Uli Mayring wrote:
<snip/>
>
> Period #user #dev /user /dev ratio
> 2001/2002 14504 18083 1116 1387 0.8
> 2000/2001 15664 10505 1205 808 1.5
>
> While development has substantially increased, usage has remained
> constant. Conclusion?
>
> Ulrich
>
AS a user I can say that it's very hard to use Cocoon. Don't
get me wrong, *I* love it and I can see the potential, but I
think that many potential users will look at it and think
'christ I'm never going to figure all that out' and then leave.
I've been following Cocoon for a long time but occasionally,
when I have had a lot of other work to do, I take my eye off
the ball. Given the fast moving nature of the project it means
that coming back to it after just a couple of months can be
very hard work.
Dare I mention the documentation? Ok I'll stick my neck out...
The missing bits of it and the lack of detail make things
hard for the users. There seem to be a number of places where
the available parameters and the use of them is not explained.
I'm often digging around in the source code to see if I can
figure out what's meant to be going on. I don't think that
the majority of users will even bother downloading the source
code.
Ok, I've gone on more than I meant to here and it does sound
a bit critical. It's not really meant to, like I said, I love
Cocoon but it's hard work.
Regards,
Simeon
--
Simeon Walker, email: simeon@sbs.bangor.ac.uk
School of Biological Sciences, phone: +44 (0)1248 383702
University of Wales, Bangor, fax: +44 (0)1248 382569
Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK. www: http://biology.bangor.ac.uk/
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