On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 5:46 AM, 'Bill Hart' via sage-devel <sage-devel@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I have a suggestion how this could be made more equitable for the many > dependencies of Sage.
Regarding revamping the main landing page, i think it should be done in a way in which all design decisions are focused around maximizing value for our actual users. E.g., there should be a much more prominent link to Gregory Bard's book "Sage for undergrads", and for the French (and soon English) book that Paul Z. started -- since many, many potential users of Sage are lost without those. But further, linking to dependencies should be done much more, but in a way that provides clear value to users: - being able to better know what is in Sage - being able to read the original upstreams docs and source code more easily - knowing which upstreams devs to contact for *support*, to ask for features, to contribute work, and to thank. - being able to properly acknowledge what they are using In any case, I hope whoever works on this project thinks about how what they do will be used by users to make their experience with Sage better overall, and benefit the community. William > The home page could randomly rotate the names of > external dependencies that are listed on the main page so they all get equal > exposure. It could even say, "Here is a selection updated randomly: ....... > but there are many _more_". (My apologies if this is already the case, but > after a number of refreshes, the list doesn't appear to change, presently.) > > Obviously, the intention of this suggestion is to bring more prominent > credit to authors of those other packages, which they deserve. As such, I'd > prefer if we could avoid discussions to justify listing only certain > packages on the main page (other than technical considerations, such as > limited space on the main page), as this would have the opposite of the > intended effect, which is to prominently recognize their work, which is > well-deserved. > > I'm aware there may be other technical considerations, such as static vs > dynamic nature of the html, SEO optimisation considerations related to > regular changes to the page, etc. I guess those need to be considered. But I > also believe this is a very important social issue, or I wouldn't raise it. > > (The alternative, of course, would be to remove the short list on the main > page and only have the very long list on the "and many more" page.) > > Sorry it's taken me so long to get around to mentioning this, after it had > been repeatedly brought to my attention by various people over the years. > > Bill. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- William (http://wstein.org) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
