Re: [PHP-DOC] user comments of the future

2009-04-13 Thread Daniel Convissor
Folks: It would be neat if people on the doc team could subscribe to a page so the person could be notified when new comments are made. This will be helpful for someone who has edited the page and/or culled the existing user notes so the person can edit/curate comments as they come in. --Dan

Re: [PHP-DOC] user comments of the future

2009-04-03 Thread Philip Olson
Well, I like to start by looking at the existing system. So from a quick analysis, the types of user notes we currently see are: Comments to enhance the documentation: i.e. expanded code examples, use cases. It's tough to come up with [most] all possible subcategories here but notes abou

Re: [PHP-DOC] user comments of the future

2009-04-02 Thread Hannes Magnusson
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 13:46, Juliette wrote: > Voting, I agree would be very useful. It should be possible to vote down a > comment also imo, let the negative votes of users tell us which comments > might need attention. And the high scoring comments will hopefully be the > most useful. We do ha

Re: [PHP-DOC] user comments of the future

2009-04-02 Thread Juliette
Hi 2009/3/28 Philip Olson > > We've discussed our comment system a few times but let's finally do > something about it. Let's first discuss what our ideal user interactive > system would be, then design a system while keeping in mind our resource > limitations. > Well, I like to start by looking

Re: [PHP-DOC] user comments of the future

2009-04-02 Thread G. T. Stresen-Reuter
I too feel compelled to participate in this thread... On Apr 1, 2009, at 9:06 AM, Richard Quadling wrote: 2009/3/31 Philip Olson : As far as using a "fancy" looking comment system, I would vote for it. Everything is going "web 2.0" with the "ooohhh" and "ahhh"s (gmail is a prime example,

Re: [PHP-DOC] user comments of the future

2009-04-01 Thread Nathan Adams
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Richard Quadling wrote: > 2009/3/31 Philip Olson : > > > >> Even though I don't actively contribute I still hope I can put my 2 > cents > >> into here: > > > > Of course, and by posting you are being active :) > > > I actually feel welcomed here. It's a strange feel

Re: [PHP-DOC] user comments of the future

2009-04-01 Thread Richard Quadling
2009/3/31 Philip Olson : > >> Even though I don't actively contribute I still hope I can put my 2 cents >> into here: > > Of course, and by posting you are being active :) > >> As far as using a "fancy" looking comment system, I would vote for it. >> Everything is going "web 2.0" with the "ooohhh"

Re: [PHP-DOC] user comments of the future

2009-03-31 Thread Philip Olson
Even though I don't actively contribute I still hope I can put my 2 cents into here: Of course, and by posting you are being active :) As far as using a "fancy" looking comment system, I would vote for it. Everything is going "web 2.0" with the "ooohhh" and "ahhh"s (gmail is a prime exam

Re: [PHP-DOC] user comments of the future

2009-03-28 Thread Nathan Adams
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Philip Olson wrote: > > On 28 Mar 2009, at 07:41, Daniel Convissor wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 09:51:21PM -0700, Philip Olson wrote: >> >>> >>> - http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/chapter01/ >>> >> >> Sounds neat. BUT, it seems they've gotten too big for

Re: [PHP-DOC] user comments of the future

2009-03-28 Thread Philip Olson
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h738/text I like it, and this approach is another option to consider while dreaming up our ideal system. If you page down a little, you come to the text where each line the cursor is over presents a comment op along with a link to that specific line of

Re: [PHP-DOC] user comments of the future

2009-03-28 Thread Daniel Convissor
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 09:26:46AM -0700, Philip Olson wrote: > On 28 Mar 2009, at 07:41, Daniel Convissor wrote: > >> Even if it was working, the whole thing requires JavaScript, limiting >> availability of the comments in some situations. > > I don't buy this argument and prefer we innovate and n

Re: [PHP-DOC] user comments of the future

2009-03-28 Thread Philip Olson
On 28 Mar 2009, at 08:44, Kalle Sommer Nielsen wrote: Hi Daniel 2009/3/28 Daniel Convissor : On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 09:51:21PM -0700, Philip Olson wrote: - http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/chapter01/ Sounds neat. BUT, it seems they've gotten too big for their britches. It isn't wor

Re: [PHP-DOC] user comments of the future

2009-03-28 Thread Philip Olson
On 28 Mar 2009, at 07:41, Daniel Convissor wrote: On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 09:51:21PM -0700, Philip Olson wrote: - http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/chapter01/ Sounds neat. BUT, it seems they've gotten too big for their britches. It isn't working for me. I don't see any comment bubbles or

Re: [PHP-DOC] user comments of the future

2009-03-28 Thread Kalle Sommer Nielsen
Hi Daniel 2009/3/28 Daniel Convissor : > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 09:51:21PM -0700, Philip Olson wrote: >> >>   - http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/chapter01/ > > Sounds neat.  BUT, it seems they've gotten too big for their britches. > It isn't working for me.  I don't see any comment bubbles or hav

Re: [PHP-DOC] user comments of the future

2009-03-28 Thread Daniel Convissor
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 09:51:21PM -0700, Philip Olson wrote: > > - http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/chapter01/ Sounds neat. BUT, it seems they've gotten too big for their britches. It isn't working for me. I don't see any comment bubbles or have the ability to click in the "gutter" to init

Re: [PHP-DOC] user comments of the future

2009-03-27 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 3/27/09, Philip Olson wrote: > Hello fellow documentation geeks, > > We've discussed our comment system a few times but let's finally do > something about it. Let's first discuss what our ideal user > interactive system would be, then design a system while keeping in > mind our resource limitat

[PHP-DOC] user comments of the future

2009-03-27 Thread Philip Olson
Hello fellow documentation geeks, We've discussed our comment system a few times but let's finally do something about it. Let's first discuss what our ideal user interactive system would be, then design a system while keeping in mind our resource limitations. So, if we want a system desig