Re: [modeling-pmc] Can't find modeling project (easily) from new Eclipse

[Ed Merks <merks@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Nick,

I really don't like the new page at
all.  It seems to be selectively highlighting only certain aspects
of Eclipse and in doing so is sidelining everything else.  If there
were a modeling pillar, we'd obviously have less complaints in that regard,
but any approach that only makes certain things easier to find at the expense
of other things just doesn't seem like a good approach.  The page
just seems glaringly different from every other page at the site, so that
aspect seems bad as well.  You'd think that the page would try to
help make the Callisto release easy to find.  Your help in trying
to steer this in a good direction is appreciated...


Ed Merks/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA
mailto: merks@xxxxxxxxxx
905-413-3265  (t/l 969)

Nick Boldt/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA
Sent by: modeling-pmc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx

10/13/2006 03:34 PM

Please respond to
PMC members mailing list <modeling-pmc@xxxxxxxxxxx>

To	PMC members mailing list <modeling-pmc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
cc
Subject	Re: [modeling-pmc] Can't find modeling project (easily) from new        Eclipse.org homepage

Additional. Opened a couple bugs on this categorization
problem here:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=160909
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=160910

Cheers,

--
Nick Boldt :: Software Developer, IBM Toronto Lab
Eclipse Modeling Framework :: http://eclipse.org/emf
905/413/4308 (t/l 969) :: codeslave@xxxxxxxxxx



                    
                     
                     
          
             Nick        
                     
                     
     
             Boldt/Toronto/IBM    
                     
                  
             @IBMCA      
                     
                     
  To 
             Sent by:      
           modeling-pmc@xxxxxxxxxxx  
         
             modeling-pmc-boun    
                     
               cc 
             ces@xxxxxxxxxxx    
                     
                    
                    
                     
                     
  Subject 
                    
                  [modeling-pmc]
Can't find modeling  
             10/13/2006 01:42    
     project (easily) from new        
  
             PM        
               Eclipse.org homepage
               
                    
                     
                     
          
                    
                     
                     
          
             Please respond to    
                     
                  
                PMC members  
                     
                     
 
               mailing list    
                     
                     
             <modeling-pmc@ecl  
                     
                    
                 ipse.org>  
                     
                     
  
                    
                     
                     
          
                    
                     
                     
          





A couple of very long bugs talking about the reorging of "pillars"
on the
new Eclipse homepage design.

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=159588
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=155235

At the moment, we're apparently
(https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=159588#c76) being stuffed
under "Application & Tools Platform" or "Application
Frameworks", but as
you can see from the prototype new homepage... http://www.eclipse.org/...
we're not on there yet. Recommend adding your collective $0.02 to the bugs
above.

As it stands now, here's the click route to get to the Modeling project
pages:

* Go from the homepage to downloads (http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/)
* then "by project" (http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/index_project.php).

If you go to "by topic" (http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/index_topic.php)
you'll find us under "Rich Internet Applications", which strikes
me as
rather odd. Maybe that whole category should just be renamed. Or maybe
it's
a tip of the hat to the Modeling PMCs? If that's the case, shouldn't it
be
"Rich et al.'s Modeling Projects?" ;-)

Cheers,

--
Nick Boldt :: Software Developer, IBM Toronto Lab
Eclipse Modeling Framework :: http://eclipse.org/emf
905/413/4308 (t/l 969) :: codeslave@xxxxxxxxxx

_______________________________________________
modeling-pmc mailing list
modeling-pmc@xxxxxxxxxxx
https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/modeling-pmc


_______________________________________________
modeling-pmc mailing list
modeling-pmc@xxxxxxxxxxx
https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/modeling-pmc