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12013-07-14T20:53:21-07:00Kasie Reyesd822f24fb52194a74961690d2c69b573be5a75657501A Critique of Scalarplain2013-07-14T20:53:21-07:00Kasie Reyesd822f24fb52194a74961690d2c69b573be5a7565After going through all of the information on the home page and playing with some of the features, I am still quite shaky with the platform. It is something that I think has a bit of a learning curve, and takes considerable time to master. The home page demo assumes that the user is familiar with blogging, which I think poses a problem: I picture bloggers as either aspiring writers or serious DIYers. That assumption made me feel like I was at an extreme disadvantage, and right away (if not for the class) I would have found something simpler. I like the ways in which it is "flat" and also not linear, but the assumption that all authors are equal in a Scalar work is false, as it assumes that all would have the same technological abilities.
Also this is the second site that has only worked on Chrome. Not that I am super anti-Google, but I hate when I am unable to access a website on a computer without that browser.
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