On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Christoph Noack < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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/ I manage that one, since is not topic specific for over a year now out of my servers. > > > Thanks in advance! > > Christoph > > [1] http://planet.services.openoffice.org/ux > [2] http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/ > [3] http://native-lang.openoffice.org/planet/ > > -- > Usability * Productivity * Enjoyment > > OpenOffice.org User Experience Team > http://ux.openoffice.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español IM: [email protected]
