On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, Rex Eastbourne wrote:
place where I could see the most improvement is the website,
specifically the navigation, documentation, and look and feel.
Hi Rex,
I certainly agree with the above. (IMHO this also holds for the wiki,
although I'm not sure you're referring to it specifically. Oh, btw, I'm
the administrator/creator of the wiki, so it's ok to bash it:-) All the
ugly layout and bad structure you see is my fault (no irony here, I'd be
happy to improve it somehow)
For example, here's one immediate issue: Many of my friends have seen me
using LyX and have asked where to get it. However, they have come back
to me confused about the www.lyx.org website, specifically where to find
the right installer.
I think this is very true. I've heard other stories from people who've
never even bothered to test the software because of an outdated web site.
(Two MSc thesis workes that I supervise comes to my mind...:-)
Bo wrote:
I would suggest that you first check out lyx-devel and compile lyx by
yourself. Learn how to make changes and submit patches. Many things
will come out when you follow lyx-devel mailing list messages. At this
stage of development, I think you can test lyx1.6 and report bugs,
and document new features of lyx (ask Uwe). On the top of my mind,
lib/doc/Shortcuts.lyx needs a lot of work.
As Bo said, I think building LyX is an excellent way for you to start.
Best regards
/Christian
PS. Let me know if you'd like help on dealing with the web site stuff,
i.e. checking it out or testing it on www.lyx.org. Or if you'd like to
change stuff on the wiki.
--
Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
