On 11 Jul 2002, it is alleged that Doctor Unclear sauntered in to netscape.public.mozilla.documentation and loudly proclaimed:
> > Hello all, > > I'd like to hear your opinion on a precise issue. Do you feel, believe > that it is easy for someone seeking the documentations on Gecko's DOM > implementation to actually find the sub-site, references, documentations? > > Here's what I found after a lot of tries. > > From the main page (www.mozilla.org) > click on Developer Docs (www.mozilla.org/catalog/) > then click on the last link at the bottom right > called "Old Documentation Layout" (http://www.mozilla.org/docs/) > and then within 144 links, you must notice the sub-sub-section > "Code modules and Librairies"/"Layout Engine (Gecko)"/"The Document > Object Model in Mozilla" > so now you've reached (http://www.mozilla.org/docs/dom/) > in which you find > "The DOM in Mozilla : References"/"The Mozilla DOM Reference: all > objects, properties and methods" which leads you to a page called > Gecko DOM reference (http://www.mozilla.org/docs/dom/domref/) > > > I think 2/3 of non-initiated Mozilla visitors would never find such > page. I feel DevEdge, MSDN and other sites are much easier to figure out. > > DU Have a look at some of the postings here over the past several weeks and you'll quickly realise several things: 1. The current set-up sucks. 2. There is a recognition that the current set-up sucks. 3. There is a lot of debate as to how to set up a cataloguing or indexing system that not only won't suck but will be readily maintained. /b. -- Mozilla end-user questions should be directed to: snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.general snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.win32 snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.mac snews://secnews.netscape.com:563/netscape.mozilla.user.unix Note that you need to have SSL enabled and the port set to 563.
