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Should the libraries page be reorganized? (Read 1716 times)
extrapixel
Should the libraries page be reorganized?
Jan 10th, 2008, 4:48pm  
hi,

i strongly feel that the libraries reference page needs some cleaning up. as there are more and more libraries, the harder it get's to really find a specific library and to browse them. I personally think the floating 3-coloumn layout is not the optimal solution.

I guess it would help to break apart the sub-categories. To show what I mean I hacked up the html/css of the page:
http://www.extrapixel.ch/processing/libraries-page/
EDIT: removed page so nobody gets confused

what do you think?
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polymonkey
Re: Should the libraries page be reorganized?
Reply #1 - Jan 10th, 2008, 10:40pm  
That looks a lot easier to navigate. Nice mock up.
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steven
Re: Should the libraries page be reorganized?
Reply #2 - Jan 11th, 2008, 2:49am  
Totally agree!
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fjen
Re: Should the libraries page be reorganized?
Reply #3 - Jan 11th, 2008, 7:30am  
yep. looks good.
could use an index at the top, so you can directly jump to the sections.

thanks!
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mflux
Re: Should the libraries page be reorganized?
Reply #4 - Jan 11th, 2008, 7:33am  
Yeah, agree with fjen.

I think a dropdown might be in order, to go directly to the section.

On second thought.. I despise dropdowns. An index is probably smarter.
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eskimoblood
Re: Should the libraries page be reorganized?
Reply #5 - Jan 11th, 2008, 9:15am  
I would prefer a javascript solution like this http://eskimoblood.de/surfacelib/ with a menu in the left column and the libs in the other ones.
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extrapixel
Re: Should the libraries page be reorganized?
Reply #6 - Jan 11th, 2008, 1:22pm  
I agree, an index (or similar) defenitely belongs there. I think the same principle as on the FAQ-page (http://processing.org/faq.html) would make sense.

Andreas, what I don't like about this JS solution is the fact, that the page isn't searchable by the browsers built in search function. Especially if there are no additional search/filter functionality for the library-list. I think it would also make sense to keep the navigation principles consistent across the site. well, of course, some ajaxy search/filter mechanism would be nice... but would probably need significantly more effort to implement (but definetely would also make sense on the reference page... but that's another issue Wink)

by the way, who is the processing website guy?
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REAS
Re: Should the libraries page be reorganized?
Reply #7 - Jan 11th, 2008, 7:16pm  
Thank you getting this needed improvement going. Myself and fjen work on the site. fjen said that he'd make the fix.

Casey
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Re: Should the libraries page be reorganized?
Reply #8 - Jan 11th, 2008, 7:23pm  
We actually need someone to be the "librarian." This person would work with library creators to encourage them to open up their source, make sure things are documented properly before going up on the list etc. To manage the library thread of this board and to know when a library is ready to be added to (or removed from) the official list. Basically to be a facilitator and quality control.

Casey
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sojamo
Re: Should the libraries page be reorganized?
Reply #9 - Jan 12th, 2008, 4:54am  
hi casey,
i would be interested to help out as a librarian. let me know.
best,
andi
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REAS
Re: Should the libraries page be reorganized?
Reply #10 - Jan 12th, 2008, 5:44am  
That would be ideal. Thank you. Let's talk about it over email.
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sojamo
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Reply #11 - Jan 12th, 2008, 5:51am  
ok, give me a ping when you have time.
andi
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Re: Should the libraries page be reorganized?
Reply #12 - Jan 18th, 2008, 6:33pm  
fjen has posted the library page update. many, many thanks to him and to extrapixel for taking the initiative to make this happen!

http://www.processing.org/reference/libraries/
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extrapixel
Re: Should the libraries page be reorganized?
Reply #13 - Jan 18th, 2008, 8:54pm  
that's great, danke fjen!
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