Hi MacKenzie, I see the 'builder tool' as a community effort at implementation more so than at requirements. The requirements would be dictated by Exhibit 3.0 workings and basic configuration model for each of the widgets within Exhibit. The community at large is likely to come up with numerous implementations, some of which are likely to be successful. Basically, I see the 'builder tool' as a Darwinian effort as compared to the more carefully planned effort for Exhibit itself. Additionally, community based projects like this are likely to keep the core Exhibit team on track as far a the documentation effort goes. As Exhibit reaches the stage where a wider community(early adopters) have access, the broader the community, the more likely that issues regarding documentation clarity will become apparent, better enabling those charged with documentation to address those issues.
I think it would be an excellent idea to create a space on the website for folks to register their interests and ideas! The wiki has been helpful to me already in this manner, allowing me to leverage other folks' ideas in my own projects. A place to follow along and discuss the Exhibit 3.0 progress and simply discuss it would be beneficial to the community *and*the project core team I would think. I will offer myself up as an example at the risk of giving you way more than you want.. :-) I would like the documentation to be somewhat W3C like, where a user can actually modify a sample css and see the results. That may be way too much, but discussion about it by the community would either generate some interest of kill the idea off as exactly that; too much. Having a place to discuss it would' be great! As a further example, I have been working on some Perl modules which dynamically generate exhibits based on a template system. It would be great to have a place to discuss such peripheral projects. Thanks for asking. Wes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SIMILE Widgets" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets?hl=en.
