2006/9/20, Ahmed Mohombe <amohomb..ahoo.com>:
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> Ahmed.
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It is all about content, its organisation and last but not least important -
the presentation. I believe Cayenne is not recognized because it is poorly
presented and the documentation and web site are not in par with Cayenne
power. If current state of presentation won't be rethought and a book won't
be published within a year, then Cayenne will sadly remain a marginal
technology. As mentioned, articles on Java sites would also draw a great
deal of attention.
Now, to get started, I drew a map on a piece of paper of what documentation
exists and how I would present it. I tried to divide areas on front page -
one for newcomers and the other for more experienced users and then made
static page(s) out of those drawings, keeping the colors in regard to
Cayenne's 6 year existence. More important things must be consolidated first
which I think already mentioned.
My opinion on http://www.brucemartin.net/cayenne/
1. The fact that Cayenne is undergoing a process for Apache family is
not nearly as important to be the first thing a user sees on the front page.
As Kevin stated, this can easily suggest the immaturity of the framework.
2. There is only one page. Is there a site map with content
distribution? Lack of organization of content is a cause I think.
3. I can not stress more how bad are old news. No news or guaranty for
one news per month at least is my criteria of not being a fool.
4. JIRA is not only a bug tracker, it is about issues.
5. The CSS is important, but only after all the rest. Don't invest too
much time into it as of yet.
Probably more comments will follow...
-Borut
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