On 02.06.2013 17:45, Andrea Pescetti wrote:
On 31/05/2013 Andre Fischer wrote:
I am writing a blog post about the sidebar. Please have a look at [1].
https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=the_sidebar_new_and_improved
Good to see it coming out at last!
:-)
I know, should have been sooner. But it appears that I can only either
write a blog post *or* implement a new feature :-(
All typos have already been reported, I just wonder whether you
actually meant to say "but the content did already exist" or "but the
concept did already exist" in the first paragraph.
content
I am trying to elaborate that part of the sidebar is new while another
part is not
I changed
but the content did already exist
into
but the content, the panels, did already exist
to make that a little bit more clear.
In the last paragraph, I would replace
"OpenOffice is an open source project. We don't want your money. You
can help us by telling us what you don't like and what you miss. Share
your ideas about how to make the sidebar better."
with something softer (we can use money too!), like
"OpenOffice is an open source project. You can contribute with
monetary donations [link:
http://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html ] , but you can
also contribute by telling us what you don't like and what you miss.
Share your ideas about how to make the sidebar better."
Obviously, "Share your ideas" should tell how to do it. You mean in
the comments below the post? To ooo-dev? In Bugzilla? Perhaps the
comments are the best solution, but anything will be OK provided that
we mention it.
I have changed the very last paragraph into
"Apache OpenOffice is an open source project. You can help by telling
us what you don't like and what you miss. Share your ideas about how to
make the sidebar better. Write a comment in the comment section below or
subscribe to our development mailing list
<http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html#development-mailing-list-public>
if you are willing to invest a little more time. And we also accept
donation <http://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html>s
<http://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html> (not project
specific)."
In general, I see you adopted a semi-technical approach, where you
introduce several important issues and discuss development issues too.
I see room for another post (don't worry, I'm not asking you for it!)
where we address the final user only, mainly with screenshots that
expand on your existing remarks on the user interface and show how to
use the sidebar. And I see room for a third post too, where we explain
how extensions developers can use the Sidebar... but let's start with
this post and the other ones will come.
I do not feel able to provide the second blog post but was already
thinking about the third. I would first start with writing a Wiki page
for sidebar extension developers and then would use a blog post for
announcing/promoting it.
I would like to encourage everybody to write a blog post about the
sidebar. That is not just "my" feature.
-Andre
Regards,
Andrea.
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