Re: [limesurvey-developers] LS2 status update and suggestions

[Juhan S. <juhan@MIT.EDU>]

>

>>
>> mod_rewrite concerns:
>> This is an install instance-specific configuration and should be
>> handled by our install wizard. Requiring mod_rewrite does not seem to
>> be that big of a hurdle as long as the install process handles it.  
>> The
>> current url rewrite of baseUrl/index.php/path/to/action is messy and
>> does not exude a professional service. It makes the application  
>> appear
>> more like a hack then a quality open source tool. Let’s promote best
>> web practices and standards which includes clean urls
>> (baseUrl/path/to/action).
>>
> Saying that a URL like rewrite of baseUrl/index.php/path/to/action  
> (this
> is not a rewrite) would make LS2 appear like a hack is very  
> exaggerated.
> I think that a software proves its quality - not by the URL but by
> function and stability. There are certainly more important things to
> worry about than the look of the URL.


Carsten,

Great services should exceed your expectations and make you smile.  
It's more than raw # of functions and stability. Beautiful code  
matters (not that we're quite there yet... we obviously need help here).

Ugly URLs are so 1999.
LS2 needs to have easy to understand addressing. People, not just  
machines, are reading and remembering URLs.

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juhansonin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty

vs

http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A1QKRMQ4O9GIK1/ref=pd_ys_homenav_lm?pf_rd_p=258341001&pf_rd_s=right-1&pf_rd_t=1501&pf_rd_i=home&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0A18MTTNKK6WZNKJNCA3
http://www.weather.com/weather/local/02476?lswe=02476&lwsa=WeatherLocalUndeclared&from=whatwhere

.... and millions more impossible to read URLs.

I agree: performance and rockin' core features are a big measure of  
success. Let's not treat URLs like forgotten stepchildren.

Tag, your it.

-Juhan

ps: Finally - some good tech talk on LS2!! Carsten, thanks for jumping  
into the code and discussion.