After looking at the appdb, and seeing all these seemingly random posts for help and the replies, i.e. using winex over wine for games... I decided to call for some moderation and cleanup on the AppDB.
I think that the appdb needs several things done to it to make it more functional and "user-friendly":
1) It needs moderators! 2) It needs to be threaded, i.e. different topics are actually separate, the replies dont just get mixed up with everyone else's... 3) The application owner should be the one that posts screenshots and determines the useability of the app/game/whatever under _wine_, not winex or anything else... 4) It needs links to Bugzilla so people aren't making posts for help that either go unanswered or get an answer that doesn't help them...
For #1, the people that have priveleges on bugzilla, and the application owners should be moderators... For #2, the forums would have to be rewritten, but believe me, it would definitely enhance the readability and appeal of the site For #3, It would make it so that people can know at a glance whether their program will work or not, and also lets users contact the person in charge of that program's board for assistance in getting it to work under their copy of wine... For #4, For anything that the application owner can't figure out, or if the user would rather talk to one of the developers beforehand, the links would definitely be a help... say a link at the top of each page:
For help with <insert name of app here>, check out Bugzilla at http://bugs.winehq.com
Comments appreciated
-Dustin
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On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 02:48:31PM -0700, Dustin Navea wrote:
After looking at the appdb, and seeing all these seemingly random posts for help and the replies, i.e. using winex over wine for games... I decided to call for some moderation and cleanup on the AppDB.
I think that the appdb needs several things done to it to make it more functional and "user-friendly":
- It needs moderators!
- It needs to be threaded, i.e. different topics are
actually separate, the replies dont just get mixed up with everyone else's...
Also, the moderator should be able to *delete* postings once they've become useless due to adding that info to a HOWTO note.
On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 02:48:31PM -0700, Dustin Navea wrote:
After looking at the appdb, and seeing all these seemingly random posts for help and the replies,
i.e.
using winex over wine for games... I decided to
call
for some moderation and cleanup on the AppDB.
I think that the appdb needs several things done
to it
to make it more functional and "user-friendly":
- It needs moderators!
I need a little time to compile a list of application owners (as always :-( ). They will do moderation for their applications.
Andriy
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