And until, as discussed in The Future - Dream, to me there is nothing really to promote with this yet... it > is still a WIP... we need to offer a 3D flight playback service, or something...
It seems to me that FGx currently offers actually quite a bit:
What we don't have are any strategies for collaboration and promotion. We've never figured out ways to build upon each others skills and knowledge.
Either we should consider turning off the lights at FGx or we have to start building up some discussion and strategies for making FGx useful.
This is absolutely perfect for the first time user - a quick overview, 1-by-1, just by scrolling - certainly beats the menu approach
But par contra is absolutely bad for the repeat user, who I am sure would like the simpler verbal only menu approach, that loads instantly, simply as a quick link to some sub-project you are following...
In the top right hand corner there is a text menu under the heading of 'Contents' that enable you to jump directly to any and all of the scripts. This menu was expressly designed to give the repeat user quick access.
The interesting question here though is why would there be any repeat users? Once you've seen all the scripts, why do you need to return? How can you tell if there is anything new or of any interest?
The other dilemma is that pages like these take a long time to build.
I think if we are to attract visitors we need a home page that has
3D graphics you can interact with
Quick access to the latest happenings
And a menu system that brings the good stuff to you
So I think using the GitHub API to grab data on users and orgs at run time is an interesting route to follow as in this WIP:
Part 1 of a response to #32
It seems to me that FGx currently offers actually quite a bit:
http://fgx.github.io/fgx-aircraft-overview/r10/aircraft-overview.html
http://fgx.github.io/fgx-globe/fgx-globe-r7/fgx-globe-r7.html
http://jaanga.github.io/fgx-plane-spotter/r4/fgx-plane-spotter-r4.html
http://fgx.github.io/fgx-plane-spotter/r1/index.html
And now we have all the bits in
FGx/sandbox
What we don't have are any strategies for collaboration and promotion. We've never figured out ways to build upon each others skills and knowledge.
Either we should consider turning off the lights at FGx or we have to start building up some discussion and strategies for making FGx useful.
You did not look very closely at:
https://ladybug-analysis-tools.github.io/ladybug-web/
I would embed an image but I said I wouldn't. ;-)
In the top right hand corner there is a text menu under the heading of 'Contents' that enable you to jump directly to any and all of the scripts. This menu was expressly designed to give the repeat user quick access.
The interesting question here though is why would there be any repeat users? Once you've seen all the scripts, why do you need to return? How can you tell if there is anything new or of any interest?
The other dilemma is that pages like these take a long time to build.
I think if we are to attract visitors we need a home page that has
So I think using the GitHub API to grab data on users and orgs at run time is an interesting route to follow as in this WIP:
https://theo-armour.github.io/
I am still thinking about how to embed iframes with 3D as part of this.
But the main thing is finding ways informing visitors about WIP without users actually having to do anything.
So part of the answer to the first part of this message is:
The code you are having fun writing should auto-magically do the marketing and promoting for you.
Am I being understandable here?
;-)