I've been very pleased by the positive reaction to San Dimas. We
have beta testers from all over the world -- the US leads the way in
terms of number of beta testers, no surprise there. However, I was
surprised to find out that the number 2 country is... France! This is
despite both Germany and the UK having bigger eBay usage. Also, there
is no translated version of the interface yet, and we have done zero
press about San Dimas in France up until now.
As if it weren't
enough to be number 2 in beta testers, French bloggers and media have
written up a storm about it. Here are some of the stories:
Nouvelle version d'eBay en préparation
This
was the first French article, and was published back in April. After
this was published we saw a big spike in beta user registrations from
.fr email addresses.
Premiers pas dans le projet San Dimas - AccessOweb, le blog
What
appears to be an in-depth review of the San Dimas features. I say
"appears to be" because I can't actually be sure, since I was an abject
failure in learning French, this despite my four years of French class
in junior high and high school.
One of the commenters on the blog post says this:
"Pour
en revenir au graphisme, moi je le trouve au contraire très bien foutu
: plus classe que du html avec de légers dégradés, et surtout un écran
pas surchargé du tout où l'on pourrait se perdre, comme sur la homepage
d'ebay. On ne peut pas non plus le constater sur des screenshots mais
la navigation est très agréable également. Bref joli test pour une
jolie application !"
Which Google translates into this:
"To
return from there to graphics, me I find it very well on the contrary
foutu: more class that HTML with light ranges, and especially a screen
not overloaded of the whole where one could lose oneself, as on the
homepage of ebay. One cannot either note it on screenshots but
navigation is very pleasant also. In short pretty test for a pretty
application!"
Umm... thanks?
Application riche #13 : eBay San Dimas - Fabien Deshayes - Du client riche à un Internet riche
Another in-depth review, I think. My favorite quote is the following:
"La
grande force de San Dimas est à mon avis cette navigation complètement
nouvelle qui casse les codes d'une page web, ou même d'une application
de bureau plus classique : fini les pop-up, les rechargement : ici tout
se fait par onglets ou par panneaux, profitant à merveille des
technologies Flex et Air pour donner un style à part entière à San
Dimas."
Which translates as:
"The great force of San
Dimas is in my opinion this navigation completely new which breaks the
codes of a Web page, or even of an application of more traditional
office: finished the popones, recharging: here all is done by mitres or
panels, benefitting wonder from technologies Flex and Air to give a
style to whole share in San Dimas."
I'm calling pop-ups "popones" from now on.
Que sont les applications riches (RIA) ? - Partie 3 - Quel futur pour l'Internet riche ?
There
is a small San Dimas mention in this article, which is a three part
magnum opus on Rich Internet Applications. (3 part blog post! Take
that, Twitter!).
What I like about this one is that it refers to San Dimas as "projet San Dimas d'eBay".
Premiers regards Vidéo : Project San Dimas : Ebay en Apollo
I've
saved the best for last. Somebody made a 17 minute (17!) video of a San
Dimas walkthrough. In French. I have no idea what the narrator is
saying. Can anyone help translate this?
Bravo, French San Dimasers, Bravo
Note: This is a cross-post from my personal blog.
-Alan
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