On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:55:25 -0700 Blake Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> > On Sep 11, 2006, at 1:41 PM, Michael Jennings wrote: > > > On Monday, 11 September 2006, at 23:29:11 (+0300), > > Hisham Mardam Bey wrote: > > > >> Prior to diving into the "what to use" discussion > > > > See, I don't think that's the conversation we should be having right > > now. > > > > We're using XSM right now. Unless there is some fundamental flaw in > > XSM that cannot be overcome, we need to stick with it. > > > > So if there are problems with XSM, let's identify them. > > > > 1. Speed > > > > This will be resolved when we go local, as best I can tell from > > playing with the demo. > > > > 2. Unintuitive? > > > > Blake says XSM's editing interface is unintuitive. I can see some > > room for improvement, but straight HTML in a textarea seems pretty > > intuitive to me, albeit not as user-friendly as it could be. > > > > There is a definite advantage to having one of the developers of the > > CMS we're using on our team. The problem is, everyone speaks in > > abstracts: "It's painful!" "I don't like it!" More specific > > (constructive!) criticisms will ultimately result in a more usable XSM > > as well as a better site for E. > > > > So...anyone want to start with #3? > > 3. Foreign codebase. > > This is an old problem, where 1 person writes a huge chunk of code > and then it's hard for a team to collaborate on it. If we want to be > able to add features to merge the websites (get-e.org and > edevelop.org), a move to a standard framework like Rails would make > this easier for more people to contribute, add features, make > changes, etc. Personally I can't invest time delving into the code > for XSM, I've invested time in Rails because of it's community and > standardized way of doing things. would it? i would not agree. i would need to learn all of rails to do it. rails is a foreign codebase to me. i know enough php to get along. for anyone who knows perl, c or c++, php is almost a no-brainer. rails is not a silver bullet. it is simply a mechanism to do a dynamically generated website (much like php) in a way that you happen to like and prefer. that's great - for YOU! we need to focus on how much we can push xsm before it can't go any further. > Andy told me he didn't have time to do most of these things. > However, if the only thing we need is more updates, and a > reorganization of information. By all means, stick with XSM! Maybe > even merge get-e.org. But edevelop.org provides a lot more than what > XSM is capable of. (And edevelop.org is fairly crappy in my opinion, > Drupal has issues too. Another reason I'd like to work on a > redesign.) Raster himself said he wanted to be able to add > additional features to integrate the desktop and the website... > > -Blake > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
