Comments for Ethelcofie’s Thought-osphere http://blog.ethelcofie.com Bits and Bobs from Software development,New Technologies and other random stuff i have done Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:48:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 Comment on Volunteer Skills maybe we can help by ethelcofie http://blog.ethelcofie.com/2009/12/03/volunteer-skills-maybe-we-can-help/comment-page-1/#comment-112 ethelcofie Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:48:32 +0000 http://blog.ethelcofie.com/?p=141#comment-112 I see your point in my case its for national pride that i volunteer , but it is proven volunteering has many advantages to volunteer e.g Build a Network of Professional Contacts Keep on Top of Trends and Advances in Your Industry or even Find a New Job There are lots of sites that talk about why volunteering is good for anyone's career take a peek <ul> <li><a href="http://trainingpd.suite101.com/article.cfm/benefits_of_volunteering" rel="nofollow">http://trainingpd.suite101.com/article.cfm/benefits_of_volunteering</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/resources/how-to-guides/volunteer/doc/benefits-of-volunteering.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/resources/how-to-guides/volunteer/doc/benefits-of-volunteering.html</a></li> <li><a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Personal-Benefits-of-Volunteer-Work" rel="nofollow">http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Personal-Benefits-of-Volunteer-Work</a></li> </ul> hope you come on board and great job with the ghana blogging platform I see your point in my case its for national pride that i volunteer , but it is proven volunteering has many advantages to volunteer
e.g
Build a Network of Professional Contacts
Keep on Top of Trends and Advances in Your Industry
or even Find a New Job

There are lots of sites that talk about why volunteering is good for anyone’s career take a peek

hope you come on board and great job with the ghana blogging platform

]]> Comment on Volunteer Skills maybe we can help by Oluniyi David Ajao http://blog.ethelcofie.com/2009/12/03/volunteer-skills-maybe-we-can-help/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Oluniyi David Ajao Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:22:44 +0000 http://blog.ethelcofie.com/?p=141#comment-111 Are you sure volunteering skills would be effective? Web designers want to be busy making money. Keep up the good work. Are you sure volunteering skills would be effective? Web designers want to be busy making money.

Keep up the good work.

]]> Comment on Fckeditor for drupal usability nightmare by ethelcofie http://blog.ethelcofie.com/2008/10/08/fckeditor-for-drupal-usability-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-109 ethelcofie Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:17:59 +0000 http://blog.ethelcofie.com/?p=101#comment-109 thanks Charlie , for the explanantion again this proves the point that the ui is not intuitive enough thanks Charlie , for the explanantion again this proves the point that the ui is not intuitive enough

]]> Comment on Fckeditor for drupal usability nightmare by Charlie http://blog.ethelcofie.com/2008/10/08/fckeditor-for-drupal-usability-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Charlie Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:17:47 +0000 http://blog.ethelcofie.com/?p=101#comment-107 I think you're not understanding it fully. Say you have 100 apples and 2 buckets. If you put 10 apples in 1 bucket and 10 apples in another, where do the remaining apples go? The logic in the include/exclude is very simple. If it's not on that list, and you have it set to Exclude, then *everything else is included*. This is the default. I would actually recommend doing the opposite of the default -- the same approach be used as in modern firewall policies -- close everything for starters and then explicitly open/include them 1 by 1 as they are needed. I think you’re not understanding it fully.

Say you have 100 apples and 2 buckets. If you put 10 apples in 1 bucket and 10 apples in another, where do the remaining apples go?

The logic in the include/exclude is very simple. If it’s not on that list, and you have it set to Exclude, then *everything else is included*. This is the default.

I would actually recommend doing the opposite of the default — the same approach be used as in modern firewall policies — close everything for starters and then explicitly open/include them 1 by 1 as they are needed.

]]> Comment on Usability issues with the African Union website by Emmanuel.K.Bensah Jr. http://blog.ethelcofie.com/2009/07/26/usability-issues-with-the-african-union-website/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Emmanuel.K.Bensah Jr. Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:43:35 +0000 http://blog.ethelcofie.com/?p=113#comment-27 Ethel, many thanks for taking the time to visit the AU page on FB. The comments you make here are very pertinent. I agree as someone who manages the website for http://www.twnafrica.org that the AU website could be far better than it is. They could be using JOOMLA software for example. Right now, it i srather rudimentary, as if they are confined to using HTML-based software. Have they not moved on from that? Funny I say that; I LOVE HTML myself! U familiar with http://www.ghanablogging.com? I would like to recommend that you check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ghanablogging, from where I will add you to the list-serv. Look out for ghanablogging on Facebook as well as ghanablogger feeds. Hope to hear from you soonest! Ethel, many thanks for taking the time to visit the AU page on FB. The comments you make here are very pertinent. I agree as someone who manages the website for http://www.twnafrica.org that the AU website could be far better than it is. They could be using JOOMLA software for example. Right now, it i srather rudimentary, as if they are confined to using HTML-based software. Have they not moved on from that? Funny I say that; I LOVE HTML myself!

U familiar with http://www.ghanablogging.com? I would like to recommend that you check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ghanablogging, from where I will add you to the list-serv. Look out for ghanablogging on Facebook as well as ghanablogger feeds. Hope to hear from you soonest!

]]> Comment on Usability issues with the African Union website by Winifred http://blog.ethelcofie.com/2009/07/26/usability-issues-with-the-african-union-website/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Winifred Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:11:14 +0000 http://blog.ethelcofie.com/?p=113#comment-13 This is very good. I hope the webmatser gets to read this. Espercially as it has lots of visit. But there has been an improvement. The old site was very bad. Pleanty of room for improvement. This is very good. I hope the webmatser gets to read this. Espercially as it has lots of visit. But there has been an improvement. The old site was very bad.
Pleanty of room for improvement.

]]> Comment on Usability issues with the African Union website by ethelcofie http://blog.ethelcofie.com/2009/07/26/usability-issues-with-the-african-union-website/comment-page-1/#comment-12 ethelcofie Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:31:38 +0000 http://blog.ethelcofie.com/?p=113#comment-12 Yes totally confined to the future . I agree there are more issues than just the first page but its a start . Yes totally confined to the future . I agree there are more issues than just the first page but its a start .

]]> Comment on Usability issues with the African Union website by Conrad Taylor http://blog.ethelcofie.com/2009/07/26/usability-issues-with-the-african-union-website/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Conrad Taylor Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:11:01 +0000 http://blog.ethelcofie.com/?p=113#comment-11 Well done Ethel, I agree with you, the Flash splash screen phenomenon should be consigned to history. Especially ironic when you consider the slow links to the Internet which many regions of Africa still experience. Unfortunately the problems with the AU site don't end there, do they? Well done Ethel, I agree with you, the Flash splash screen phenomenon should be consigned to history. Especially ironic when you consider the slow links to the Internet which many regions of Africa still experience.

Unfortunately the problems with the AU site don’t end there, do they?

]]> Comment on Silly Computer Acronyms… by Ebenezer http://blog.ethelcofie.com/2009/02/04/silly-computer-acronyms/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Ebenezer Fri, 01 May 2009 16:12:02 +0000 http://blog.ethelcofie.com/?p=106#comment-10 Nice. :-) Nice. :-)

]]> Comment on Fckeditor for drupal usability nightmare by David Craddock http://blog.ethelcofie.com/2008/10/08/fckeditor-for-drupal-usability-nightmare/comment-page-1/#comment-6 David Craddock Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:54:08 +0000 http://blog.ethelcofie.com/?p=101#comment-6 Yeah, it was quite a tricky one - they could have put more effort into the interface. Yeah, it was quite a tricky one – they could have put more effort into the interface.

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