On Tuesday 24 March 2009, Ana Cecília Martins Barbosa wrote: > Here is the link: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddxppm45_13cc2rrqcw
welcome to the project; thanks for the SoC proposal. now let's do a pros and cons list! :) pros: * i like that you are planning on starting with user research, and will be starting before the beginning of SoC so that you can start coding during the SoC period (which Google really cares about; they don't like projects that aren't producing code during SoC to get approved) * you clearly state how you will be working with the community * this is something that really needs to be done :) cons: * there have been some mock ups offered already, it might be useful to find and reference those. you can find some of them on planetkde.org even :) * there are few functionality requirements listed in your proposal, which makes it feel a bit vague. it's a bit risky to bet a SoC slot on something that isn't a bit more specific. obviously, you need to do some user research to move to specifics, but the functional requirements are clear already and include: * ability to easily select and create a widget * fast/easy browsing even of larger collections of widgets * widgets shown in categories * ability to install / remove new kinds of widgets iow, spend a few sentences explaining what the widget explorer is and what it needs to do as a baseline measure of its utility. * the "about me" section is a bit too short. do you have experience with c++? Qt? etc.. value neutral points: * i'm not really sure what the user value is in rating widgets unless you can share that information with others. and then it becomes a social / referral system. unless there's an online component to this information (probably via the Open Collaboration API stuff), i don't think we should add such things to the interface * grouping of widgets could be very interesting, but probably only appeal to fairly limited groups of people and only as we get larger collections of them. i almost wonder if this isn't something more related to containment save/restore than the widget explorer itself? good luck! :) -- Aaron J. Seigo humru othro a kohnu se GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 KDE core developer sponsored by Qt Software
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