Re: WGO : GNOME Software Map

["Eugenia Loli-Queru" <eugenia osnews com>]

I have also removed the big main ad on gnomefiles for now (I did that a few 
days ago). It may come back only if the expenses of the server go to the 
roof.

BTW, is there truly a need to re-invent the wheel and create a new software 
map? I have complied with Gnome's main requests, so why gnomefiles itself 
can't be that software map? I mean, it's there, it works, it has over 1450 
apps listed so far. Why restart from the beginning instead of working 
together? Why have our readers visit two pages instead of one? Why compete 
in the first place?

Eugenia



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eugenia Loli-Queru"
To: "marketing list"
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: WGO : GNOME Software Map


> >Gnomefiles has an unfriendly url scheme. Try guessing the app id...
>
> Fixed:
> http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php/SSH+Tunnel+Manager
>
> > Also, gnomefiles.org is _not_ authoritative
>
> I am not sure what this means.
>
> > and not translated.
>
> No, and it will never be, because the developers only write their NEWS 
> files in english. 95% of the site's content is created by the developers 
> themselves. If I would make the site's own menus let's say in french, and 
> all other content was submitted only in english, it would look really bad 
> and confusing. English it is. I am personally Greek and I have no interest 
> at all to see the site in Greek. I see no point.
>
> > Additionally, AFAIK app info can only be updated by the single person who 
> > registered it.
>
> A team can very easily share a password to update their entry. The BEAST 
> team does exactly that AFAIK. Gnomefiles is a single user site, and it 
> will remain as such, as it's easier to maintain.
>
> Eugenia