Putting aside the current imbroglio I am completely and wholly supportive of any one who wants to host the interface range. I always have been. I encourage and support the user community in their efforts and thank Nuke; Hanni and others who have stepped up to the plate in this regard. I believe the distributed hosted model is the best way forward any way.
I am flattered that notwithstanding what are clearly their self evident deficiencies other folks should be willing to share a little of their bandwidth by hosting the range and good luck to them. If any body goes further and embraces and extends them then good luck to them as well. I have long believed that open source requires participation and sharing, *competition* and innovation. My simple templates are no more than a basic adaption of the default index and the necessary adjustment to the CSS. It is not rocket science. What I hope they do is free up users from CSS positioning and let them get on with the *design*. One of the things that has pleased me most is the way that some users have improved and developed their own design skills beyond all recognition once they had a stable platform to work on.
I also hope that whatever the terms of the debate; that the WordPress interface is firmly where it belongs – on the agenda. Furthermore many more users are now equipped with the common currency of the language necessary to engage in that debate. Even 9 months ago there was no mention of clearing floats and such to be found in these forums at all. Many many people have contributed to that process, and I would like to thank them all. Good luck and keep on rocking ??
