No, to split up the task because the whole task seems like too much to handle in a couple of hours. Especially if we want cross browser compatibility :)
Martijn On Dec 2, 2007 3:23 PM, Gerolf Seitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gerolf: can we split these tasks into multiple ones or add new tasks? > > > > you mean multiple tasks for animated homepages, so we have something to > choose from? > > Gerolf > > > > > > Martijn > > > > On Nov 30, 2007 12:57 PM, Xavier Hanin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Disclaimer (especially for Phillippe): I'm not a wicket committer, so > > take > > > my words for what they are: a single opinion > > > > > > I'm personally not a big fan of animations, even if I agree that they > > > improve the sex appeal of the home page the first time you see it. > > > > > > So I'd rather focus on well presented content and what really attract > > > newcomers (like a clean layout and content organized by themes, the > > > example > > > of script.acuo.us is pretty good from this point of view IMHO), and > make > > > the > > > animation short enough to avoid being too annoying in the long term. > > > Another > > > solution (if possible) would be to have an alternative home page with > no > > > animation for old thinking people like me :-) But if this requires > twice > > > the > > > maintenance effort, this is not a solution. If it can be only a > > parameter > > > to > > > the script, it would be nice. > > > > > > My 2c. > > > > > > Xavier > > > > > > On Nov 30, 2007 8:05 AM, Gerolf Seitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > hi phillippe, > > > > i'd say the appearance doesn't have to be like [0]. > > > > in fact, if you come up with a simpler solution regarding the > > animation > > > > (see scriptaculous for an example), > > > > which contains information that attracts new users (eg. llinks to > the > > > > various "getting started" sections), > > > > that would be more than welcome ;) > > > > > > > > what do others think? martijn? > > > > > > > > regards, > > > > Gerolf > > > > > > > > On Nov 30, 2007 1:24 AM, Phillippe Prohoroff < > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > I am interested in participating in "The Google Highly Open > > > > Participation > > > > > Contest" by working on the issue "Wicket: Create animated launch > > page > > > > for > > > > > website." I wanted to ask if I am correct in believing that the > > > purpose > > > > of > > > > > this task is to create a page with the same appearance as > > > > > http://people.apache.org/~dashorst/animation/animator.html< > http://people.apache.org/%7Edashorst/animation/animator.html> > > < > > > http://people.apache.org/%7Edashorst/animation/animator.html> > > > > <http://people.apache.org/%7Edashorst/animation/animator.html>, > > > > > but having the same content as http://wicket.apache.org/. Is this > > > > > correct? Thank You.Phillippe Prohoroff > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Xavier Hanin - Independent Java Consultant > > > http://xhab.blogspot.com/ > > > http://ant.apache.org/ivy/ > > > http://www.xoocode.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Buy Wicket in Action: http://manning.com/dashorst > > Apache Wicket 1.3.0-rc1 is released > > Get it now: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3.0-rc1/ > > > -- Buy Wicket in Action: http://manning.com/dashorst Apache Wicket 1.3.0-rc1 is released Get it now: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3.0-rc1/
