In case you were smart enough to avoid yesterday’s Dhimm debate in what was left of Vegas after the Uncle Jimbo Huns laid waste to Sin City last week, you may or may not know that I tried out a new piece of software from Cover It Live to live-blog it. It is a very interesting piece of work that allows the live-blog to be an interactive, non-refresh event.
First, the good:
– The creator interface is pretty much intuitive. What I like is not only are there buttons to create effects (with the standard CTRL-key combos working in the write window), but at least some standard HTML works (didn’t explore that beyond <a> and <i>)
– It works as advertised; no refreshing was required.
– For the most part, it was quick as greased lightning.
– Judging by the size of the iframe on my blog, it looks like the modern Windows standard of 800×600 resolution doesn’t require scrolling outside of the CoverItLive iframe.
Now, the not-so-good:
– There are a couple of items that are a bit daunting for the first-time user (playing audio and somewhat-limited polling chief among them)
– No edit-after-the-fact function (I’m only a fair typist)
A couple of requests:
– Allow the users to add their URL, like they do in the blog comments section.
– Allow the ability to edit “after the fact”.
– I didn’t notice an option to have the poll results display absoulte numbers rather than percentages; I’d like that.
Overall, it is a great way to live-blog.
