denise | (no subject)

You know what I love? I've been upgrading my Dreamhack frequently in the past few weeks, because of the June hackathon, and yet, every time I do it, even if I'm doing it every few days, it's still always got lines like:

added 11 changesets with 42 changes to 31 files
added 16 changesets with 66 changes to 47 files
added 42 changesets with 144 changes to 109 files

(That's just from my scrollback, from the last week or so.)

The amount of effort and energy we've all put into knocking down the bug count this past month is just awesome. Seriously, I can't get over just how many things we're improving. I started making a list, during Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, of all the little tiny things we've fixed up -- stuff that's user-facing (so, none of the backend code cleanup type stuff) but small enough that it doesn't get a lot of attention when people are talking about DW's features and changes. I very quickly ran out of energy, but I got up to over fifty items and still wasn't out of the triple digits in the bug list I was working from. (Working forward from bug #1 onward.)

There are a lot of tiny-but-annoying things about running the site and the project that have been frustrating the hell out of me lately, and I think I need to go back to making that list and basking in it for a while. Because, really. The thing we've made here is pretty fucking awesome, and we all keep making it better.

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Yeah, Dreamwidth is pretty awesome. The site scheme is readable at my favourite font size! So are most people's styles! Seriously, making everything be in ems was such a bother at the time, but it's making a huge difference for a lot of people now.

Seriously! I can say the same thing about so many different things. The accessibility features and accessibility work is one of the things I'm most proud of; seeing all the people who can use DW without the hassle they find elsewhere on the internet is just awesome.

This was exactly what I needed to read right now.

The thing we've made here is pretty fucking awesome, and we all keep making it better.

Yes, yes, it is, and you do — thank you!

The thing is that unlike most places I hang out online, you guys improve things and it does not create new things to bitch about. I can't tell you how many games/social environments I've been in that have been "improved" out of playability/usability.

I tend to be change resistant, you guys handle it gracefully, sensibly and from the user standpoint, seamlessly. Bravo!

(-: DW is indeed ace and on a continuous upward path.