Nice work, Tim! Would it be useful to have links to show the javascript that makes the example run, or are we assuming that folks know to right-click and view source? I think we could easily get the content of the script tag for the example and pop it up in a div or something.
Paul On 9-May-08, at 1:26 PM, Tim Schaub wrote: > Hey- > > So, I've got examples on the brain. A few thoughts: > > I'd like it if we could keep more acceptance testy style examples > out of > the examples dir. We've got http://openlayers.org/dev/tests/manual/ > for > just this purpose. I know we're not religious about checking those > pages, but given the large number of examples in the examples dir, I > like the idea of separating out tests. Not sure what others think, > but > examples like these are a bit confusing to me - and I'm guessing they > are supposed to be more like tests: > > http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/popups.html > http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/popupMatrix.html > http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/browser-name.html > (maybe more, apologies for picking on popups) > > Also, very minor, but Chris razzed me long ago about "you and all your > dashes" so I thought I would justify. Google has long treated hyphens > as word separators. So, I've always used hyphens in page names that > have a chance of getting indexed. I know they are smarter with word > splitting now, but I still think it is a good idea in terms of SEO: > > http://www.google.com/search?q=openlayers+navigation+history+example > > Anyway, don't want to come across as the example cop, but I have been > impressed with well organized and very useful examples in other > libraries, and I think we have some room for improvement. > > Tim > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev __________________________________________ Paul Spencer Chief Technology Officer DM Solutions Group Inc http://www.dmsolutions.ca/ _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
