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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 29/07/2013 8:25 AM, Hamish wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Cameron:
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<pre wrap="">I'm erring toward putting into the "Contents" page (which is of
less prominence than having its own tab). Any comments?
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I agree.
a couple questions-
- how to note when we know it's wrong? (e.g. opencpn didn't abruptly die it just moved to git and ohloh doesn't know about that yet)</pre>
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There is quite a bit of work maintaining a list of statements noting
deficiencies or conclusions about the metrics. These statements will
likely need to be updated with each release as people change version
control repositories or processes.<br>
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Instead, I've left in a general "buyer beware" statement at the top:<br>
<i>Note these metrics have know deficiencies (such as caused by
repositories moving), and only provide partial indications about
the project’s status.</i><br>
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- how to detect if offline and/or javascript is disabled, and print a message saying that instead of just a blank page?</pre>
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I've added a statement noting that a connection to the internet is
required.<br>
I'm inclined to avoid a statement about javascript. A large
proportion of web pages these days require javascript. I expect most
people have browsers which support javascript. If they don't, they
would already know that many web pages are not working for them, and
probably have worked out they need to turn on javascript.<br>
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Also, a statement about requiring javascript will likely confuse
some non-technical readers of this page, who might not understand
what "require javascript" means.<br>
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I suggest: "Keep the description simple"<br>
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