11 Dec
2006
11 Dec
'06
6:49 a.m.
Marc-Olivier Barre wrote:
> > open for editing to all registered users
>
> How is the one we already have, not perfect?
It's nice, but it will need to evolve, since
software also evolves.
I don't know if it is just me, but isn't a wiki the worst case scenario for this
site? It is a link collection, and most, if not all, of the software in the links
already have websites of their own to some extent. A wiki, and this one
seems to be no exception, lacks a clear navigational structure, or at least
overview. The basic questions that need to be answered are:
1. Where am I?
2. Where can I go?
3. How can I get back?
and in a wiki those questions are harder to answer than in a regular menudriven
website. And first and foremost, most wikis are fairly ugly. ;)
The aspect of community driven content however, is something that I stand behind,
but some smaller projects that I have been involved in have not benefited from it. I'm
of
the opinion that some sort of form to fill in would suffice for the information
necessary,
and then a number of volunteers to format that information.
And so there is no question about my bias: Yes, I have already sketched on such a
website and made a first layout using the original content from linux-sound.org. But
that
is not the point I'm trying to make, I'm glad to have done this in vain if only
the final result
is better. :)
Some good information may be found at http://www.useit.com/papers/webwriting/
if you are interested about writing for the web.
Highest regard,
Mathias