+1 to dropping it from cordova Let's just link to phonegap-showcase, onsenui-showcase and ionic-showcase pages ... I think we should focus on being the best engine and let the downstreams do the marketing.
@purplecabbage risingj.com On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 12:43 PM, julio cesar sanchez < jcesarmob...@gmail.com> wrote: > I liked Kerri's idea about only posting open source apps. I think users can > benefit of it. > > El 25 jul. 2017 7:52 p. m., "Joe Bowser" <bows...@gmail.com> escribió: > > > +1 to no longer supporting the Apps section. Downstream projects get > more > > benefit from this than we do, IMO. > > > > On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 10:36 AM, Filip Maj <maj....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I'm of the opinion that we, the cordova devs are already sinking under > > > the amount of incoming PRs and TODOs just with maintaining the > > > tooling, platforms, plugins, and docs. > > > > > > I think it would be better to turf it and let downstream projects do > > > that stuff if they wish. I think PhoneGap has one, so does ionic. > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 9:58 AM, Kerri Shotts <kerrisho...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > If we’re going to have an apps section on the website, it would be > good > > > to keep it updated. For example, the ReactEurope app goes to a 404 > page. > > > Buildr navigates to an iTunes page that is not available in the US > > region, > > > so doesn’t tell me anything (would be better to link to a website > > instead). > > > > > > > > Personally, it might be better just to drop the section entirely, > since > > > it will require maintenance, would end up with some subjective criteria > > > (leading to “why them and not us?”), and would need to be rotated as > new > > > apps are added to prevent a huge list of apps on the front page. I like > > the > > > idea, but maybe it would be better to have a Cordova App gallery (akin > to > > > Plugin search, cocoapods, etc.)… but that could easily be done by the > > > community, since we’re tight on resources as it is. > > > > > > > > That said, if we’re going to accept apps, we need some (reasonable) > > > criteria for acceptance, along with the proviso that we won’t > necessarily > > > always feature the app (since we don’t want to end up featuring 1000 > apps > > > on the front page). > > > > > > > > Some starting criteria: > > > > > > > > * Should currently be available for sale/download on the appropriate > > app > > > stores. > > > > * The product needs to have a website where we can link (redirecting > > > into iTunes is not ideal). > > > > * The product should fit with Cordova’s CoC, since it’s being > featured > > > on the front page. > > > > * The app itself should: > > > > * be visually appealing and well designed (this is subjective, > but > > > no getting around that…) > > > > * actually work (this would require someone downloading & testing > > > it. Paid apps would need to supply a review copy for free.) > > > > * be performant (no jank, quick response to user input, etc.) > > > > * be in production (not just a demo app) > > > > * be more than just wrapping a remote website > > > > * Plusses for (but not required): > > > > * Available source code (so others can learn from the app) > > > > * Multiple platform support > > > > * Free or usable trial version so that users can get a good feel > > for > > > a performant Cordova app > > > > > > > > Those are just off the top of my head, so take them as you will. :-) > > > > > > > > ~ Kerri > > > > > > > >> On Jul 24, 2017, at 19:24, Shazron <shaz...@apache.org> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> https://cordova.apache.org > > > >> > > > >> Are we still accepting apps? How do we select? > > > >> Right now there are 12. This relates to the Xmind request to dev@ > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > > > > > > > >
