Radio 8.0
Okay, Radio must me one of those things that is just out of my comprehension bubble. I really tried to get into Radio 7.01 when it was out, then I heard that 8 was coming so I immediately threw away 7 and waited for 8.
It was going to be the weblog messiah. It would solve any problem. Which, you know...I'm always looking for something that will do that.
All the reviews that I have read so far seem to be coming from people who already groked Radio. So all the stuff they already knew how to do was there, and then all this great other stuff that just "made sense" to them.
The only non-gushy thing I've read about Radio 8 was on Flangy and even then it was only about the docs being rather...rough. Rough? How about not there. You get pointed to a discussion board.
Writing docs is hard. I know this. I hate writing them too. But good software needs good docs. The discussion board is a very valuable piece to fill in gaps, but I don't think it should be used as a substitute for the real thing.
For now, I'm going to have to stick with Manila.
Which brings me to my next point of contention with Radio 8. It does nothing to talk to a Manila server. Shouldn't Manila and Radio be complimentary products? Alright, maybe they are, but it would be nice if Radio could talk to Manila, and not just for editing stories.
I really like the way that Radio brings the news together and allow me to make a post based on what I'm reading. That is dead simple. Getting a weblog up in the Radio cloud is also dead simple. This is where there have done a great and amazing job. But I've put a lot of work into my weblogger.com site and want to keep it there. I like all the backend Manila stuff I can do. I want to use Radio to post to my Manila-based weblog. At least there I can be pberry.weblogger.com and not radio.weblogs.com/0100030/
I'm a person, not a number damnit! ;-)
If you ever read this "Dave", or any other developer on "Radio". You guys have obvioulsy done an amazing job. 3 million webloggers can't be wrong. In the word of George Costanza, "It's me, not you."
In no way am I saying that you shouldn't try Radio. It may be exactly what you need/want. In fact, give it a spin and tell me how I'm being stupid! Please!
