From: William Crawford <wccrawford@...>
Date: 2006-09-25T21:27:00+09:00
Subject: Re: New! ObjectiveView Issue 9

zoat wrote:
> Issue #9 of ObjectiveView [pdf], a highly respected on-line journal has

I'm not trying to troll, but calling something 'highly respected' while 
advertising it has exactly the opposite effect of what you intend.

As for the issue...  Yellow and orange?  I think my eyes are bleeding. 
The orange quotes with small bold type are hard to read (until you get 
to 200% magnification), and the yellow borders constantly draw my eyes 
away from the text into their staring yellow-ness.

The mass of advertisements taking up most of the cover page also scream 
'I'm in it for the money!'

It also seems to be heavily biased towards Extreme Programming.  While I 
love the idea of XP and some of its techniques are a lifesaver for me, I 
have a hard time believing that 'the one true way' exists and is 
'extreme.'  As with everything else, moderation is the key to success.

In short:  They're scaring off a lot of people before the magazine even 
gets read.

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