Re: Gui criticism

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 5, 2009, 20:25 UTC
Message-ID: <94a0d4530912051225y2d193a1fqfb38ebcce95719c3@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7v3a3prxdt.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I don't think the mailing list is the best place for this, that's why
>> I just started a project in SourceForge, so that users can post these
>> kinds of issues in the ideatorrent:
>> https://sourceforge.net/apps/ideatorrent/git-ux/ideatorrent/
>
> Two issues and a half offhand after entering one:
>
>  - I found the experience of adding an "idea" too clunky and slow.
>   Writing a well thought out e-mail can be done in the same time.

Yeah, I agree; it's too slow right now, but it's the only way I've found to host some kind of ideastorm.

The difference with e-mails is that ideas get votes, which helps to find out what users really want: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/

Also, the main action to do in this system should be "vote", that's the action that should be fast.

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>  - Although enforcing a minimum structure of "idea" description is a good
>   thing to do, I found the current structure presented by that web page
>   lacks focus.  It has problem description and a rather broad and vague
>   "idea", and it feels to me that it is promoting entering any garbage
>   without discussing feasibility, "pros-and-cons" or necessary steps to
>   achieve a particular goal.

That's why ideas go to a sandbox, and then maintainers approve or reject them.

>  - The largest issue of this kind of system is who will be moderating and
>   how capable they are.

Indeed, that's one issue, but also, it needs a large inflow of votes, and when popular ideas are identified, then it needs people to actually implement them.

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Felipe Contreras