- From: Marcos Caceres <w3c@marcosc.com>
- Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 18:33:08 +0100
- To: Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>
- Cc: ext Tobie Langel <tobie@w3.org>, Robin Berjon <robin@w3.org>, public-closingthegap@w3.org
On Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Arthur Barstow wrote:
> On 5/7/13 12:52 PM, ext Tobie Langel wrote:
> > The main problem is the time commitment required for developers to lobby a given feature. This pretty much makes it impossible for developers who are not paid to do so to have a say in the development of Web standards. Which is a shame.
> >
> > Key is to reduce the required time commitment of developers while keeping a high signal to noise ratio for WG and spec editors.
> >
> > I'm not sure what the best solution is, but there's a couple of things that could be useful:
> > - The number of entry points for developer comments/requirements has to be kept to a minimum, max three (HTML, CSS, JS APIs), and should be unrelated to how groups are partitioned.
> > - There needs to be some form of cross-group instance (an IG, maybe?) that receives these comments/requirements and filters them.
> > - That cross-group instance must comprise devs, and also folks that help them navigate the way W3C works.
> > - WGs could go to this group to ask for feedback on specific APIs, and this group would have a good way to broadcast that signal to developers and quickly gather feedback (a blog? a github repo?, not sure).
> > - W3C members who care about devs could have an easy way to donate funds to this group which would help developers travel to F2F events, etc.
> >
> > This is just a brain dump at this point. I'd really love for us to solve this problem.
>
> This is a real nice list Tobie and I agree we should try to do better.
>
> Perhaps some type of developer facing IG ("Developers 'R Us") is a good
> way to go. I also wonder if WPD could play a roll here.
>
> (FYI, about one year ago I proposed [1] WebApps create a new developer
> facing list since public-webapps is too much of a `firehose` for a lot
> of people [including me sometimes ;-)]. I must admit I was a bit
> surprised with the lack of feedback. Not sure why ...)
>
I just don't think we (WebApps participants) have the bandwidth to support developers. It would be great if the W3C could provide resources there (e.g., help with adding documentation for each API on the WebPlatform.org site).
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Marcos Caceres
Received on Thursday, 9 May 2013 17:33:43 UTC