> I think the qooxdoo site looks great right now, There are broken links, missing code, missing sections, questions that have been asked using the "comment" facility and not been answered, inconsistent links etc. Examples below - there may well be other issues.
As a professional, looking for an environment to use for a new project, all these things affect the perception of qooxdoo. At first it looks particularly unprofessional, and out of date (articles are a few months old, the last item of news was a month ago, and "recent" items go back to at least 6 months ago.) It's only when you join the mailing list that you realise that there is a vibrant community behind it, with lots of development going on. You need to "evangelise" more - I only found qooxdoo through reading "Ajax in action". There are no references to qooxdoo in Wikipedia. Brushing up the user front-page will mean more people starting to use the toolkit, more contributions etc. Hugh 1. Broken links: http://qooxdoo.oss.schlund.de/2005/09/06/layout-managers Example 1 and Example 2 are both broken. I haven't got any further. 2. Missing code: http://qooxdoo.oss.schlund.de/2005/09/08/color-and-border-objects "The new border object How to use The border object follows the color object style. Here comes an example:" The example is empty. 3. Missing sections: http://qooxdoo.oss.schlund.de/section/snippets Content: "First Snippet Test Short snippet which explains how to use transparent colors in qooxdoo." The snippet is transparent as well :-) 4. Questions http://qooxdoo.oss.schlund.de/2005/07/14/faq Question from Alexandre Bairos about the licence 07/20/2005 09:25 PM. Not having a reply gives a bad impression, especially since the date is so long ago. 5. Inconsistent links The front page has a "demo" link in the menu which takes you straight to http://qooxdoo.oss.schlund.de/demo/release/public/test/user/Index.html. However, at the bottom of some pages (like the home page and the 404 error page) there is a list of links including Demo (beta). I found the beta demo once, then couldn't find it again. It took me some time to realise that I could switch between the two demos on the demo itself. There should be a static demo page which explains about the demos, the status of the beta etc, then which links to the two demos. Another example: Click on the "Features" link at the bottom on the home page, then you are presented with the Features page. But now there is no context to say where you are. Ideally there should be an additional "Documentation" sub-menu on the left which allows you to choose other documentation items. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Qooxdoo-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel
