fantasai wrote:
>...
> Events are highly date-oriented. Now, explain to me what,
> specifically, is wrong with
> http://mozilla.org/events/1999/mozilla.party/
Nothing.
>...
> So, to put it shortly, the generic location of the article would
> contain dated subdirectories to hold previous versions. ?
Correct.
>...
> As for my question, it was intended to ask "What is so
> objectionable about allowing any mozilla-sanctioned concerted
> effort to obtain its own directory to facilitate coordination
> of its members?"
Nothing. But calling such directories `projects' should be avoided, if
there is a term to describe them which is more meaningful to a visitor
to the site than `projects' is.
>...
> | > | The ones I posted were just examples. Most of the documents
> | > | currently linked to from <http://mozilla.org/docs/> (from the
> | > | `Core Mozilla architecture' section onwards) would end up in
> | > | the `Developer' > `Mozilla Developer' section.
> | >
> | > These all go at that level?
> |
> | No.
>
> Then why didn't you say so? I can't read your mind, Matthew.
I did say so. See the sentence beginning `Most of the documents ...',
paying particular attention to the word `most' at the start of that sentence.
If you want a full list of where *every* document linked from that page
would go, just ask. (Otherwise I'll assume that spending the time to
post such a list now would just bore everyone to tears.)
>...
> | Developer > Mozilla Developer > Qualities > Portability > C++
> | portability guide
>
> I'm thinking, either "Qualities" includes stuff like
> localizability and i18n,
Indeed it does. Other qualities include accessibility, usability,
scriptability, and performance. Anything which applies to the Mozilla
code as a whole, rather than just one particular module.
>...
> | > Which specific pages under QA would go under Get Involved?
> | > Those asking for help? Those aimed at beginners? Those aimed
> | > at people beginning to become advanced?
> |
> | All of the above.
>
> The Verification guidelines are aimed both at advanced and
> beginning-to-become-advanced.
The only `verification guidelines' I can find on mozilla.org are
<http://mozilla.org/quality/mailnews/mail-bug-verification.html> (which
is in a mailnews/ hierarchy despite having nothing in particular to do
with mail/news). Is this the document you are referring to? It seems
mainly aimed at beginner-to-intermediate QA volunteers, and is not a
document you would need to return to again and again.
>...
> | Because the former is a one-time thing (once you have built Mozilla
> | once, any problems you have building it later are likely to be too
> | esoteric to be in the build instructions), but the latter is a
> | reference which you may need to refresh yourself on every few
> | months (or when you break the tree).
>
> Thus the new contributor is sent scampering across top-level
> hierarchies to read up on contributing docs and general
> contribution guidelines.
Better that than that they can't find what they want at all.
> I'd like to suggest coherence as a quality of good categorization.
Although they are nominally organised into a hierarchical
management structure,this does not constrain the way people will
communicate, and share information, equipment and software
across groups ... The actual observed working structure of the
organisation is a multiply connected "web" whose
interconnections evolve with time.
-- <http://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html>
In other words, Don't Panic. This isn't a gopher site we're designing
here, it's a Web site. Links between sections *are* allowed.
>...
> If you look at the pages linked from the main NGLayout index,
> you can split them up into those documenting the layout engine--
> those detailing how it does what it does--and those explaining
> about the NGLayout project--e.g. its purpose, the people involved,
> how to get involved, what needs to be done, how to access the
> discussion areas, what is currently being done on the layout
> engine, frequently asked questions, etc.
Nothing wrong with that. The NGLayout section is probably one of the
best-organized sections on the mozilla.org site at the moment.
--
Matthew `mpt' Thomas, Mozilla user interface QA
Mozilla UI decisions made within 48 hours, or the next one is free
