Hi Heikki, Hi OSAF Team, First, congratulations to everyone for putting new points on the scoreboard with this fantastic string of both Chandler and Cosmo releases since August, call 'em goals, call 'em home-runs, either way in my opinion they communicate the true energetic spirit of innovation and persistence of the larger team. So, yes, update the home page, frequently, and not just with release numbers (divergent or not)...that is, keep the world informed and engaged. Great things are happening.
Cheers, Andre Heikki Toivonen wrote: > Today, after we released Chandler Desktop 0.7.1, I realized we have a > problem on the http://chandlerproject.org home page. > > I suggested a format of release announcement which included only a link > to the home page, since I like the way how just about everything is just > one or two mouse click away from there. The alternative would have been > to include an actual download page link for the desktop. > > Anyway, the announcements went out, and now people come to the homepage. > They'll see the release countdown at the top, which said *.7*, *Sep 10, > 2007*. I asked Bear to change that to *.7.1* and *Oct 10, 2007*, but > there is still a problem. > > The problem is that the countdown can represent only one product, but > Cosmo and Chandler have already diverged in release numbers, and the > numbering difference is likely to get bigger since Cosmo releases faster. > > I *do* think it is important to change the homepage every time there is > a release, because rarely changing page is a signal of a stagnant > project to the casual observer (and search engine). It would also be > frustrating needing to click the download link just to see if there is a > new version available - it should be visible at a glance on the homepage > in my opinion. > > Thoughts? > > Reply-To: chandler-dev, please. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > cosmo-dev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/cosmo-dev > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Open Source Applications Foundation "chandler-dev" mailing list http://lists.osafoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/chandler-dev
