Another alternative is to display all the packages in a slow scrolling horizontal list ScrollingPackagePrototype.html <http://www.labri.fr/perso/vklein/SageMath%20-%20Prototype%20Scrolling%20Package.html> . Im not sure if the move is too disturbing for the reader or not.
Le vendredi 1 juin 2018 14:46:52 UTC+2, Bill Hart a écrit : > > Hi all, > > I've been aware for a while that some libraries are not happy that their > package is not explicitly mentioned by name on the sagemath.org home page > and that you have to click through to the "and many more" to see their > package credited. > > I have a suggestion how this could be made more equitable for the many > dependencies of Sage. 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.
