On 3 Mrz., 22:47, David Haberthür <[email protected]> wrote:
> The deadline for the submission to Google is in about a week. I'd be happy if > you (yes you, reading this mail) could give some feedback and edit the page, > so I can fill in the application next Tuesday or Wednesday. David, I'd like to comment on the topic 'Why is your organization applying to participate in GSoC 2011? What do you hope to gain by participating?' The text states that "... As a Free software, we hope to gain a few new mind-blowing features." I have a feeling that there is too strong a focus on new features. I feel this is wrong. Looking at what a large amount of traffic on hugin- ptx is about, I feel that what is currently most needed is a good hard look at the user interface and the workflow - not in terms of extending it, but clarifying and consolidating it. I wonder if GSoC projects always have to be about new features? Of course some cool new feature everyone loves which makes the application from a grey mouse into a killer app is every programmer's wet dream, but following this lure you end up with a giant on clay feet. How about not going for the glory but for the solid groundwork to build future glory on? There must be students specializing in UI design who might be most profitably employed giving hugin's aged UI a once over, making it coherent, efficient, stringent, intuitive... even pretty. And if anyone could be found to disentangle the byzantine intricacies of layers upon layers of code, starting with panotools C and going up to hugins C++ algorithm classes and coming up with something more profound than a bit of doxygen would also be hugely merititious. How about having an API formulated, or a technical documentation? There are such huge deficits in this area that I think everyone who wants to contribute has to spend an inordinate amount of time figuring out what does what and how and why. And everyone mentoring someone trying to contribute will have to explain them again and again (provided they know) instead of working on more interseting issues. Sorry for not going through the proper channels with this - I've not followed the development of this discussion, having been to busy with a brilliant new feature (giggle) - but I felt since you pointed a finger at ME reading this email I ought to comment. Kay -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hugin and other free panoramic software" group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hugin-ptx
