Good points Ryan. =D -- Fábio Miranda Costa Solucione Sistemas Engenheiro de interfaces Twitter: fabiomiranda http://solucione.info
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Ryan Florence <[email protected]>wrote: > It's simple, I think. > > 1) MooTools doesn't market itself. jQuery does an excellent job of > marketing. Not sure where the devs found the time ... > > 2) MooTools audience is "intermediate to advanced javascript developers" > whereas jQuery is "designed to change the way that you write javascript." > The jQuery approach attracts designers and back-end developers who don't > want to learn javascript. But that's not to say they don't have a smart > group of users as well, I was totally impressed by many people I met when I > spoke at jQuery Conference. > > 3) Search volume != usage trends > > > http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=google%20chrome%2Cinternet%20explorer&date=today%201-m&cmpt=q > > We all know that graph doesn't represent usage. How many times do you > search "mootools" in google? I imagine the majority of searches like > "mootools" and "jquery" are performed non-programmer admins and marketing > folks who are looking up buzzwords they hear in meetings. > > > > On May 26, 2010, at 8:24 AM, Oskar Krawczyk wrote: > > I think Hartum is talking about the website not the code of the framework. > > And, I disagree, their website is ugly as f*ck. > > ___ > > Oskar Krawczyk > http://nouincolor.com > > > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Steve Onnis <[email protected]>wrote: > >> And how does jquery look prettier? Jquery is a framework but also has a >> lot >> of ui stuff prebuilt with it that's all >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: hartum [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Wednesday, 26 May 2010 11:54 PM >> To: MooTools Users >> Subject: [Moo] Re: Why is Mootools dwindling? Haven't they heard about >> Slick? >> >> I agree with almost everything has been said here, but there is a >> point that nobody has mentioned, >> and is a matter of marketing. >> >> Jquery page looks prettier. >> >> With rounded corners, web 2.0 look, colours, etc.. >> >> Mootools page is made by programmers, for programmers. >> >> A simple trick, please help to designers for your webpage, and will be >> not only good but also it will seem. >> >> >> Once Again, sorry if my english is strange. :-S >> >> > >
