+1 on removing it ASAP. Berkeley has removed it as of our 1.3 release which is 
currently in testing. 

-1 on putting into the widget store. It is (IMHO) of marginal utility and I 
worry that it complex enough that supporting in the widget store will become a 
distraction when there is other work to be done. 

- Eli 


On Jun 28, 2012, at 9:16 AM, Lucy Appert wrote:

> I agree with Clay and Nate on this. Our piloting faculty have had overall 
> mainly negative reactions to it, but I don't think should chuck it entirely. 
> Getting rid of it for 1.4 but keeping it in the widget store for those who 
> can use it more wisely seems like a good option.
> 
> Lucy
> 
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Nate Angell <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would like a bit more time and conversation to consider. While UCOE has 
> disabled the carousel (easy to do), rSmart does run it in production in our 
> public implementation, where I think it serves as a somewhat effective 
> introduction into an unfamiliar experience.
> 
> While the carousel may not be serving needs well, it's basic goal is highly 
> important to an underlying goal of OAE: to help people make NEW connections 
> to content, people, and experiences, rather than just using the platform as a 
> way to take care of existing business.
> 
> So before we rush the carousel out the door, can we talk about how we will 
> support it's underlying goal more effectively?
> 
> Most platforms that support building NEW relationships with content, people, 
> experiences, and goods have fairly prominent suggestion engines: Twitter, FB, 
> G+, LinkedIn, Amazon, Flickr, eBay, etc
> 
> = nate
> 
> On Jun 28, 2012, at 8:42 AM, Clay Fenlason <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> > +1 for shelving it, but I would prefer to see it placed in the widget
> > library rather than simply disappearing. Some widget developer in
> > future may pick it up and do something more inspiring with it.
> >
> > ~Clay
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Anthony Whyte <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> +1 for removal.  We could disable it by default as a deprecation step but
> >> given the reasons for removal outlined by Nico below we should take it out
> >> now.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Anth
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jun 28, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Bert Pareyn wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> +1.
> >> It's not hard to remove from the config but if the institutions don't like
> >> it we might as well get it out of there in 1.4.0.
> >>
> >> - Bert
> >>
> >> On 28 Jun 2012, at 15:30, Nicolaas Matthijs wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi everyone,
> >>
> >> There's been many reports of institutions not liking the carrousel
> >> widget and people requesting to disable it. Given that the carrousel
> >> widget as we know it will be disappearing anyway in 1.5, would it be
> >> acceptable to remove the widget as of 1.4? There are a few widgets
> >> specific to the carrousel that could then be removed which will speed
> >> up QA, and eliminating the requests on the landing page will be
> >> helpful for performance as well.
> >>
> >> If there are any -1s, we should probably keep it in 1.4.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Nicolaas
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