2008/10/25 Richard <ricreig@gmail.com>:
On Sat October 25 2008 4:37:50 pm Dotan Cohen wrote:
Had the URL not been in this thread, I would not have found it and apparantly, only 2 or 3 others have manaaged to do so also at this point.
Agreed, the page should be more visible.
The other 'problem' I see with the page is the assumption that a novice (to wiki editing) such as myself would have a clue about how to add their input/comments. A short paragraph about HOW to add your comment, or a 'form' or popup page or some such would help. For instance, it mentions each user should enter stuff with asterick, but none of the entries have an asterick. I know what a tilde is, but it is quite possible people who speak other than English as their first lanaguage might not know what it is, how about '~~~~' as an example in the text when they ask for 4 of them.
Actually, when I wrote that, I did not even know how to edit a wiki either. I thought to myself "what must I do to edit this thing" and within 5 minutes and some google I know enough to format the page as you now see it. There are links right there on the Edit page as well.
First, I commend you for taking a positive approach. I'm not sure the Devs will actually 'listen', but if your approach to the problem actually does work, I, for one, will be hightly appreciative of your efforts.
That said, and with regard to 'links and google' searching, how about a hotlink right in that initial paragraph where you mention examples maybe '...then just look at the examples (help page) ...', where you summarize what you learned during your searches. Many people using google would be intimidated just knowing what to search for. If you just put in WIKI in the search, you get thousands of hits for instance. So, before even going to the edit page, a quick tutorial/summary of how and what (in a linked page) would be a real asset.
Again, your efforts are appreciated by me at least, and I feel are steps in the right direction.
Richard
They need only look at the prior examples now. If the user is competent enough identify a missing feature, motivated enough to do something about it, and talented enough to write a coherent feature request, then I am willing to assume that he can copy+paste a previous example and fit it to his needs. Regarding the KDE devs, they've handled tens of "missing in KDE4" bug reports that I've personally seen just as a casual bug filer, and I doubt that I've seen the bulk of it. Many things are still missing, but not because of apathy on the part of the KDE devs. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü