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| Oct 25, 2010 at 7:27 | comment | added | stmath | I also love simple interfaces, hate flash and most javascript. However designing the page, for instance with reference to the 'less and more' principle (by dieter rams), is a must for a quality website. | |
| Oct 25, 2010 at 7:01 | vote | accept | stmath | ||
| Oct 24, 2010 at 17:17 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by François G. Dorais | ||
| Oct 23, 2010 at 19:48 | comment | added | Adam | stmath: that's funny, I really love the arxiv interface; it's so simple and everything is quick and snappy and responsive. I'm happy they haven't junked it up with all sorts of unnecessary flashy javascript nonsense... | |
| Oct 23, 2010 at 8:33 | comment | added | Pieter Naaijkens | @Adam: yes, you are right. This mainly works if you already have some familiarity with the field. This is more an answer to the "cutting edge" psrt of te question, not the best way to learn anew field. | |
| Oct 23, 2010 at 7:57 | comment | added | stmath | it sounds like a good approach and a alternative to what I am doing now. Sometimes I just wonder: science people are supposed to be smart. why are ALL the interfaces to sites like arxiv so poorly designed? I am searching also on 'Zentralblatt MATH' and again the interface is horrible.. | |
| Oct 23, 2010 at 1:05 | comment | added | Adam | Hrm, I have to say, though... it's probably going to be hard for a newcomer to sort out the good from the bad on the arxiv (it's just an archival service after all, not a peer-review mechanism). I've found that it's not very useful for me to follow the arxiv RSS feeds except in one or two very narrow areas where I'm confident I can tell the nonsense from the insightful... for the many more topics I'm casually interested in I haven't found the RSS feeds all that helpful. | |
| Oct 22, 2010 at 15:07 | history | answered | Pieter Naaijkens | CC BY-SA 2.5 |