Uli Mayring wrote: <snip/> > > Period #user #dev /user /dev ratio > 2001/2002 14504 18083 1116 1387 0.8 > 2000/2001 15664 10505 1205 808 1.5 > > While development has substantially increased, usage has remained > constant. Conclusion? > > Ulrich > AS a user I can say that it's very hard to use Cocoon. Don't get me wrong, *I* love it and I can see the potential, but I think that many potential users will look at it and think 'christ I'm never going to figure all that out' and then leave.
I've been following Cocoon for a long time but occasionally, when I have had a lot of other work to do, I take my eye off the ball. Given the fast moving nature of the project it means that coming back to it after just a couple of months can be very hard work. Dare I mention the documentation? Ok I'll stick my neck out... The missing bits of it and the lack of detail make things hard for the users. There seem to be a number of places where the available parameters and the use of them is not explained. I'm often digging around in the source code to see if I can figure out what's meant to be going on. I don't think that the majority of users will even bother downloading the source code. Ok, I've gone on more than I meant to here and it does sound a bit critical. It's not really meant to, like I said, I love Cocoon but it's hard work. Regards, Simeon -- Simeon Walker, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] School of Biological Sciences, phone: +44 (0)1248 383702 University of Wales, Bangor, fax: +44 (0)1248 382569 Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK. www: http://biology.bangor.ac.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
