Re: list of WPD, rated ready & not-ready

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> Reviewed and complete - "Ready to use" makes me wonder about the others,
> if they're not good at all.
> Almost done - Like it
> In progress - Like it
> Started - "Coming later" indicates there's nothing there.



This brings up some good questions.

I was thinking that we *do* want to signal to developer-users/readers that
they should only really trust the Docs in category 1. That the team feels
good about having people read and use the docs that we'll list in Cat 1,
but not necessarily on the rest of the site. So I wanted to make a user
"wonder about the others, if they're not good at all."

And about Category 4 -- Coming later / Started... I was thinking we'd signal
to potential contributor users to not worry about the things in that
section. Please help us write & review content in Category 3. That's where
we are focusing our efforts. Cat 1 is done. Cat 2 is almost done, nothing
for regular helpers to help with. Cat 3 is HELP US HERE!! And Cat 4 is,
hey, this will happen later, won't that be cool? But there's nothing to
look at there now, nothing to do. It'll happen in the future. Don't click
on these.

I'm very open to changing the phrases. Yet, your questions about giving the
wrong impression -- actually those impressions are the very ideas I'd hoped
to convey.

Jen



Jen Simmons
designer, consultant and speaker
host of The Web Ahead
jensimmons.com
5by5.tv/webahead
twitter: jensimmons <http://twitter.com/jensimmons>



On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Eliot Graff <Eliot.Graff@microsoft.com>wrote:

>  Hi Jen.
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> LOVE IT!
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> Can I recommend this slight change to the headings?
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> Reviewed and complete - "Ready to use" makes me wonder about the others,
> if they're not good at all.
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> Almost done - Like it
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> In progress - Like it
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> Started - "Coming later" indicates there's nothing there.
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> I would move WebGL to the Started bucket, unless someone's added reference
> pages that I don't know of.
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> Also, for the In progress area:
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> ARIA
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> Appcache
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> Geolocation
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> Navigation timing
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> Performance timing
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> User timing
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> Web sockets
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> Webworkers
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> XMLHttpRequest (XHR)
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> It's not exhaustive, nor do I have a solid understanding of which of these
> are "Started" only. Can others chime in?
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> Thanks so much for doing this.
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> Eliot
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> *From:* jensimmons@gmail.com [mailto:jensimmons@gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *Jen
> Simmons
> *Sent:* Friday, February 14, 2014 2:42 PM
> *To:* List WebPlatform public
> *Subject:* list of WPD, rated ready & not-ready
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> If you look at http://webplatform.jensimmons.com/design/, there's a set
> of colored boxes part-way down the page....
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> (see also screenshot:
> http://monosnap.com/image/PQwKhS8sakqKzqINvhQi8lqkjuy5Cn.png)
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> Basically the idea here is to create the beginning of a master portal into
> the docs from the home page. But one that for the moment serves two
> functions: 1) to give people an overall idea of what WPD will cover & do
> once it's done, and 2) show people which parts of the docs are ready vs
> needing work. I think this will encourage people to help out. Clearly show
> people that hey, we know a lot of this site is empty & under construction.
> Show people, hey, these are the reference docs you can use already....
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> So here's my question:
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> What technologies should be listed in each of these four sections.
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> 1) Ready to Use
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> 2) Almost Done
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> 3) In Progress
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> 4) Coming Later
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> And of course -- do we want four buckets? (Or three?) Are these names good
> names?
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> But most importantly, are the technologies listed in each bucket the right
> ones? What can go into "Ready to Use"? What else should be under "Coming
> Later"? Etc.
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> Jen
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>  Jen Simmons
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> designer, consultant and speaker
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> host of The Web Ahead
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> jensimmons.com
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> 5by5.tv/webahead
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> twitter: jensimmons <http://twitter.com/jensimmons>
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