Here here (hear hear?) Although - I might say that I think 'lack of doco' is probably more to blame than power use features. :)
-mike On 4/11/02 4:20 PM, "Maurice C. Parker" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) penned the words: > On Sunday, November 3, 2002, at 09:28 PM, Francisco Hernandez wrote: > >> I found this in my bookmarks today, maybe you can use some of it or >> contact >> its author and collaborate? >> http://enigmastation.com/~joeo/webwork.html > > I'd never seen this doc before. I just wanted to comment on a sentence > in the "Editorial" section. > > <quote> > Their mentality is why this document needed to be written: their > attitude is that "if we build it, the people who want to use it can put > in the time to learn how to use it," ... > </quote> > > Joseph's assumption that we think people need to invest time in > learning WebWork is the exact opposite of true. One of the founding > principals of the project is that WebWork is supposed to be easy to > use. You shouldn't have to spend a lot of time either reading the > source code or reading boring documentation. The project is supposed > easy for the beginner to use and flexible enough for complicated > applications. > > The fact that new users don't understand that this project is about > ease of use and simplicity is indicative of where we have gone wrong > recently. I think we have gotten off track and need to get back on. > For example, this is the reason you sometimes hear me tell people "no" > to new features. Anything that clutters up the framework, is something > that new users have to learn about. Take a look at the > webwork.properties file, and you will see where we could have done > better. There are so many configuration options that I wouldn't expect > an OpenSymphony developer to understand it all. Cleaning that thing up > is what I want for 2.0. Not more damned poweruser features. > > Let's try to focus on usability. Low defects, easy to use, and simple > to understand. In the future I would like people to get a better > impression of us than Joseph got. > > -Maurice > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in > Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be > fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com > _______________________________________________ > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ApacheCon, November 18-21 in Las Vegas (supported by COMDEX), the only Apache event to be fully supported by the ASF. http://www.apachecon.com _______________________________________________ Opensymphony-webwork mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork
