I know I like to code better than write documentation. But consider the long-term ramifications. Write better documentation. The community grows. More coders start contributing code. Everyone is happier :)
Just a thought. David Corbin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jordi Ministral" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dynapi (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 5:36 AM Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Help] Re: Dynapi-Help digest, Vol 1 #698 - 7 msgs > I'm the first one to admit that the documentation is a lot to wish for, > and it is outdated. However, as I have stated lots of times, we don't > have the time to do both the coding and the documenting. In fact, we > barely have the time to do the coding. There's a documentation center > where everybody can contribute. Either someone joins in or I'm afraid > the docs are going to continue being a bit of a disapointment. > > > Hansen Jakob Veje wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Although I agree that you should have working knowledge of javascript and > > browsers in general - ie. already be a web developer, to use the API, I > > don't see that as an excuse for invalid documentation that confuses more > > than it helps. I too had a lot of trouble figuring out how to write a > > widget. The documentation didn't work or was inaccurate, so I ended up > > looking at sources of existing widgets instead. > > > > I'd gladly give the widget source-code (although undocumented) to anyone > > interested. It's a clickable vertical listmenu that probably works with N > > nested submenus. I've only tested it thouroughly with 2 levels for now. > > > > I'm not flaming here, only agreeing that the documentation has a lot to wish > > for. I think the DynAPI is a tremendous help in creating crossbrowser DHTML, > > and wouldn't live without it. I really appreciate the work that has been > > done by the contributors, and do realize that it's unpayed pioneer work. > > > > Kind regards, > > > >>--- > >>Jakob Veje Hansen - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>WM-data eSolutions > >>Tel: +45 8744 4619 - Mobil: +45 2169 0361 > >>http://www.wmdata.dk > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dynapi-Help mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-help > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dynapi-Help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-help > > _______________________________________________ Dynapi-Help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-help
