- From: Marcos Caceres <m.caceres@qut.edu.au>
- Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:27:25 +1000
- To: work@gavinpearce.co.uk
- Cc: "Luka Kladaric" <allixsenos@gmail.com>, "Tim Brown" <tim@tbrown.org>, public-html@w3.org
On 3/23/07, Gavin Pearce <work@gavinpearce.co.uk> wrote: > > Agree with the below, just because something worked in the past, doesn't > mean it's right for the future. So far things seem a mess. Can anyone truly > tell me exactly what stage we are at, every idea we have had already, and > peoples views on that idea? > > It would be good, for example, to be able to go back and look at everyone's > comments on <abbr>, without picking through my inbox. Maybe you could try gmail, it does exactly this. > As I said, I'm quite happy to set anything up if anyone wants to lend a hand > with the chairs permissions. > > OK IRC can stay, maybe I was a bit hasty there, personally I'm not a fan, it > is dated, but it works I agree. > > The email list can stay, but as per above, as it stands, does anyone really > know what's going on for certain? This is the future of the web we're > talking about, and we're handling it using tech from the past. > > We all know the W3C is famous for "setting an example" with its accessible > and compliant website that yet is so poor for common usability. I just think > maybe it's time to try something new. Keep the emails flowing, just make > them more organized. A PHP based testing server where we could setup like, > for example, a dynamic to-do list, etc ... you can't deny it wouldn't be a > good idea. Perhaps. Sounds like we could spend more time doing the above than actually writing the spec. > But to prove my point? Can anyone effectively answer the above? Tell me > every idea we've discussed and what point we are at with each. So if I > wanted to add to the abbr I could. I can with gmail. > Difference between a this mailing list and a move advanced one is user > options, better online viewing and organization, to-do lists etc etc .. > > The wiki is a wiki, yea it'l doo the job, but so will a different way. > > Why are we so worried to try something new? I don't think it's a problem... but the working group is chartered to write a spec, not to try out new technologies and figure out new effective ways to collaborate. As far as I can see, the infrastructure for effective collaboration is in place (mailing list, IRC, WHATWG wiki, blog, and resources, etc). > Sorry for the mess - just a collection of ideas as I think through. > > > - Gavin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: public-html-request@w3.org [mailto:public-html-request@w3.org] On > Behalf Of Luka Kladaric > Sent: 23 March 2007 11:31 > To: Marcos Caceres > Cc: Tim Brown; work@gavinpearce.co.uk; public-html@w3.org > Subject: Re: Leading the Forefront - with IRC ! ? > > > "gotten the job done in the past..." > > so has HTML4... > > -- > The geek shall inherit the earth. > > > -- Marcos Caceres http://datadriven.com.au
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