On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Quentin Mathé
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If we put aside the installation issues, I think the simple way to change how people see GNUstep is to have a better website that shows GNUstep maturity. Few well-thought pages could be good enough to begin with.
That's a good point! Since you brought it up, I'll mention that currently the GNUstep website just has WAY too much information in it (adding to the confusion) and a lot of that information is redundant.
For example:
* On the front page you have "What is it?" and "What is it for?". They state exactly the same thing, just in different terms.
* Than, under the "Applications" page there's a link to the Software Index, the wiki's application list, there's even a few applications listed there and a bunch of random links telling you to go all over the place to search for apps. Oh, and I think you missed it, but there's also a Software Index and wiki app list link on the front page.
* Even finding the API documentation is difficult if you don't know where it is: Developers -> Manuals and Documention -> somewhere in the middle of the page there's 4 links (base, gui and they're additions library).
There are examples of stuff like that all over the website and wiki. I would say have a look at the GTK+, GNOME and KDE websites... they simply state what the project is about, tells you where to download it (without a comprehensive list of dependencies... that should be part of a install guide and not the download page) and, in the case of GTK+, the API documentation.
I'll also mention that if you've managed to make it to the GNUstep website, you have at least a rough idea of what is.
By the way, I know I do a whole lot of whining, but I'm not going to stop.
Stef