[Gardeners] CL Gardeners: good news, bad news, how to win big

[Timofei Shatrov]

Hello Zach,

Wednesday, February 22, 2006, 11:36:09 PM, you wrote:

ZB> Paolo Amoroso <amoroso at mclink.it> writes:

>> I realize that my frankness may sound harsh.  I am aware that
>> volunteer labor is a gift, and that Real Life takes its toll.  But I
>> would like to understand why the CLD has received so little help, and
>> whether this may have any implications for current and future
>> gardeners projects.

ZB> A few days ago Marc added my new zpb-ttf library to the CLD and made
ZB> me an administrator (if that is the right word) for the page. He said
ZB> "change it if you like".

ZB> I went to the site but could not find my package by clicking on any
ZB> links. I also had a hard time figuring out that dark blue text is a
ZB> link and light blue text is normal text.

ZB> I finally found my entry by using the search box. I noticed it said
ZB> "not asdf installable". I tried to edit the page, but the form is very
ZB> large and it is not clear what to click to make the changes
ZB> permanent. I clicked "preview" and it went to a new page, but I do not
ZB> know if the changes were saved. There was no widget on the "preview"
ZB> page to say "save permanently".

ZB> I am currently too baffled by the interface for both a user and editor
ZB> to want to use the site in the future.

Yeah, the interface could be improved. For starts, any user should be
able to submit changes. I wanted to soup up the entry about my
project, but was unable to do so. If I release a new version, I won't
be able to update. That sucks.

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Best regards,
 Timofei Shatrov                    mailto:grue at mail.ru
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