This version has a lot more detail than the docs on mootools.net

Is it going to be adopted by the mootools team?

On Aug 17, 4:11 pm, Oskar Krawczyk <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just in case some of you missed this gem:http://mootoolified.com/docs/(done 
> by our own @cheeaun).
>
> On 2010-08-17, at 16:56, אריה גלזר wrote:
>
>
>
> > for getting started there's the great mootorial that covers everything 
> > there is to know and how to use it. It's how i got started and hooked up
> > as for docs - the Moo docs are exactly what they need to be - informative. 
> > that is what a docs site needs to have. For another example of this kind of 
> > useful docs you can look at php.net. actualy, the only thing that i miss in 
> > the moo docs is the ability to simply type in method /function and be 
> > redirected (such as mootools.net/array.contains). But i already have the 
> > mootools search bookmarlet so it doesn't matter.
>
> > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Savageman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Ok, I have more information, here is what I gathered.
>
> > He said:
> > 1. it's indeed very complete, but we need time to get the information
> > we want.
> > 2. it's lacking a "Getting started".
> > 3. There is no quick reference: when we click a class on the left, all
> > the methods are shown on the right and all their associated
> > documentation is on the same page. As an index page for a class, it
> > would be nicer to list all the methods from it, associated with a
> > little explanation (like on php.net).
> > 4. Also demos are missing. I think they should be merged with the
> > documentation.
> > 5. There is no categorized topics. The structure organisation only on
> > the classes structure. For instance, the Element class has too much
> > methods for a human to reasonably make it looks good in his mind.
> > Maybe some categories like on the jQuery documentation would be nice
> > (attributes, traversing, manipulation).
>
> > I will add some personal thoughts about it:
> > 1. Some things are not entirely clear. To get the ID of an element, we
> > can either do .get('id') or .getProperty('id') : what's the
> > "recommended" way?
> > The .get() method explains we can use any key from the
> > Element.Properties hash with a link on it. But when we click on
> > Element.Properties, we don't get a list of what it contains. We need
> > to guess here and try which attribute can be retrieved this way and
> > which can't.
> > 2. Some things are well hidden, like the custom events mousenter /
> > mouseleave / mousewheel, which never appear in the menus.
>
> > On an (almost) unrelated topic, all the getter / setter for properties
> > mention "attribute" in their description. Why don't call them
> > "attributes" then?
>
> > On Aug 17, 12:55 pm, Oskar Krawczyk <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > "bad" in what sense, can he elaborate on that?
>
> > > I never had any problems with the docs - apart from some sections being 
> > > overly long (but that's a good thing).
>
> > > Best,
> > > Oskar
>
> > > On 2010-08-17, at 09:00, Savageman wrote:
>
> > > > Hey,
>
> > > > When I showed MT to a friend, one of the thing he told me was that the
> > > > documentation was... bad.
> > > > So before to try and figure out something better, I would like to know
> > > > the status on this. Is a new doc planned for MT 2 ?
> > > > Which repo should I get if I want to try some things out?
>
> > > > Thanks.
>
> > --
> > Arieh Glazer
> > אריה גלזר
> > 052-5348-561
> > 5561

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