Hi Luke, Sorry it came across that way, I only meant it as constructive criticism. I would say though that one of the best things you can do to make Melkjug more usable is to reduce its load time (as is well known in the industry).
If you like, I could try to contribute a Makefile that will concatenate your sources, and call minify or Y! Compressor. I'm using something similar to this for a personal project already. I guess it might be a bit harder if you share the same source files across multiple physical pages (my app doen't do this), but I'd be willing to give it a shot when I get a free minute. Again, sorry if what I said sounded harsh. :) David. 2009/2/25 Luke Tucker <[email protected]>: > > Hey David, > > Sorry to hear your experience was so drastically negative! but thanks for > the honest feedback :) We'll do our best to fix things up in the javascript > department as soon as we can. It's a relatively small open source project, > so we're going with release early and often even if it's... significantly > less than perfect :) I hope when we get it in better shape you'll give us > another shot. If you have any interest in lending us a hand in tuning > things up, check out the project website at http://melkjug.openplans.org > > Thanks again, > > - Luke > > On Feb 24, 2009, at 7:29 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> == Melkjug Feedback from Anonymous[David W] ([email protected]) == >> >> I was really excited by the concept of tunables, up until I noticed the >> entry page takes over a second to load on my December 2007 MacBook in >> Europe. >> >> On investigating I see 20, yes 20 Javascript source files. No way am I >> using this. :) >> >> Forgetting the effects all those files have on latency (not to mention >> they're at the start of the HTML rather than the bottom -- where they don't >> prevent the rest of the page from rendering), I'm sure the app is nice and >> all that, but I use wireless waay too much. Guaranteed 1 time in 4 I try to >> login one of those files will stall. >> >> Its 100 times worse when using 3G Internet. >> >> Perhaps I'm sad for rating apps like this, but I've come to understand >> it's the difference between a good day, and wanting to throw my computer out >> the nearest window. >> >> All the best! >> >> >> David. > > -- It is better to be wrong than to be vague. — Freeman Dyson -- Archive: http://www.openplans.org/projects/melkjug/lists/melkjug-development-list/archive/2009/02/1235762754890 To unsubscribe send an email with subject "unsubscribe" to [email protected]. Please contact [email protected] for questions.
