On Dec 3, 4:25 pm, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote: > It also depends on the TYPES of questions that get asked, and the rate of > "yes there is a solution" to "no sorry" answers. > > For web2py, I would say 99% of the questions that get asked, get answered > with a "yes you can, here is how".
*sigh* --- as I've said all along, this is a NULL argument; I believe the correlation from activity to use/ usefulness is non-deterministic at best. In fact, the NUMBER of "how do I do..." about forms, validators, etc. shows more about either potential audience, or design (if something is repeatedly unclear, that in general is not a good sign; either audience impedence mismatch, or design abstraction doesn't fit well enough - time for a re-factor). I'm not saying things one way or another (there _are_ things that just are not clear enough, and others that are, but people keep asking the same old "you should know this" kinds of questions - it's a mix) --- except looking at group activity is ... not meaningful by itself. And, yes, I really do believe that software that has no / very few questions, no "need for the manual", and lots of use says something POSITIVE about the software and how well it matches it's problem- domain and use. I also agree that web frameworks are complex enough that THAT is probably not a realistic expectation to have of frameworks in general. Nevertheless, things can always be clearer and easier - better targeted at the intended "kinds of" things that are trying to be accomplished. - Yarko > > There are other projects out there, that can't claim such a high rate for > questions answered. > > Times and time again I have been told by even maintainers of some projects > "NO there is no way to do that, and never will be, tough luck". All while > the question was legitimate, and should be possible with this said project. > > -Thadeus > > > > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Richard <richar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > LOTS of questions, bug reports, and need for help in using is not a > > > good sign. LOW user activity, few question (when correlated with high > > > use) --- that is a good sign; > > > Do you really believe that? > > A web framework has a lot more complexity than most applications, so > > there are bound to be more questions from noobs like me. Lots of > > questions is a good sign that lots of people are interested. > > > On Dec 3, 3:41 pm, Yarko Tymciurak <resultsinsoftw...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > On Dec 2, 10:10 pm, Richard <richar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > monthly post numbers are available here: > >http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/about > > > > To get just HOW MUCH this is irrelevant, take a look athttp:// > > groups.google.com/group/codereview-discuss/about > > > > This is the reitveld code review tool written by Guido in Python / > > > Django for GAE - it's what is is used for (among other things) all the > > > activitiy on Chrome (the open source Chromium browser ports to other > > > platforms, including Linux). There are other internal google projects > > > which use this, and it's available for any project on code.google.com. > > > > November: web2py: 1908; codereview: 5 > > > > I will suggest that the user base and amount of traffic that reitveld > > > app sees is SIGNIFICANTLY greater than ... ok, I'll go out > > > (potentially) on a limb here: ALL web2py apps worldwide saw in > > > November. > > > > LOTS of questions, bug reports, and need for help in using is not a > > > good sign. LOW user activity, few question (when correlated with high > > > use) --- that is a good sign; > > > > - Yarko > > > > > On Dec 3, 1:21 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > > > I agree but that is difficult to measure. > > > > > > On Dec 2, 7:59 pm, waTR <r...@devshell.org> wrote: > > > > > > > I think a more valid statistic is # of postings/ month. I would > > argue > > > > > > an inactive user is not necessarily a good thing. Not to throw > > water > > > > > > on the great news or anything. It is still a positive indicator > > that > > > > > > the user numbers are growing. Go web2py!! > > > > > > > On Dec 2, 3:58 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > > yes. > > > > > > > > On Dec 2, 4:28 pm, DenesL <denes1...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > > > > > > > > > y-axis: users, > > > > > > > > x-axis: days(?) > > > > > > > > > On Dec 2, 2:48 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >https://www.web2py.com/examples/static/users.jpg > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "web2py-users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<web2py%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en.
