[FreeWRL-develop] Roadmap > add, like?

[doug s. <hig...@ho...>]

>  >- Roadmap 
>  >   - Where is the project heading 
>  >   - How much of the X3d/VRML7 spec is the project interested in 
>  > covering/implementing 

Here's some roadmap categories and ideas, some things we're already doing, brought up lately or have on our wish list, and I threw in a few I've been incubating. Feel free to vote 1 to 10 on your need, and add more categories and ideas.

Roadmap categories:

FreeWRL and libfreewrl
user uptake
- web3d.org feature set conformance and extension
- quality and performance of features
- platforms
- ease of installation, learning and use
- complementary tools and example content
developer uptake
- platforms
- modern languages and tools
- good code and folder structure
- developer guidance / insight / code documentation
- testing > tools and test data
- interesting connections to other projects, spinoffs, opportunities
- social-media-like communication between developers
.
Related projects
- other web3d tools
- web3d content
- combinations of web3d with other projects

Roadmap ideas:

FreeWRL and libfreewrl
user uptake
- web3d.org feature set conformance and extension
-- http://www.web3d.org/wiki/index.php/Player_support_for_X3D_components 
-- background node that takes mobile front-facing camera snapshot or stream
- quality and performance of features
-- rendering speed > collision & gravity, worker threads, CPU profiling tests
-- parsing > nested protos > brotos
-- stereovision
-- input devices
-- multiple-screen/window rendering
-- multiple scenes in one html page
-- SAI: browser-native FF, Chrome, Safari, IE, Java
-- EAI: C, python, other examples, MVIP
- platforms
-- OSX, win, linux, iPhone, Android, Blackberry, ??
- ease of installation, learning and use
-- Gui, Help, automatic updates/notification
-- easy way to report bug, suggestion, some way to Like/vote for a proposed new feature
-- easy way to connect with other users for tips, content
-- complementary content site
- complementary tools and example content
-- GoogleEarth snapshot, pluginPicker, URL tester, Gui Launch parameter setter, ???
developer uptake
- platforms
-- OSX, windows, linux (multiple)
- modern languages and tools
-- Git, OO language, memory management, Visual Studio, Eclipse/CDT, gnu autotools
- good code and folder structure
- developer guidance / insight / code documentation
-- doxygen, folder .txt
- testing > tools and test data
-- automated testing framework
-- functional test recording and playback system
-- thorough suite of functional test files
- interesting connections to other projects, spinoffs, opportunities
- social-media-like communication between developers
.
Related projects
- other web3d tools
-- WhiteDune_Cloud - web-app authoring tool
-- SSR - server-side rendering system
- web3d content
-- CloudVR content website
- combinations of web3d with other projects
-- x3d over collada - animatable content in web3d layer, connect-by-position x3d node