So it sounds like we'd want to go for a new site / front end, linking to this group as the 'support forum'. Then on the new site we'd sort out: Documentation with list of applescripts etc. Make a new update / plugins update system so users don't have to download plugins or updates from all different places Create a developer forum / mailing list Link to the source code over at... Etienne's github I think
I see what you mean Jon about stability. As much as I'd say "I'd be happy to host the site indefinitely" I can see that something could go wrong and mess up the site. I am up for hosting indefinitely though ;) And I still think google groups sucks badly :( You can't even edit the bloody posts! To any WEB DEVELOPERS: Anybody fancy working on making a new QS site design? I could do it but time is a problem for me as well :( Although Xmas hols would be a good place to start. On Nov 15, 3:19 am, "Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian)" <[email protected]> wrote: > As a group manager, I like the Google Group for general discussion. It > requires relatively little work for me (and I am not able to take on > more, nor do I think Howard is), and has the very great benefit of > stability. Moving to a volunteer-hosted website might offer us some > whiz-bang extra features, but frankly I don't trust volunteer hosting. > What happens when the hosting account expires? Who wants to pay for it > in perpetuity? To me it sounds like asking for trouble, no matter how > good the intentions of those volunteering to host a site for QS may > be. The user support group should be as stable and accessible as > possible, without any more sudden moves. > > As for the code and issues of fragmentation happening there, I am all > in favour of doing something to centralize that, and of keeping > discussion of code related matters on a code related forum. This group > should really be for users supporting users. Along those lines, I > would be entirely in favour of moving all the AppleScript related > stuff on this group to a proper code-related site as well. The group > is poorly designed for such a purpose, and it is a pain in the butt to > keep up with all the scripts that get submitted. I'd far rather have a > robust page somewhere that I can just point people to.
