Congrats. Very nice app. Suggestions: I agree with Anthony that the ui format makes it a little hard to easily distinguish between answers and comments. Consequently, there is a lack of central focus in the answer. I sometimes use Yahoo! answers and you could look there for some ideas. Also, the iconography of the check-mark vs. the X is also a little arcane -- take that with a grain of salt since I'm not a user- interface expert. I didn't make an account and try voting, but I think thumbs-up and thumbs-down is a little more obvious. So yes, nice Q&A system Beta. Good luck and hope it scales up. We need a few big-ass web2py-based apps to prove scalability so that the naysayers will quiet down.
On Dec 19, 1:55 pm, Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote: > Overall, I like the design, but visually, I think the comments look > somewhat "heavy". I think the gray background makes the comments stand > out too much (relative to the actual question answers). Comments are > also taking up a lot of vertical space because the check/X icons are > on their own line and there are three lines of info (By, Updated, > Votes) for each comment (so even a simply one-line comment takes up a > lot of space). Maybe consider making the comments display a little > less prominent and more compact. > > Also, could use some tooltips with the icons that appear under some of > the questions. > > Anthony > > On Dec 19, 12:47 am, Julio Schwarzbeck <ju...@techfuel.net> wrote: > > > Dear community, > > > I am pleased to inform the release the first (beta) revision of > > pyStack.com, an open source questions and answers web application > > loosely based on the successful stack overflow web site. pyStack aims > > to be a simple to use Q&A app with all the fat trimmed off and at the > > same time easy to use for the inexperienced user and complex enough > > for the hard-core one. > > > It is based on a "reputation" system in which the user "earns" points > > by means of voting up (or down) anyone's questions or answers, the > > system uses a role-based authentication system in which a new "role" > > is earned by means of accumulated points. As the user earns new roles, > > more options are available to him/her, such as ability to close a > > question, upgrade another user to a new role, ban questions, etc. The > > basic user can only add questions and answer, whereas the "SysAdmin" > > user can control the fate of the entire site. I made this site in > > hopes that web2py gets an even better reputation and to pay homage to > > the Open Source movement, something I heavily support. > > > Links: > > > pyStack (BETA):http://beta.pystack.com/ > > pyStack Discussions:http://www.pyforum.org/ > > > Here's where I would really need help on: I need testers, you may > > create your own account (or use google's integration, no google > > password is stored in the DB EVER if the user logs in using google > > auth), Currently there are several Q&A posted (many of them simple > > "blah blah this is a test" and others with "questionable" subjects, > > I'll get rid of all of that once the app is ready for "production", so > > please if you need any help creating an account, I can do this for you > > just ping me and I'll see what I can do, the forums is a nice place to > > put your comments since there is categories for them, sucgh as bugs, > > requests and general discussions, I will be updating the forum as time > > permits. > > > When the system goes out of beta, I'll place a link to download the > > source code but for now, if you wish to take a peek at it, let me > > know, I am using mercurial for source control and will soon make it > > available in google code. thanks to all. > >
