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Open Source Usability — Joomla! Vs. WordPress 240

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 03, 2009 @06:20AM from the apples-and-orange-trees dept.

An anonymous reader writes "PlayingWithWire profiles two open source tools for Web development, comparing Joomla! and WordPress through the lens of usability. The article has apparently upset a few people at the Joomla! forum, but it does bring up a good point. Many open source projects are developed by engineers for engineers — should they focus more on usability? PlayingWithWire makes a bold analogy: 'If Joomla! is Linux, then WordPress is Mac OS X. WordPress might offer only 90% of the features of Joomla!, but in most cases WordPress is both easier to use and faster to get up and running.'" The article repeatedly stresses that blogging platform WordPress and CMS harness Joomla! occupy different levels of the content hierarchy. How fair is it to twit Joomla! on usability?

Comment Re:Yes. (Score 1) 794

by pkaeding on Wednesday November 19, 2008 @09:18AM (#25816119) Attached to: Should You Get Paid While Your Computer Boots?

My old work computer would take 10 - 15 minutes to go from being turned off to ready to use, but that's only if you include the start up times of Outlook and Eclipse. Since I had to start those too, I couldn't really do something else for the entire time it took to boot up.

Now, I have a new Mac Book Pro, and it takes ~1.5 min.

Also, I am salaried, so the time it takes to boot doesn't matter as much, except for being frustrating.

Submission + - U Delaware breaks solar power efficiency record (renewableenergyaccess.com) 1

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mdsolar

on Tuesday July 31, 2007 @02:43AM

mdsolar writes: "Renewable Energy Access is reporting that a consortium led by researchers at the University of Delaware has achieved 42.8% efficiency with a silicon solar cell. The method uses lower concentration (factor of 20 magnification) than the previous record holder Boeing-Spectrolab made cell (40.7% efficiency) so that it may have a broader range of applications since tolerances for pointing the device will be larger. They are now partnering with DuPont to build engineering and manufacturing prototypes under DARPA's Very High Efficiency Solar Cell program which supports work towards achieving 50% efficiency. It is expected that these cells can help improve the military battery logistics pipeline, providing "soldiers with more power at reduced weight." They expect to be in production in 2010. On a roof, such cells would require less than half the surface area to produce the same amount of power as today's standard solar panels. This might leave room for panels to power plugin hybrids for cases where roof area is too limited to do this with standard panels."

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