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Posted to dev@roller.apache.org by shelan Perera <sh...@gmail.com> on 2011/02/11 11:17:29 UTC
Re: GSOC 2011 Project Ideas
Hi all,
When i go through JIRA i saw the project idea of "Simple Social Networking
for Roller blog server" [1].I went through the mailing lists for the
discussion regarding the project idea and in one it was stated that the
project is over ambitious for GSoC project (So need to redefine the
boundaries).I would like to know your feedback regarding this project idea.
(Is it important enough for the future realeases and interest.)
I am brainstorming an idea to integrate that can improve roller and much
willing to know about your ideas or suggestions for a suitable project.
Thanks.
[1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ROL-1861
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 9:53 AM, shelan Perera <sh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am a student from University of Moratuwa Srilanka.I am really
> enthusiastic about the FOSS and willing to participate in the community to
> share knowledge with others.
> Google Summer of Code 2011 has been announced [1] .I would like to
> contribute Apache Roller with a successful project.I have gone thorough the
> documentation to get an idea about the
> project and the project is really interesting to me.I would like to know
> any project ideas that i can contribute to 5.0 release or in future releases
> so i can continue with a mentor from the community.
>
>
> Thank you,
> [1] http://socghop.appspot.com/gsoc/program/home/google/gsoc2011
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> I am the captain of my soul.
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>
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>
>
>
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>
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Shelan Perera
Home: http://www.shelan.org
Blog : http://www.shelanlk.com
Twitter: shelan
skype :shelan.perera
gtalk :shelanrc
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
*invictus*
Re: GSOC 2011 Project Ideas
Posted by Ken Gunderson <kg...@teamcool.net>.
On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 10:38 +0530, shelan Perera wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks all for the valuable comments.
You're welcome :) I'm not a Roller developer, so take my comments with
that caveat in mind.
> I really feel html5 mobile interface will do much better in the rollers
> usability.I would like to have some more feedbacks on the idea.
> There are two main categories that i can i imagine.
>
> 1) Having a mobile optimized user interface for quick blog view for readers.
My take is that this should be the higher priority. People blog to
share their thoughts with others. In the final analysis, it's all about
hits. Well, maybe not only about hits but you get my meaning.
> 2) Mobile friendly user interface for quick posts, basic administration.
I think quick post capabilities might be of value, but administration
might be a bit complex to implement, as there's simply a lot more
involved and getting the UI right may be a challenge.
> I looked at how to add templates for roller.Would this interface will be
> added as a template or do we have to define some extensible architecture for
> this.? The second thought is more looking for future which we
> can benefit for html5 offline storage, media handling capabilities.
>
> Would like to hear some feedback about this idea.
I don't know enough about html5 media handling to comment. Ditto the
Roller template system.
To recap, I see the value add ordered thusly:
1) End user mobile UI
2) Quick post blogger UI. I think this would necessarily entail a
subset of Roller's full feature set in order to keep the UI manageable
from, for example, a smartphone. I'm not sure how many bloggers would
use this though as blog posts are typically more substantive than micro
blogs, e.g. tweets. I see use case for the latter from e.g. smartphone,
but not sure if there's really use case for more substantive posts being
made from such device. At least for me, I'd want to be using a laptop
or workstation unless it was really, really so important that I was
willing to suffer through e.g. a 1000 words on my Android. But then I'm
not a big texter either, so I think it would be prudent to get input
from others on this issue.
3) Mobil admin interface. Ditto the subset comments above.
--
Ken Gunderson <kg...@teamcool.net>
Re: GSOC 2011 Project Ideas
Posted by shelan Perera <sh...@gmail.com>.
Hi,
Thanks all for the valuable comments.
I really feel html5 mobile interface will do much better in the rollers
usability.I would like to have some more feedbacks on the idea.
There are two main categories that i can i imagine.
1) Having a mobile optimized user interface for quick blog view for readers.
2) Mobile friendly user interface for quick posts, basic administration.
I looked at how to add templates for roller.Would this interface will be
added as a template or do we have to define some extensible architecture for
this.? The second thought is more looking for future which we
can benefit for html5 offline storage, media handling capabilities.
