+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 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> oae-urg mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo/oae-urg > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> oae-dev mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo/oae-dev > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> oae-urg mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo/oae-urg > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > oae-urg mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo/oae-urg > _______________________________________________ > oae-urg mailing list > [email protected] > http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo/oae-urg > > > > -- > ____________________ > Lucy Appert, PhD > Director of Educational Technology > Liberal Studies Program > New York University > 726 Broadway, Rm. 677 > New York, NY 10003 > (212) 998-7168 > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > oae-urg mailing list > [email protected] > http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo/oae-urg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eli Cochran project manager, CalCentral project Educational Technology Services, UC Berkeley "Do not solve the problem that’s asked of you. It’s almost always the wrong problem." - Don Norman
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