Hi,
i'am also a big fan of MT since the first beta release, I agree with
some things you said but...
1. The website do not sucks. Take a look at http://www.php.net
http://www.apache.org http://www.mysql.com ? Thoses website are realy
simple as mootols. I think mootools website filters the users, as for me
mootools is not a UI javascript framework, its a developper framework.
And the website exactly make me feel it that way. I think the aim of
mootools team is not te become the most used framework, but to become
the most powerfull and well written framwork, and there are on the good
way! And i bet mootools will grow exponentially in 2009.
2. I agree with you for the plugin repository, but I found (dont
remember how) this : http://redracer.digitarald.com/ Does some MT admin
can confirm this one is going to be the official mootools plugin
repository? (i like it!)
3. Documentation sucks for some things :
* search engine
* some undocumented functions
* poor documented functions
So why not set up a git/svn repository or a wiki where trusted user can
contribute?
4. Making demo is a HUGE work, so as for me the best solution is to
provide svn/git repository where trusted user can contribute.
Oskar Krawczyk a écrit :
Howdy,
First of all, you all know I'm a big MT fan – I wouldn't be here nor
posting this if that wasn't the case. That said, let me tell you why
more people don't use this fantastic framework. There are quite a few
reasons for that being:
1. The website, sucks. It needs refining, put more exposure on links
pointing to various MT communities.
2. The lack of a proper plugins depo. It's hard for me to believe
Harald (or Valerio) will have the time to finish works on Red...
something (sorry forgot the name and can't find the link – which only
proves my point). There are a few post around the net compiling a
comprehensive plugin list but neither of them are maintained anymore.
3. Documentation sucks. I've been using it since day one and still
find it incredibly difficult to grasp. Not even mentioning that the
"live search" not working at all (try searching for "$clear", I dare
you – http://www.quicksnapper.com/oskar/image/untitled-0013).
4. Demos suck. There's absolutely no one updating them, and the silly
amount of them just makes me want to cry myself to sleep (not really,
I sleep quite well actually). It the good'ol 1.11 times, the Demo page
was always a super-quick way to see how stuff is being done – just
grabbing a snipplet and I'm on my way with coding. Now, you need to
download the sample code, unpack it, go through the dir structure and
find what you were looking for. This is bad folks.
5. GitHub sucks – and that just my personal opinion as I prefer the
SVN + Versionsapp.com combo :-)
Again, not ranting, don't want to piss anyone off, just saying. MT <3.
Peace out,
Oskar
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