I must say, experiencing that preview from afar was a lot like watching an episode of L O S T.
A bit of warm and fuzzy, lots of tantalizing little tastes, but we didn’t actually get to see anything. There was much excitement to be had, then a huge cockblock at the end (dong!). More new questions now we have than old ones answered, and left we were craving more, more, more. When will the mysterious EL Island reveal its divine secretes?
MS, thanks for the link. David, thanks for the photos.
1st Impression:
I’m excited for a new CP. Based on those screenshots I don’t know how much tho. Everything seems so large. I wonder, can the CP be themed? I’ll reserve my final judgement for when I can I actually install it and give it a run through. I was hoping for more information on how CI and EE are integrated. I would love to see some screencasts by EllisLab on that. Also, I’m glad to see JQ is integrated into EE now and that the CP takes advantage of that. All in all I’m a little disappointed that it wasn’t more detailed. But then again I got my info from David’s twitter so I’m sure my view is somewhat skewed.
Glad to see the EllisLab team has been working hard. Can’t wait for a public beta or something.
Keep in mind that images that are leaking out today are previews of work in progress. So there will still be improvements between now and release. So if you think something is missing, don’t panic.
At some point today there should be a podcast posted here of one of our previews here:
We’ll be posting more info for everyone as soon as we all get a break. We’re booked solid today so don’t wear-out the refresh button, look for some real meaty info in a day or so.
I really liked the changes to the CP, overall. Seems liks skimng it will be prstty easy. I’m going to the next session so I can hear it all over again. Looks like significant changes have been made to image and file uploads, although these weren’t specifically touched on.
Keep in mind that images that are leaking out today are previews of work in progress. So there will still be improvements between now and release. So if you think something is missing, don’t panic.
I was getting worried when I didn’t see the Full E-Commerce Module button on there… lol
Not wanting to put a dampener on all the fun but from what I have seen of the admin back-end I don’t think I like it. I know that I haven’t seen it in its full glory yet and with all the Javascript goodness going on but to me it just looks too much like all the other web 2.0 CMS systems that are out there and looks less in-depth. I know that a lot of people find the admin panel sometimes confusing but I like the fact that you can take parts out for certain people.
The screen-shots I have seen look like they don’t have a lot in them to start with.
I will totally reserve my true feelings until I have had a chance to have a go with the final version though but just my first impressions really, sorry. :-(
Not wanting to put a dampener on all the fun but from what I have seen of the admin back-end I don’t think I like it. I know that I haven’t seen it in its full glory yet and with all the Javascript goodness going on but to me it just looks too much like all the other web 2.0 CMS systems that are out there and looks less in-depth. I know that a lot of people find the admin panel sometimes confusing but I like the fact that you can take parts out for certain people.
The screen-shots I have seen look like they don’t have a lot in them to start with.
I will totally reserve my true feelings until I have had a chance to have a go with the final version though but just my first impressions really, sorry. :-(
Best wishes,
Mark
Please deregister yourself immediately.
I’m sure it will become clear with a screencast or two. There is a lot of AJAXy goodness to minimise clutter. It looks good to me guys!
From the one blurry screenshot I tend to agree about the look. However the extra functionality looks great and the fact that Veerle designed it (hopefully coded it) means it should be easy to update.
But you never know until you try it for yourself and I can’t wait!
Mark Bowen - 08 March 2008 02:30 PM
Not wanting to put a dampener on all the fun but from what I have seen of the admin back-end I don’t think I like it. I know that I haven’t seen it in its full glory yet and with all the Javascript goodness going on but to me it just looks too much like all the other web 2.0 CMS systems that are out there and looks less in-depth. I know that a lot of people find the admin panel sometimes confusing but I like the fact that you can take parts out for certain people.
The screen-shots I have seen look like they don’t have a lot in them to start with.
I will totally reserve my true feelings until I have had a chance to have a go with the final version though but just my first impressions really, sorry. :-(
Good work Derek. I’m not sure about the garish colour scheme though. Please think about dropping in a more subdued version. The current colour scheme plus an old school purple would be nice
To answer a few questions quickly that I’ve seen already (trying to fit this in during lunch and crummy internet connection), YES the CP will be easily themable, YES jQuery is integreted and easily useable, NO its not finished. YES we love the new CP.
Thanks for the images! Didn’t mean to sound down on what I had seen so far but as Leevi said from the blurry shots seen so far it wasn’t really much to go by. Looking at the images that you have provided they do look a lot better. I think for me what is doing it is the button bar at the top. I just don’t think it goes with the rest of the design. Will that be easy to change. I have never really been one for gradients opposing each other I’m afraid.
Saying that though the images you have provided do give a much better overview and I can’t wait to get my hands on the final version and give it a run for its money when it is ready. I’m sure it will blow me away so please ignore everything I have said previously
