Hi, Mozilla.org is going to relaunch its website to reflect its new independence and focus on reaching not just developers but plain Jane and Joe Sixpack.
Since Mozilla.org also redesigned the developer area it's a tragedy to see that on the Mozilla Web Developer Portal Page you won't find a single link to XUL. Witness the disaster yourself @ http://website-beta.mozilla.org/docs/web-developer pcabellor comments on the MozillaZine discussion thread titled "Redesigned Mozilla Website Launching Soon": As posted previously on the Mozilla marketing mailing list, Microsoft already rolled out Betas for defining XML user interfaces for the next version of Windows, that is, Longhorn. That won't mean anything but competition for XUL and other technologies involved in XPFE. So I think, the website must emphasize, in the developer section, the tools and documentation available for creating apps on XPFE. There should be two clear section: one for Mozilla developers (programmers of the browsers and mail clients) and another for Mozilla technologies developers, interested in XUL. There should be a reference to http://books.mozdev.org, to XUL Planet and other resources. However, the best shot would be to have all these resources available directly from mozilla.org. I think this would increase developer's confidence and trust that there is a strong backing for it. Of course, links to third party resources complement the image, but mozilla.org MUST be the core. If there is going to be a press release when the new site is released (which, in fact, should happen), it would be a plus to be able to invite developers to visit XUL site where they could easily find all the resources they may need to start creating their own XUL apps. Has the Mozilla.org crowd lost it? Is it time for a leadership change to let XUL realize its full potential? Any comments? - Gerald ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ xul-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xul-talk
