I also recently posted on the Lighthouse ticket system. But no response. I started writing about the documentation, but also mentioned that state of the community and the future. This is what I wrote:
------------ I have a question about the API Documentation that is generally available on the website of Prototype (and just a little more). The 'new' style documentation refers to the 1.7 documentation while the old one is (good as it is!) still available which Google is still indexing and I access it via my bookmarks. I try to use the new documentation now and then but for some reason I don't think it is nice to use. Also other developers tend to use the old one, over the new one. I really believe in the Prototype library - but I also notice that the jQuery (for example) community is growing larger and larger and less people seem to be interested in Prototype. It would be great if Prototype would become more popular, so that the community grows, which hopefully supports development as well. I think this can be achieved by adding a Forum on the website, that is easily accessibly. Of course I use the Mailing List as well, but a Forum would be an easy way to access. This is however not the most important addition I think. The amount of information in the Prototype API Documentation could use a little more.. documentation. This way more people can see how the full power and potential of Prototype can be unleashed and why this is such an interesting library. A good example of what I believe that is a good manual, is the PHP manual. A semi-fixed format where you can find all the required information to quickly use the specific class/function. Especially the Examples are very handy. I know the Prototype documentation has examples, but for this new function Element.Offset only a little amount of documentation is present - actually I don't know how to use it (yet). What are the plans for the documentation? Would it be possible to add examples myself? And also.. how does the Prototype team see the future regarding a community? If this sounds like a cry for help, well.. maybe it is. But not 100% for me, but for the entire community! Regards, Sander ------------ On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Phil Petree <phil.pet...@gmail.com> wrote: > I certainly have the resouces to host the forums and would have no problem > in putting them up and maintaining them but it would take a consensus of the > powers that be because if none of the guys that answer the majority of the > questions are interested then it would just be like the french forums when > no one replied. > > I dont mind investing time but I hate wasting it... > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Cantrelle Vincent > <vcantre...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Thanks all for your answers. >> I agree with the fact that the communication around Prototype.js is >> not "enough", and that it certainly miss a dedicated forum, with FAQ, >> samples codes and so on.... to be frankly speaking, for example >> scripteka was not really in my mind, and so I re-discover this kind of >> ressource. For the french forum I was talking about, they have >> proposed to open a FAQ section about Prototype, but nobody >> answered ... (compared to the activity on Mootol and jQuery, that's a >> pity) I should try to take a little bit of my time to propose some Q/ >> A, even if I think that I'm not the best to do that (javascript is not >> all of my job, and I have a thousand of opened things to do). >> >> >> >> On 15 juil, 02:31, "P.J." <pjfontil...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Prototype is still heavily used at The New York Times. And even though >> > we've begun incorporating jQuery into more of our projects I don't see >> > Prototype going away any time soon. >> > >> > On Jul 13, 10:36 am, Cantrelle Vincent <vcantre...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > Dear all, >> > >> > > This is just a simple question related to the fact that everywhere I >> > > look, especially on some french forums for developers, >> > > it seems that the number of users of the jQuery library is growing / >> > > increasing, and it's not really the case for Prototype. >> > > I have always prefered to work with Prototype.js, but I must say that >> > > sometimes I feel a little bit worried. >> > > May be I'm wrong, I hope I'm wrong, and so I hope that I have a >> > > "truncated" view of the situation, and that the number of users for >> > > Prototype.js is still high enough, and the "motivation" of the core >> > > team too, so that this library will be still maintained / improved in >> > > the futur. >> > > Can somebody give me a hint about that ? >> > >> > > Thanks in advance, >> > > Vincent. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. > To post to this group, send email to > prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. 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