Allow "lay out" of items, ala newspaper design, rather than just stack items.
Matt Carroll
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We do plan additional layout and design options in the future. For now, technically-savvy users can use CSS or our API to reformat stories any way they would like.
20 comments
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Wenjie Xue
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need more pictures
the video would be better if showed more topic words. -
Simon Howat
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Would be great. The 'last in at the top' idea can work, but would be really nice to be able to organise the home page.
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DJ
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Yes, please! Whole classes of students could create their own newspapers!
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Bateman
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Are there no updates anymore on this?
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ianf
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Stories are by their very nature LINEAR in format,
i.e. lists of items, links, in "boring long blobs".Had they been assembled in more spatially-relaxed
manner, how would you present them COHERENTLY
on smaller, e.g. mobile displays where there simply
isn't enough screen real estate to play with? Granted,
Storify's layout isn't perfect, but there are clear dis-
advantages to non-linear renderings in a browser
as well.For a sample of alternative 3-column side-by-side
item placement, visit competing service Bundlr.com
http://gobundlr.com/b/conflict-in-burma - then see
if it is anywhere near more satisfying after the
novelty has worn off. -
Andrea Schiefer commented
Hell yeah! Isn't that the point, is to STORIFY things? How boring is it to see a list of links with a short little blurb about them, maybe some photos, in one long blob? I think the whole thing is a great idea but has A VERY LONG WAY TO GO. Lay out options would be a very over-needed and generous START!
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K P
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absolutely - it's really needed. Brilliant idea btw /KP
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Anonymous
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There should be a way to filter what we want to view #scarr01
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David Ainsworth
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I'd like to be able to arrange stories in chapters, which can be expanded and contracted depending on which the user is interested in - similar to the way that Twitter allows you to see your general feed and tweets from one guy at the same time.
For example I'm talking about a conference I went to, and I want to group all the tweets, news stories, etc, which apply to a particular session. I'd like people to be able to see a list of all sessions, while reading a list of all news relating to one particular session.
But it would be better if
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ianf
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I don't think this such a great idea. Telling stories is by
default a SEQUENTIAL activity, creating and reading.
Sequential meaning text chunks logically following
previous chunks, not spread out all over the screen
in what may be –for the reader– a very unintuitive
order. Sooner or later the only way to read such
a "text-quilt" is to acquire a 30" monitor (compare
it with this highly engrossing but impossible to view
at a glance on less than huge monitor "Notes on
Sinking" from 1995 - PRE RSS, thus hardcoded story
http://desires.com/1.6/Word/Sinking/sinking.htmlHaving a newspaper-like canvas on which to place all
the individual elements –by drag and drop, too– would
make the client that much more complex. Besides, there
already is a viable alternative for such newspaperlike
designs - create your own RSS-fed rag @ http://paper.li/ -
Jimzzp
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This is an ausome display of mother nature and her powers.
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Amir Arsiwala commented
It would also help if there was an option to arrange all stories according to sub-topic or media. For example, keep all tweets to one side, and videos to another.
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Katie K.
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I would like a story board template to design the story on.
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Mark Woodward commented
How can we use css? Where is the style file, or how can we access it?
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Jeff
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Having a lay out design is good for grouping items, and it makes it more visual appealing while also making it easier for us to see. We're used to taking in a lot of info at once (on the web), so the stacking kind of goes what we're used to.
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Richard Edwards Breed commented
Oh yeah! ...the digital bridge versions of the visual marriage of analog...and digital delivered on a Cyber Platter/Platform! ..whew, this Krug is suede tonight! {& what a beautiful misuse of suede...punny me. Hmmm, dang, drunk @ a job IV! &*&##@@#@$^%&!!! ..ok: where do I get fitted for my 'servers tux'!}
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Susanne
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Absolutely need more pictures on this page - the Council logo doesn't incite to open the story. Facebook does this one well.
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Rusty Cawley, APR
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I would definitely help to be able to provide a more user-friendly display that allows me to emphasize the most important posts. Dividing the pages into "section" perhaps as tabs would also be great. I would sub to a premium edition if all that were available. An RSS would also be good.
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Jasper commented
It would be great if Storify would look closely at Flipboard and 'lend' some of their great features. The two of them combined would make a great service! (I like them both the way they are now as well ;-)
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Tomazic
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Great idea
