From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2005-01-19T13:52:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Best ways to accelerate Ruby's popularity

Ben Giddings wrote:
...
> * A central "portal" site geared towards people who are brand new to 
> Ruby.  This central site's main page should have at most 6 "elements" on 
> it, and should show them all with no scrolling.  The way Google's main 
> page does things is almost perfect.  I'd lay things out like:

I like it. It would reduce the number of ruby bookmarks one needs to 
carry around from computer to computer.

...
> I would suggest that each one of those sections only contain 1 link, and 
>  that the page it links to can contain more information, say:
> 
> About Ruby:
>   * What is Ruby?  (Intro from Matz)

       You could copy this from `man ruby`, for starters.

> Docs:

     * FAQ
     * Wikis
     * Books (on line and print)