From: "Peña, Botp" <botp@...>
Date: 2003-01-27T20:11:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Can we attack the 'not enough libraries' thing straight on?

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

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 ;-)

> 
> > 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 :-) 

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 :-)

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 ;-) I'm very particular of browser space
really...

> 
> Regards,
> // NaHi

kind regards,
-botp