[wx-discuss] Applications page, user feedback

[Kevin Ollivier]

Hi Julian,

I really don't have time to go through this again, but as for your  
suggestion, I personally think that having all our applications on  
one page says one thing to (perspective) wx users very clearly - that  
the number of wx apps are small enough that we think one page is  
enough to fit them all. I'll briefly mention (once again) the new  
site's automated broken link checking (we had LOTS of broken links on  
the old page), the fact that users can (and do) update entries  
themselves, and lastly, that people are actually reporting broken  
links via the web site at a rate that is probably much more often  
than on the old page, meaning some people are getting fairly actively  
involved in the site.

In short, a single page with old apps and lots of broken links  
screams both "there aren't many wx apps" and "no one cares about this  
page", but if that's the signal you want to send because for some  
reason a couple clicks and filling out a simple form is causing you  
this much frustration (and you aren't happy with alternatives), then  
hell, I'm tired of trying to stick up for my work against a tide of  
criticism. (Well, it's not total criticism; the users often thank me  
when they learn they can add/update entries themselves and for my  
work on the site, but then again my interactions with the user  
community are in general much more pleasant for some reason.)

Regards,

Kevin

On Jan 20, 2007, at 8:03 AM, Julian Smart wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Since the new wxWidgets web site went live, I've been at a losss to  
> know where to put descriptions of applications that people send me.  
> The current Applications link goes to the downloads page at  
> wxCommunity and the interface is so horrible I can't bring myself  
> to create an entry every time someone sends a description. It's not  
> really a good place to browse for wxWidgets-using applications  
> anyway, with its hierarchical structure (the old Applications page  
> was easy to scan through). We've lost quite a few entries that  
> weren't transferred to wxCommunity, e.g. Vulcan 3D.
>
> So, should we reinstate the old Applications page? Or have a Wiki  
> page, where the app authors can enter information themselves? Or  
> just put this kind of information in the Users page, since it  
> duplicates some of the Applications content anyway? Actually I  
> think this is my preferred solution.
>
> I don't mind maintaining an HTML page, at least I have somewhere to  
> put the information.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Here's an excerpt of a description that I received yesterday - very  
> encouraging to see someone migrating from Qt.
>
> Regards,
>
> Julian
>
> "I have been using wxWidgets for more than a year now and would  
> like to present you the application we developed in our team. This  
> is called MedINRIA and it is dedicated to medical imaging  
> processing and visualization. In case you would agree to include it  
> in the "users" section of the wxWidgets website, this mail contents  
> the online survey requested. We have put lots of screenshots of the  
> software running on our webpage, feel free to use them if you wish:
>
> http://www-sop.inria.fr/asclepios/software/MedINRIA/screenshots/
>
> Thanks in advance and congratulations for providing the developer  
> community with such a wonderful toolkit.
>
> Comments: I switched from Qt to GTK to wxWidgets. wxWidgets is by  
> far the best cross-platform GUI toolkit I ever used. What seduced  
> me is the convenience of c++, the handiness of the sizers that are  
> very logical to me, and the fact that each wx port uses the native  
> widgets of the targeted platform. Source code is clear, maintenance  
> is easy to do and I found the toolkit very mature, and it gets even  
> better with the AUI of the last version. Congratulations for this  
> excellent work and thanks for all your effort."
>
> -- 
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