Dear Mark,
On 17.02.2010, at 12:00, mark richardson wrote:
Are comments visible at all without this toolbar?
As I said, apparently there is a 'bookmarklet' available which is a
bookmark you add to your favourites.
I see. The bookmarklet worked for me, but it shows that you always
have to first install something before being able to read comments.
Nevertheless, I also understand from the example comment you provided
that these comments should not always be added directly to the Mozart
documentation (besides, re-building the documentation is very
involved; perhaps at one stage we should even consider porting it to
another format, but that would be a lot of work too).
My only concern regarding the format is that it should be a format
that is readable for years. Does this sidewiki facility means that
the
data you enter is stored only be Google? What happens is the somehow
change their policy or this product?
I appreciate your concern about this. I presume (without expert
knowledge) that the data is held in some central Google database and a
lookup is made for each URL you visit. I also wondered how the current
migration of the site might be affected, but again I presume that
provided the URL is still mozart-oz.org the actual physical location
of
the site would not have any effect. It might be wise to make sure this
is the case before too much is added.
As far as changes in policy/product are concerned I can only make
guesses. I realise this is just another attempt to make the earth
'planet-google' and that this feature could change. Indeed Google
could
decide to make Googlemail a paid for service, but I doubt it. In any
event, if the facility is there now and is useful, is it not wise to
make use of it? If Google decide to stop the service in five years we
will be no worse off than we are now (if you disregard the effort
involved) but using the service would certainly make life easier.
If we want to add comments to the documentation that are not directly
part of the documentation itself, then perhaps Google's sidewiki is a
good option. Do you know whether there are any alternative services
that provide similar functionality?
If you added helpful comments, then it would be a shame if that is
lost. Of course, the plain doc would still be there :)
Again, thanks a lot for your initiative in this matter!
Best wishes,
Torsten
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Torsten Anders
Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research
University of Plymouth
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