hi christoph So I felt free to add some > introduction, changed the formatting / numbering a bit, added a license > recommendation, and changed the text a bit. Concerning the latter, my > aim was to emphasize the personal contribution ... I hope that's fine > for you. >
yes, of course :) and the formatting is way better now, thanks a lot! What's the next thing you'd like to improve? ;-) uhmm, i guess this is ok for now. it's not too long, which means new contributors can read through it in a few minutes, but it contains all the important things they should be aware of when making contributions. the only thing i'd add is a link to this page from the "get started" page (if there is one) or from the "design kick off" page. tobias 2011/10/29 Christoph Noack <[email protected]> > Hi Tobias! > > First, thanks for the help :-) > > Am Freitag, den 28.10.2011, 17:51 +0200 schrieb Tobias Bernard: > > hi all > > > > after some busy weeks where i've been absent from the mailing list, > here's a > > first draft for the collaboration wiki text. > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Collaboration > > > > as i said, i don't have a lot of experience with mediawiki, so the > > formatting could probably be better and there are probably still some > > language errors ;) > > what do you think? > > That's great - it is much simpler to refine something once its there, > than having to create something new. So I felt free to add some > introduction, changed the formatting / numbering a bit, added a license > recommendation, and changed the text a bit. Concerning the latter, my > aim was to emphasize the personal contribution ... I hope that's fine > for you. > > Thanks a lot! What's the next thing you'd like to improve? ;-) > > Cheers, > Christoph > > > > 2011/10/3 Christoph Noack <[email protected]> > > > > > Hi Tobias, all! > > > > > > Am Montag, den 03.10.2011, 21:00 +0200 schrieb Tobias Bernard: > > > > So, Tobias (or anybody interested), could you start such a > > > > > "Design/Collaboration" page? > > > > > > > yes, i could. great idea! > > > > > > Cool - thanks a lot! > > > > > > > but i'd probably need some help, because i don't have a lot of > exprience > > > > with mediawiki (i tried to create a new page, but couldn't find the > > > option > > > > to do it). so if someone creates a page i'd write the text ;) > > > > > > Done :-) Here it is ... > > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Collaboration > > > > > > Creating a page in MediaWiki is a bit funny, yes. You need to browse to > > > the inexistent page (e.g. by typing in a URL), then you get the option > > > to "Create" it. But, you need to be logged in. > > > > > > Thanks again! I'm sure we can make it a helpful resource for new team > > > members ... if others think stuff is missing (e.g. I always wanted to > > > know ..., I know others always missed ...), then please jump in. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Christoph > > > > > > > tobias > > > > > > > > > > > > 2011/9/29 Christoph Noack <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > Hi Tobias, all! > > > > > > > > > > Am Mittwoch, den 28.09.2011, 21:51 +0200 schrieb Tobias Bernard: > > > > > [...] > > > > > > but as i already said and others too mentioned, it *is* a > problem, > > > when > > > > > > design is done with proprietary software and no soures are > available > > > in a > > > > > > standard format (in our case SVG). > > > > > [...] > > > > > > in any way, i highly recommend everyone to use free software > from the > > > > > very > > > > > > beginning, so we don't have to deal with such problems in the > future. > > > > > > > > > > I still totally agree ... and you've stated many reasons why the > use of > > > > > open file formats and free software is required to enable > > > collaboration. > > > > > > > > > > So, I'd like to kindly ask you for a favor - could you please > summarize > > > > > these thoughts on a wiki page, so that other new community members > get > > > > > an idea how "we" usually work? That was something I had in mind > since > > > > > quite some time ... but never managed to start writing such a > page. I > > > > > promise that I'll add stuff later ;-) > > > > > > > > > > And, it would be greatly complement our already existing tools > page: > > > > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/User_Experience/Tools > > > > > > > > > > So, Tobias (or anybody interested), could you start such a > > > > > "Design/Collaboration" page? > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Christoph > > > > > > > > > > > 2011/9/28 David Nelson <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry, but I disagree with criticising Aleksandar like this. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1) We need creative people doing work for our project. I don't > > > really > > > > > > > care what he uses, as long as the format of the source files is > > > > > > > accessible. Sure, it would be great if he was using Gimp or > > > Inkscape, > > > > > > > but Photoshop can output files that can be read with those > > > programs, > > > > > > > and Gimp can read .psd. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2) We all have our favorite tools. I run Linux 24/7 on my > system, > > > but > > > > > > > I always keep a copy of Photoshop 6/ImageReady installed using > > > > > > > Wine/Crossover Office, simply because I know how to easily do > > > things > > > > > > > with them that *can* be done with Gimp but only in a more > > > round-about > > > > > > > manner. Plus, there are things that Gimp and Photoshop each do > > > > > > > slightly better or worse than the other. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So I think Aleksandar should be left to use what tools he > wants. > > > You > > > > > > > do know that Photoshop is a *very* commonly-used tool among > graphic > > > > > > > artists, right? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So can we stop the flaming in this thread about tools? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tobias,Vitorio, when I the same real productive output for the > > > > > > > LibreOffice project from you guys as Aleksandar has > contributed, > > > then > > > > > > > you can start bitching. Until then, please let the guy work in > > > peace. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > David Nelson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > Problems? > > > > > > > > > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > > > > > > Posting guidelines + more: > > > > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > > > > > > List archive: > http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > > > > > > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and > cannot > > > be > > > > > > > deleted > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > [email protected] > > > > > Problems? > > > > > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > > > > Posting guidelines + more: > > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > > > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > > > > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and > cannot be > > > > > deleted > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > [email protected] > > > > Problems? > > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > > > Posting guidelines + more: > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > > > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot > be > > > deleted > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > > > Problems? > > > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > > Posting guidelines + more: > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > > > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > > > deleted > > > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
