Nothing at all wrong with the link.
It's what it's linking too that's the problem.
The topics... the layout... everything speaks to me of engineering
plans, not flight plans.
To start building a flight plan you need a blank page, not one that is
already half full with wiring diagrams.
Even Anil thought he was talking to the Dev not the Users list !!!
Imo there is no users list. If a pilot came across ofbiz.apache.org he
would know at first glance he was in the wrong place.
The difference is between www.ubuntu.com/ and www.debian.org/ The first
welcomes the uninitiated and draws them in. The second looks like a
wonderful resource for engineers. We're not talking about all the
manuals and small print inside the box. Where talking about what it says
at first glance on the tin.
I think I can see where the confusion arises.
You can focus on one or the other, but you can't focus on both on the
same page. (Yes, I know this contradicts my earlier post. But it's a
question of focus. On the user pages the wiring needs to be there, but
buried behind the dashboard. On the engineering pages the reverse it true.)
On Si's recommendation I've started reading Bruce Eckel's 'Thinking In
Java.' In Chapter 1 under 'The hidden implementation' he draws a
distinction between 'Class Creators' and 'Client Programmers.'
Client Programmers are users of the objects produced by Class Creators -
much of which they are deliberately locked out from to prevent them
monkeying around with things they do not fully understand.
To me, the Dev list is for class creators. The Users list for Client
Programmers.
There is no users list.
Ian
David E. Jones wrote:
Is there something wrong with the current OFBiz wiki linked to below?
http://docs.ofbiz.org/pages/listpages-dirview.action?key=OFBIZ
-David
On Jan 18, 2007, at 1:23 PM, Leon Torres wrote:
I also believe it would be worthwhile to experiment with an open
ofbiz wiki. As the ofbiz community continues to grow, we will
certainly attain the critical mass necessary to make such a thing work.
For instance, we've authored a bunch of cookbooks in .txt format
about specific tricks and how-to's in OFBIZ:
http://www.opensourcestrategies.com/ofbiz/tutorials.php
Unfortunately contributing to those is hard because it takes an
investment in time to read, verify, and update the documents on our
end. If they were in the form of an open wiki, it would be far
easier to expand on them.
- Leon
Florin Jurcovici wrote:
IMO, an open wiki is the right thing to do. Even if I had some
experience which I'd like to share, if the wiki is closed or
restricted, I cannot. Some maintainers should review docs
occasionally and correct or delete them if they are not OK, maybe
draw an outline of the documentation at the beginning then let
whoever is willing to fill the pages. But IMO a closed/restricted
wiki is not the way to go.
--Florin Jurcovici
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