MDN Blog

95 points by aydgn 2 years ago | 14 comments
  • raybb 2 years ago
    Perhaps the intro blog post should be the one linked: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/welcome-to-the-MDN-...

    Interesting that they'll have sponsored posts.

    • jarebear6expepj 2 years ago
      Interesting that you think it's interesting. If there ever was a place for it, this would be it. I would personally prefer them doing it on their blog than being interrupted in the docs. At least I know what I am getting with the blog.

      Where would your preference be for their monetization strategy?

      • cjpearson 2 years ago
        Maybe it can be done well, but the Stack Overflow experience wasn't great. It's just filled with junk paid promotion articles and I avoid it completely now. Maybe the blog is useful for marketing their products, but IMO it's definitely damaged their brand value.

        Donations is a bit of a cop-out answer I know, but it can work for reference works. I wouldn't want Wikipedia to fund itself with sponsored articles.

        • sixo 2 years ago
          If the promotions ruined the channel the price was too low.
        • itsuka 2 years ago
          I wish they'd update their docs with better examples before creating content in other areas, such as tutorials and blogs.

          As an example, when comparing these two pages:

          - Blog: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/css-color-module-le...

          - Reference: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color

          It is apparent that the reference page lacks any mention of features from level 4 such as oklch, display-p3, and color function. Also, a search for "display-p3" in the search bar returns no result on that page.

          • chrismorgan 2 years ago
            You’re looking at the reference page for the ‘color’ property, but that’s the wrong thing: all this stuff belongs on the page for the <color> data type; and that’s where it’s found: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color_value. Frankly, I’d prefer the color property page (and background-color, and border-color, and …) to deliberately not have so many diverse examples, and link much more prominently to the <color> page.
          • slater 2 years ago
            Listen here, you. I want my Mozilla monetizations to be IN MY FACE, in-browser advertising overlays for their latest branded non-Firefox offering, while I'm trying to browse on an unrelated website.

            (/s)

        • muli_d 2 years ago
          I find it amusing that even when you're on the MDN Blog URL (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/), it still shows you a banner on the top that says "Discover the latest web development insights on our new MDN Blog", which links to the exact same page. :)
          • tosbourn 2 years ago
            I'm excited to see the articles they produce.

            I was a bit disapointed to see their RSS feed doesn't let you read the posts in your reader of choice.

            Just some generic "click here to read more" descriptions and massive images.

            I get that they're wanting to to sponsored stuff and for that they need stats and what have you, but I expected a bit better.

            • the-printer 2 years ago
              MDN has the advantage of being more accessible (!mdn bang on DuckDuckGo, Dash docsets) but I prefer O'Reilly's Pocket References, although they may be a tad out of date.
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                • kellengreen 2 years ago
                  Hopefully this can help fill the void left by CSS-Tricks.