I expected that - but is it better to be pretty or better to be correct :) I leave this to you :)
On 26 February 2014 23:34, Benjamin Young <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, it's a tricky balance. Adding that does make it clearer, but it also > makes that line too long and it wraps awkardly. :-P > > > On 2/26/14, 4:32 PM, Andy Wenk wrote: > >> Hey Benjamin, >> >> shouldn't it read >> >> "... >> JavaScript for *creating* MapReduce indexes >> ... >> " >> >> then to make it even clearer? >> >> Cheers >> >> Andy >> >> >> On 26 February 2014 17:40, Benjamin Young <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >>> >>> There's a larger effort to rethink/rewrite the CouchDB Website--which is >>> greatly needed, so super fabulous that we're endeavoring to do that. :) >>> >>> Before we get there (or as we walk that road), there's some low hanging >>> fruit that I think we can and should pick first. I'd like to start at the >>> top, and work my way down a section at a time. >>> >>> The first line on the website (ignoring navigation) reads this way >>> currently: >>> >>> Apache CouchDB^(TM) is a database >>> that uses JSON for documents, >>> JavaScript for MapReduce queries, >>> and regular HTTP for an API >>> >>> However, that's incorrect (JavaScript isn't used for querying) and has >>> confused many people--including some analysts and tech bloggers in the >>> wake >>> of the Cloudant/IBM announcement. >>> >>> So, to correct this and make that section tighter, I'd like to propose >>> the >>> following: >>> >>> Apache CouchDB^(TM) is a database >>> that uses JSON for documents, >>> JavaScript for MapReduce indexes >>> and regular HTTP for its API >>> >>> Screenshot of this new text in place is here: >>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ld6im36ql74jbo9/Screen%20Shot% >>> 202014-02-26%20at%2011.22.21%20AM.png >>> Short: http://bit.ly/1mBwAmj >>> >>> It's a small iteration (by design), but hopefully clears up the common >>> confusion around indexing vs. querying. >>> >>> Thoughts welcome. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Benjamin >>> >>> >> >> > -- Andy Wenk Hamburg - Germany RockIt! http://www.couchdb-buch.de http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588 https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
