I don't think we've ever rejected the idea of "project of the week" sort of thing, featuring projects we think are cool. But that's very different than having 'leaderboards' with numbers about who committed the most this week, downloaded the most, etc. That's what we don't want.
Really, it could be as simple as featuring a cool project each week on our blog, and then putting that blogpost right on the code.google.com/hosting start page. On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 9:35 PM, BlueBear <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think it's a good idea because people can see what are most popular > projects, so if they search a good archiver for example, they will try > the first archivers in the top download list. > > I understand that the value of projects is in the eye of the beholder, > but you people at Google are very educated (I mean it, I am not ironic > at all here), and if the users can see what are your opinions, what > projects you (with your subjective opinion) consider the most > valuable, it might help them. Subjective opinion of advanced > programmers (like you) can be very useful to know for the beginners > and average computer users > > Therefore, a page like "Featured projects" would be useful for users > who seek applications. I personally learned a lot from the > SourceForge's "Project of the Month" - I have seen there programs that > I didn't knew they existed. > > I don't care if SourceForge has more projects hosted. You will have > more and more projects hosted anyways. Google Code has its own > advantages comparing to Sourceforge. I don't care if there is any > competition and rivalry between the two sites. And if one side feels > "superior" because they have more downloads, more projects, etc. I > just want to explore Google Code. > > Users can learn about interesting applications, reading such tops and > "featured projects" pages. Your opinion does matter a lot to > beginners. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hosting at Google Code" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code-hosting?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
