On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 09:27, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Ian Lynch wrote: > > > However, there is not much incentive to carry out such an exercise if > > the perception is that no matter what the outcome things wouldn't > > change. Its the perception that matters, so we need to make sure that > > changes are seen to be made as a result of these debates rather than > > letting them dissipate into the aether. Following up threads with > > action points would be a start. > > Sadly, the fact is that things WON'T change. Ask anyone at the website > list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). I tried to get the front-page image changed many > times, all to no avail. I tried make simple changes to the front page. But > nothing. I tried to make very MINOR edits to the contribution page (which > is supposed to be my project) but nope, nothing. Back in January I tried > to improve the usability of the front page. There was lots of discussion, > lots of work done. It's something that should have been done in a week. > Today, two months later, there's nothing. That's why people feel like > this: > > http://website.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=6808 > > Please, do go ahead and take a poll from the website list. Make a list of > members who have participated in the last 3 months. Contact each one off > list and ask them: > > On a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is 'completely disagree' and 10 > is 'completely agree', please rate the following statements: > > * I have real influence on the OOo website. > * My contributions are appreciated. > * The website is dynamic and changes often. > * The website is clear and easy to use. > > > Please, do go ahead and make that poll (off-list). And please post the > results.
I'm certainly too busy to take that on and to be honest I think its unnecessary to do that research because the problem is identified. What it needs is a solution. It seems to me that if Wikipedia can give pretty well unfettered access and stay in one piece the degree of "lock down" in OOo is excessive. Is this not something you could bring up at the next Community Council meeting? I'm sure you would get a lot of grass roots backing. If in the end its to do with Sun legal or something at least we would know. -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMS Ltd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
