RE: sticky, I refuse to vote for a hack that simply took a pre-existing template modification and turned it into an inefficient plug-in. I mean, please.
I prefer to encourage innovation and hard work.
I have yet to see an idea that wasn't inspired from something that pre-existed. The concept of innovation is to take something to another level, not necessarily developing it from scratch. It's easy to criticize from the perspective of after fact.
I have yet to see an idea that wasn't inspired from something that pre-existed. The concept of innovation is to take something to another level, not necessarily developing it from scratch. It's easy to criticize from the perspective of after fact.
I guess when I cast my vote on this, I think about development complexity and time as well (not to mention support.) Folks tend to rally behind the easy-to-grasp hack, the one they clicked and made sense on their forum, and was easy to install. It seems that just because they may have been overwhelmed by the description of a huge hack, or because it didn't work for THEM, they'll ignore it as a HOTM contender.
I see this as the difference between, say, the People's Choice Awards and the Oscars. I think if only coders voted, you'd get a much different result here.
If I were coding for free here, I imagine I'd be disenfranchised to see what sort of hacks get rewarded and which get overlooked by this process. But maybe that's just me.
Everyone has their voting preferences. Personally, I like functional hacks, complex or not. I'm not swayed by what's most popular or what's easiest to install. If the hack has purpose and it works that's what matters most for me.
04-16-2006, 06:28 AM
Linear Mode