Would like to hear some feedback about this idea.
Thanks.
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Ken Gunderson <kg...@teamcool.net>wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 21:07 -0500, Dave wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:17 AM, shelan Perera <sh...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > When i go through JIRA i saw the project idea of "Simple Social
> Networking
> > > for Roller blog server" [1].I went through the mailing lists for the
> > > discussion regarding the project idea and in one it was stated that the
> > > project is over ambitious for GSoC project (So need to redefine the
> > > boundaries).I would like to know your feedback regarding this project
> idea.
> > > (Is it important enough for the future realeases and interest.)
> > >
> > > I am brainstorming an idea to integrate that can improve roller and
> much
> > > willing to know about your ideas or suggestions for a suitable project.
> > >
> > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ROL-1861
> >
> > I like the simple social networking idea and I think it really could
> > be "simple" with the right design (that's why I left out OpenSocial
> > when I wrote up the original idea).
> >
> > However, I'm not sure if having an activity stream is really going to
> > benefit Roller users as much as other possible improvements, like an
> > HTML5 mobile interface, or the ability to have protected blogs.
> >
> > - Dave
>
> +1 on the HTML5 mobile interface. More and more of what used to be sole
> domain of workstation is going to the hand held domain. I think getting
> the mobile thing right in a timely manner would be very good for Roller.
> And in light of the Goog's investment in Android, such a proposal may
> well get their attention :)
>
> --
> Ken Gunderson <kg...@teamcool.net>
>
>
--
Shelan Perera
Home: http://www.shelan.org
Blog : http://www.shelanlk.com
Twitter: shelan
skype :shelan.perera
gtalk :shelanrc
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
*invictus*
Re: GSOC 2011 Project Ideas
Posted by Ken Gunderson <kg...@teamcool.net>.
On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 21:07 -0500, Dave wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:17 AM, shelan Perera <sh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > When i go through JIRA i saw the project idea of "Simple Social Networking
> > for Roller blog server" [1].I went through the mailing lists for the
> > discussion regarding the project idea and in one it was stated that the
> > project is over ambitious for GSoC project (So need to redefine the
> > boundaries).I would like to know your feedback regarding this project idea.
> > (Is it important enough for the future realeases and interest.)
> >
> > I am brainstorming an idea to integrate that can improve roller and much
> > willing to know about your ideas or suggestions for a suitable project.
> >
> > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ROL-1861
>
> I like the simple social networking idea and I think it really could
> be "simple" with the right design (that's why I left out OpenSocial
> when I wrote up the original idea).
>
> However, I'm not sure if having an activity stream is really going to
> benefit Roller users as much as other possible improvements, like an
> HTML5 mobile interface, or the ability to have protected blogs.
>
> - Dave
+1 on the HTML5 mobile interface. More and more of what used to be sole
domain of workstation is going to the hand held domain. I think getting
the mobile thing right in a timely manner would be very good for Roller.
And in light of the Goog's investment in Android, such a proposal may
well get their attention :)
--
Ken Gunderson <kg...@teamcool.net>
Re: GSOC 2011 Project Ideas
Posted by Dave <sn...@gmail.com>.
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:17 AM, shelan Perera <sh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> When i go through JIRA i saw the project idea of "Simple Social Networking
> for Roller blog server" [1].I went through the mailing lists for the
> discussion regarding the project idea and in one it was stated that the
> project is over ambitious for GSoC project (So need to redefine the
> boundaries).I would like to know your feedback regarding this project idea.
> (Is it important enough for the future realeases and interest.)
>
> I am brainstorming an idea to integrate that can improve roller and much
> willing to know about your ideas or suggestions for a suitable project.
>
> [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ROL-1861
I like the simple social networking idea and I think it really could
be "simple" with the right design (that's why I left out OpenSocial
when I wrote up the original idea).
However, I'm not sure if having an activity stream is really going to
benefit Roller users as much as other possible improvements, like an
HTML5 mobile interface, or the ability to have protected blogs.
- Dave