[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Application Catalog rewrite [was: Abuse on the ApplicationCatalog page]

[From: Santeri Lindgren]

Jussi Kukkonen wrote:
 > Hi,
 >
 > Santeri Lindgren wrote:
 >> As i proposed (might be a lot of typing errors), i propose that the
 >> ApplicationCatalog -page, as other equivalents to this, Wip and
 >> Wishlist. Should only be a list, maybe categorized more specifically.
 >>
 >> Making the list a really long, isn't very nice when using GPRS to browse
 >>  and search one app you know is in the page but you dont' remember the
 >> homepage or something.
 >>
 >>> That way, once an app is added to the index page, the information on
 >>> there does not need to be updated each time the detail page is
 >>> updated. Makes it easier to maintain.
 >>
 >> Yes, this is a good point, but also, if you make a detailed index page,
 >> it gets cramped.
 >>
 >> If you want some details to the index page, something like:
 >>
 >> gategory
 >>   | app name    | few centences nothing more
 >>
 >
 > I've modified https://maemo.org/maemowiki/ApplicationCatalogMockup into
 > a more minimal look, would that be an acceptable compromise?
 >
 > Go ahead and make the table continuous if you want, that would make the
 > page more compact. I'm not sure it would enhance readability, though.

Ok, now the https://maemo.org/maemowiki/ApplicationCatalogMockup page 
seems like a nice one. But, for the sake of bandwidth, i say, no images 
of applications in the application page. They bring too much weight in 
to it and if you want to see the application, the homepage is always a 
good place to put them.

Andrew Flegg wrote:
 > On 4/11/06, Michael Wiktowy <michael.wiktowy at gmail.com> wrote:
 >> That way, once an app is added to the index page, the information on
 >> there does not need to be updated each time the detail page is updated.
 >> Makes it easier to maintain.
 >
 > Indeed, however one thing which I'd like to keep in mind is my
 > ApplicationCatalog -> RSS feed[1] which, although currently 
unavailable[2],
 > is relatively easy to put together with the existing design. Having
 > to check a page for each application for updates would be more of a pain.

Ok, moinmoin (the platform maemowiki uses), does support rss through a 
module update. Indeed, it would be easy to just monitor the rss feeds.

But i still think that the page will be overweighted, if you remove the 
images it will give some life to it, but i still think its too long and 
heavy.

I mean, the page is 128KB now. And only with a handfull of applications. 
Imagine what will happen when the amount of applications double? Triple? 
And i do not think thats not far fetched, not maybe in the next couple 
of months but sometime.

And again, this brings me to my next suggestion, we need a better 
platform to host our programs. Something like sf.net that have cvs and 
upload capabilities, people can put own websites to it and have it (ie. 
kismet.sf.net). The problem is the costs, bandwidth costs a lot of 
money, and these days, not many people are eager to put something like 
that up just for the fun of it.

I think someone already pointed this out, and this is way better than 
any wiki based ideas if you ask my opinion.