Absolutely! Current events, recent library additions, recent links from digg/techn, dev snapshots, who uses Jquery!! (what sites etc ...) etc etc. would definitely raise the visibility of how active the community and development is.
digital spaghetti wrote: > > I agree with a lot of what you are saying. The jQuery site, though a > useful tool is a little dull and as you say doesn't tell you how > "fresh" things are. > > I think a leaf could be taken out of what some other communities on > the web do and look at making the jQuery homepage more like a > community hub, and less like a "this is jQuery" page. > > A few additional ideas to what I had before: > > Have a "today" box telling you all the freshest information such as > current build of jQuery, latest/updated plugins, links to tutorials > for beginners on the front page, clearer nacvigation. > > Tane > http://digitalspaghetti.me.uk > > On 12/7/06, Solid Source <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Of particular importance to JQuery I believe is finding a way to help >> developers understand VERY OBVIOUSLY that this is not another >> Prototype/Dojo///, but rather a very different way to address the issue >> of >> DOM interaction in a concise not overly verbose manner. I have used every >> major(and minor for that matter) lib out there for various projects/apps >> and >> I am absolutely committed to JQuery after all my experimenting. >> >> You all know why ... :) >> >> The only reason it took so long for me to convert was that I saw JQuery >> initially as just another lib. JQuery was less publicized at the time and >> that made for easy oversight of it's true value. >> >> If you/we find a way to make it obvious at first glance(wherever the >> first >> glance lives) what we have here is special in a way you haven't >> experienced >> yet in your libquest(s), along with a very concise and simple(layman's >> terms) why, I feel this would be a huge benefit. >> >> So I pointed out a problem so here's a few ideas/solutions: >> >> 1. Change the slogan "New Wave Javascript" to something more along the >> lines >> of explaining what it does or how it does it rather than what it is. >> Everyone thinks they are new wave right? :) >> >> 2. The jquery.com homepage has this text as the first paragraph at the >> top, >> "jQuery is a new type of Javascript library. It is not a huge, bloated >> framework promising the best in AJAX - nor is it just a set of needlessly >> complex enhancements - jQuery is designed to change the way that you >> write >> Javascript.". Along with the first section heading, "What is jQuery?". >> >> Why did this not sink in for me the first few times I visited the site? >> I'll >> choose some libraries that I have used in the past, before converting, >> and >> break out their home pages ... >> 1. dojo: "Dojo is the Open Source JavaScript toolkit that makes >> professional >> web development better, easier, and faster." >> 2. prototype: "Prototype is a JavaScript framework that aims to ease >> development of dynamic web applications" >> 3. scriptaculous/proto: "script.aculo.us provides you with easy-to-use, >> cross-browser user interface JavaScript libraries to make your web sites >> and >> web applications fly." >> 4. mochikit: "Makes JavaScript suck less." - I love this one >> 5. rico: "An open-source JavaScript library for creating rich internet >> applications. Rico provides full AJAX support, drag and drop management >> and >> a cinematic effects library." >> >> commonalities: they all make JavaScript development better, easier, and >> faster of course :). This was what stuck everytime I crawled the web for >> a >> new library, so I was looking unconsciously for something to stand out >> other >> than the obvious. >> >> I think the JQuery homepage explanation is very honest, but it "sounded" >> like it was going to make my development better, easier, and faster. I >> didn't want to spend the time(I hit JQuery after proto,script,mochi,rico) >> to >> try yet another lib, especially if it is less known - probably meaning >> rel. >> cycles are low, community is small, plug ins obsolete. I might have taken >> the time if I had somehow "got it" without having to dig around a commit >> a >> lot of time. So ... long winded point comes ... if the homepage featured >> very little text describing JQuery, and a lot more functional concise >> examples, and talk of community, plugins, etc ... I think the segways >> from >> what do I need, to hey that looks nice, to let me try that with my >> problem, >> to why didn't I start using this sooner mean new JQuery users faster. >> >> closing example: JQuery homepage-marketing landing page >> >> JQuery - "some catchy, maybe slightly off topic phrase" - remember Mochi >> - >> "Makes JavaScript suck less." >> >> example >> brief expl. 1 $() method, maybe - why is this different than prototype? >> >> brief how >> dom manipulation example 1 - link to demos >> >> brief how >> effects example 1 - link to demos >> >> brief how >> dom manipulation example 2 - link to demos >> >> - start hitting the what and whys of JQ >> >> brief how >> .get() - .post() - .load() example 1 - link to demos >> >> ... >> >> ... >> >> - really get into the what and whys of JQ >> >> Thinking out loud here :). >> >> >> >> >> thumblewend wrote: >> > >> > Hi Rey, >> > This is slightly off-topic of me but I'm not sure how else to get in >> > contact with you. I just want you to know that I replied to your >> > direct email a few weeks ago (regarding the case study), but I think >> > my email didn't get past your junk filter. Please advise if you are >> > still interested, and maybe add my email to your address book so I >> > get through to you. >> > Sorry for this email everyone else, please forgive me. >> > >> > Joel Birch. >> > >> > On 08/12/2006, at 12:45 AM, Rey Bango wrote: >> > >> >> Guys, some of you may know of my efforts to get jQuery more exposure. >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > jQuery mailing list >> > discuss@jquery.com >> > http://jquery.com/discuss/ >> > >> > >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Efforts-to-Convert-Folks-to-jQuery-tf2774482.html#a7744856 >> Sent from the JQuery mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> jQuery mailing list >> discuss@jquery.com >> http://jquery.com/discuss/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Efforts-to-Convert-Folks-to-jQuery-tf2774482.html#a7746304 Sent from the JQuery mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
