From: Felipe Contreras Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:25:59 GMT Subject: Re: Gui criticism 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 wrote: > Felipe Contreras 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. >  - 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. -- Felipe Contreras