Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Who stole my time ?

[Richard B. <ma...@ri...>]

Hi,
> please don't get me wrong here ) that my opinion is somehow respected and
people
That's true, your site, and the work you put into your examples/widgets was
very inspiring.

> I tried to setup some file-uploading utily some time ago but nobody
> I'll try it again. I'll keep a file list in my web site. This page will
include
> a list of files
I was of the same idea, but I thought, why not give it into the hands of the
developers, we are all adult enough to respect a common resource without
abusing it.
so I opened an ftp server with a free hosting site:

ftp.dynapi.f2s.com
username: dynapi
password: dynapi
web: http://www.dynapi.f2s.com

I plan to up three versions of the dynapi, the official release (to remain
unchanged), the current snapshot (updated regularly, but not to be changed
either) and the latest snapshot, for testing api changes, where people can
apply api changes, to test they don't affect other peoples work.
I'll be putting up a front-page, with a few guidelines, ie upping your
examples in a directory under your name etc, if anyone has any ideas on
this, post away.
The resource should be used to show bugs on a common release.

BTW, who registered www.dynapi2.f2s.com, and let it lie untouched - planning
on selling it back later? ;o)

Cheers,
Richard Bennett

ma...@ri...
www.richardinfo.com
(Everything running on, and ported to the 19/12/2000 snapshot of DynAPI2)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jordi 'IlMaestro' Ministral" <jmi...@or...>
To: <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 5:39 PM
Subject: [Dynapi-Dev] Who stole my time ?


> >From the deepest and darkest swamps of work and personal problems did I
emerge,
> grasping for some air, just to meet 200 DynAPI-related mails. The hardest
part
> has been to smile at my boss at tell I was doing some research while I was
> reading all of them. Maybe I have been involved for too long but now I
feel (
> please don't get me wrong here ) that my opinion is somehow respected and
people
> wants to know what I think about all these important issues. Ok, here we
go.
>
> - I have noticed an increase in the number of mails in this list. This
must a be
> good news because this means more people using the API.
>
> - When there was pure DHTML-related trouble and discussing, the number of
people
> participating was very small. When it comes to discussing coding
techniques in
> general and OO architectures and so, there's a lot of people who's got
something
> to say. The logical conclusion would be that there's far more people who's
got
> the hability to improve the API code-speaking than people that can
find/fix the
> DHTML related bugs.
>
> - NS6 has been out for a little time. There are bugs, and those will need
to be
> solved regarless of the object structure we choose for the API. Then, why
don't
> we generate two / many working teams ? Go ahead and work on a new object
model,
> it won't hurt the API. The good thing about an API is that its internal
> structure can be changed and yet its external interface works the same. My
> advice would be to remember that a very formal,modular, well documented
and
> scalable code that weights 80ks will be useless. This is not a compiled
> environment, and SIZE DOES MATTER.
>
> - Submitting a file to this list does not make any guarantee that it will
be
> analyzed or replied. I have a mail folder where I keep all the
attachments, but
> I don't have the time to take a look at them. I almost don't have time to
shave,
> lately. This does not mean we don't care about these posts, it is just a
matter
> of time. I tried to setup some file-uploading utily some time ago but
nobody
> used it. I can do it again and see what happens.
>
> - Personally I feel more like helping people who can't get the loadpanel
to work
> than people that believes the code is not nice enought. Again, there's
enough
> people in this community to do all of the work, but I sometimes I can't
help but
> have the feeling that whereas there's a lot of people that can do all of
these
> fixing that needs to be done, only a few of us are expected to do it.
>
> - Again, I can't get NS6 to work on my machine. I can't help. I wish I
could. It
> hurts me seeing all of these "NS6 fails to.. " posts and reposts and not
being
> able to help, but there's nothing I can do. Same goes for Mac and Linux.
>
> ---------------------------
>
> I finished my SMI menu interface, but I haven't been able to finish its
docs.
> Foreseing all of the posts / questions / complains that an undocumented
release
> would generate, I'd rather wait until I have the docs. Anyone interested
mail me
> and I'll send you what I have.
>
> --------------------
>
> I'll try it again. I'll keep a file list in my web site. This page will
include
> a list of files. None of them I will test, just post. So, If you want to
submit
> code, mail it to me ( ilm...@ca... ) , including a zipped file,
> description and installation instructions. I will host and maintain the
list,
> but I will not guarantee that they work and all questions will be
redirected to
> the author of the file. This way at least those contributiuons won't get
lost
> among 30 rock-related discussions.
>
>
>
>
> Do I look tired.
>
>
>
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