On Wednesday 15 April 2009, Daniel Carrera wrote: > The term "patch reordering" does not sit in isolation. The front page I > designed with Eric's and Stephen's input should address all of those > concerns very effectively.
That is a matter of opinion. In mine, the term patch reordering doesn't belong to the first page as it requires more than the 5 minute attention span of a new user trying to figure out if what he is seeing is worth more of his time. > Without necessarily agreeing with the "intriguing" part (in case we > don't agree on what that word means) Why do we have to agree on what it means? It means what the dictionary definitions says it means: "capable of arousing interest or curiosity" > I feel confident that the front page I wrote motivates people to dwell > into it and learn more. > [...] > The new pages I wrote drive home this point very effectively. Please > read the latest points on the list. I think you misinterpreted my post. It was not about _you_ or the work you're doing. It was meant to share my experience and give some hints of what someone may look for and what can motivate them to come to darcs. You can dismiss it all you want, but I know for certain that if 5 years ago David would have used marketoidy language on the front page and references to "smart patches", "patch flipping" and how "Darcs thinks the way you think" (sic), I would have ran away in 5 seconds. Interestingly enough, what made me interested was something that nowadays many people consider it doesn't belong there: "based on a theory of patches". Contrary to what people believe that using the word theory in there will make users believe that it's hard and you have to learn a theory before you can use it, such a thing never crossed my mind. In my case that conveyed the idea of robustness and the feeling of security knowing that it has a strong foundation. > [...] make a big deal of how natural Darcs' approach is, and how > "Darcs thinks the way you think". I hope this kind of cheesy marketoid language doesn't make it on the front page. Darcs is a tool, not a brain. I guess you want to convery the fact that it doesn't stand in your way, but that is just the wrong way to put it. Next would be "Darcs feels your pain when you have a conflict so it tries very hard to resolve them for you" :P If I want that kind of nonsense I can open the TV and watch commercials. -- Dan _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
