A new Geocities with thousands upon thousands of atrociously designed, dead blogs, started and abandoned by teenagers everywhere, full of useless content.

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