Can we attack the 'not enough libraries' thing straight on?

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There are many articles overnight…

Regards to the style topic around Google vs Yahoo vs Wiki
(graph, not tree), we developers had discussed it for the RAA
renewal(Oct. 2002) and choosed the Google style and keep
category simple. That’s why current RAA is.

  • We want project owners to self-organize their category
    for users to grasp projects from broader perspective.
  • We want project owners to put searchable keyword at
    ‘short_description’ or ‘description’ of their entry,
    for users who knows what he/she want exactly.
  • We want users to utilize search box.

I agree but is it ok to put search somewhere on top? (like google right?). I
hate scrolling down. 90% of time, I do search.

But, I realize it while this discussion, things aren’t
going our way for now. So I’m wathing discussions interestingly.

No. I do not picture it that way. RAA has done great help, imho.

Back to the style issue, we have a plan to introduce

wiki-like feature to RAA. That’s for linking proejcts

and for adding comments of users.

I like this too :slight_smile:

Btw, can we include doc, too? I like to differentiate source update with doc
update, since some projects have docs, less docs, or no docs at all :wink:

From: Daniel Carrera [mailto:dcarrera@math.umd.edu]
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 2:46 AM

I certainly think that RAA should have a search feature.

Maybe I misunderstood you again, but does this English
sentence imply that RAA doesn’t have a search feature now?
Or are you thinking more detailed search e.g. “search by
release date, category and description”? That’s on our ToDo…

yap. thanks.

Basically, my want is “simple”. I want to add something like a library index
card (noh, just plain old library w four walls :-). I can search for author,
title, subject. Then I’d include something like author keywords, title
keywords, subject keywords. The search then must be very flexible: 1) allows
combi of author, title, & subject, 2) allows soundex (is japs soundex diff
fr english ?:-), and 3) use “and”, “or”, “not”, & regex. The result of the
set option also must be modifiable by user. It could be a simple list, a
list w description, a list w authors names only, a list of projects updated
on a certain date/week/month, etc… Also, as others may want, the result
set could be a (hierarchical) collapsible/expandable tree. Btw, notice I use
subject instead of category, since finalizing categories/hierarchy is a
never-ending-story :slight_smile:

Also, can projects have id#? Sometimes, I want to go search quickly.

Btw, I also like sir Daniel’ sample mockup of RAA. Use of tabs does simplify
navigation (not search). The icons however are too bold. I like something
like japanese caricatures :slight_smile:

One last request, can you trim down the ruby header? (this applies to
ruby-lang page also) It occuppies more than an inch-wide of my browsing
view, and besides, slim is in :wink: I’m very particular of browser space
really…

Regards,
// NaHi

kind regards,
-botp

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sir NAKAMURA, Hiroshi [mailto:nahi@keynauts.com] wrote:

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Hi, Botp,

From: “Peña, Botp” botp@delmonte-phil.com
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 8:11 PM

Back to the style issue, we have a plan to introduce

wiki-like feature to RAA. That’s for linking proejcts

and for adding comments of users.

I like this too :slight_smile:

Btw, can we include doc, too? I like to differentiate source update with doc
update, since some projects have docs, less docs, or no docs at all :wink:

That wiki should allow you to post any RD formatted text.
You locate doc in your website and put a link there, or
can post RD style doc there.

I’ll try to build this feature as quick as I can but it won’t
come near future…

Basically, my want is “simple”. I want to add something like a library index
card (noh, just plain old library w four walls :-). I can search for author,
title, subject. Then I’d include something like author keywords, title
keywords, subject keywords. The search then must be very flexible: 1) allows
combi of author, title, & subject, 2) allows soundex (is japs soundex diff
fr english ?:-), and 3) use “and”, “or”, “not”, & regex. The result of the
set option also must be modifiable by user. It could be a simple list, a
list w description, a list w authors names only, a list of projects updated
on a certain date/week/month, etc… Also, as others may want, the result
set could be a (hierarchical) collapsible/expandable tree. Btw, notice I use
subject instead of category, since finalizing categories/hierarchy is a
never-ending-story :slight_smile:

RAA/2.3 allow you to search owner, name, description, or all.
No combi yet. Soundex, not, regex as well. But good to have
I think. I’ll push it to ToDo.

Also, can projects have id#? Sometimes, I want to go search quickly.

Current ‘Name’ works as identifier. I always throw a name into search
box and press ‘search’ to find the project page.
DB has id# so
http://www.ruby-lang.org/raa/list.rhtml?id=702
is redirected to
http://www.ruby-lang.org/raa/list.rhtml?name=mysql-ruby
but it’s for internal use.

You can search id# in RAA XML interface such as

http://www.ruby-lang.org/raa/raa-xml10.xml

One last request, can you trim down the ruby header? (this applies to
ruby-lang page also) It occuppies more than an inch-wide of my browsing
view, and besides, slim is in :wink: I’m very particular of browser space
really…

RAA/2.3 will be served at raa.ruby-lang.org (empty for now).
Then we’ll be able to rather differentiate its design from
www.ruby-lang.org’s one.

Regards,
// NaHi