Hi everyone,
I'm sure you all know "OpenOffice.org Planet" and enjoy the aggregation
of single messages in one place. But, at least to me, some things seem
to be sub-optimal. Fortunately, I had the chance to discuss some of my
observations with the current administrator (mh).
An example: The blog messages of the UX community are published via
Blogspot and collected by the Planet. I already know that certain
formatting gets lost (e.g. bold or colored text), so I cannot improve
the readability of the text right from the beginning :-( Additionally,
the Planet keeps the postings for a certain time only - this is a pity,
since we lose the detailed history of longer lasting activities within
OpenOffice.org (e.g. Renaissance).
Finally, the only chance is to refer to other information sources like
GullFOSS (they have a message archive), but it is only accessible for
Sun employees. However, I think you got the point...
At the end of the talk we came to the conclusion that a little bit help
might work wonders :-) I naively asked whether there has ever been a
request to website-dev. It seems not ... so I proposed to ask you for
some help.
So, are you - or a small group - ready to make the Planet more visible,
easier to use, and more reliable? That would be sooo great! The first
step is as easy as answering on this mail :-)
To provide a bit inspiration, here is what the "competition" does:
* http://planet.gnome.org/
* http://planetkde.org/
* http://fridge.ubuntu.com/
* http://planet.fedoraproject.org/
* http://www.planetsuse.org/
* ...
Did you know that it is also possible to provide sub-planets (like [1])?
Marketing has one since quite some time [2], and the NLC too [3]. But
both seem separated from the main Planet.
Ah, "separate" is a good keyword. I am also fully separated from any
information how the planet is technically realized. At the moment, I'm
the one asking for help ... ;-)
By the way, does anybody know why there is an additional one?
http://www.planetopenoffice.org/
Thanks in advance!
Christoph
[1] http://planet.services.openoffice.org/ux
[2] http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/
[3] http://native-lang.openoffice.org/planet/
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