Re: Web productions / testimonials / publications

[Trevor Daniels]

Graham Percival wrote Tuesday, April 06, 2010 8:39 AM


> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Mats Bengtsson 
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Fine! My only concern is how easy it will be to find the Essay if 
> > it's only
> > available under a section entitled "Academia".
>
> That _is_ a definite concern; I'm not completely happy with my
> proposal with regards to that.

Me too.  I thought the original material from which the
essay has been drawn was the best part of the documentation
as it was 3 years ago.  It's already been relegated several
clicks away and currently even the links to it are broken
so I can't even remind myself what it contains exactly.

> OTOH, it's easy to find the Essay from
> the manuals page... and we could make sure that the Essay is the 
> first
> thing on the Academia page... so I think it'll work out.

I don't think people should have to "find" it.  Newcomers
don't know it exists so obviously won't go looking for it.
Nor is it immediately obvious from the name what it is.

> Alternate suggestions are still welcome, although I'd rather not 
> keep
> the current Background section, because the second-layer TOC is
> already fairly long for Introduction.

I'd rather the current Background section is kept.  Academic
references have nothing in common with the Essay (AFAICR).

Trevor