Please somebody from the prototype dev core team answer us!!!!!!! we love prototype, but is dying!!!
On Aug 18, 7:57 pm, Brian Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > that's very good point, Phil. > > I've been reluctant to say anything on this, but maybe another voice will > take a step closer to an action. > > Recently Prototype lost one of its largest "clients" -- Magento. Starting > with v2.0 Magento will be using jQuery. This is a big blow to the > framework, imo (I've been doing steady Magento work for the past 2.5 years) > and nearly every single frontend person I have worked with has made jQuery > into working in Magento to get the animation effects that they want, etc. > > It seems that everyone wants something more from this framework -- forking > is *always* an option -- look at Kohana -- started as a fork of Code Igniter > because CI didn't have things some people wanted. Now look at FuelPHP -- a > fresh new php5.3 based framework based on CI, Kohana with a dash of RoR > thrown in. > > If there are people with the knowledge and the desire and the experience to > say fork-it and go, I say more power to you -- just make sure you map it out > and plan strategically, and where ever possible make it somewhat backwards > compatible. > > Also, if you could get away from that whole $ magic function (say put it > inside a wrapper?) -- that would make a LOT of frontend devs happy and dump > a lot of confusion and headaches for some people. > > Of course just 2 cents from someone who really sucks at JS and is beyond > inactive in the community, so feel free to ignore me. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Phil Petree <[email protected]> wrote: > > I believe this is the 3rd time this subject has been brought up in the past > > year and, to my knowledge, devs have made no comment nor provided any > > direction so, as they say, no answer is an answer! > > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 1:20 PM, shellster <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Well written. > > >> As an opensource developer (aside from my day job), I am aware of the > >> danger of caring too much about what the user thinks. > >> I am also aware of the potential dangers of forking a project. > > >> What I want is some sort of answer from the Prototype devs on how they > >> want the community to pitch in. Do they want us to develop our own > >> plugin websites, or do they want us to create an interface for their > >> main site? Do they want to develop it? Do they want us to develop a > >> comprehensive library as an extension of Prototype or as part of > >> Prototype? Will they ever official endorse such efforts (assuming > >> certain obvious caveats)? Unfortunately, it seems that the devs don't > >> care to provide any feedback on any of these issues. I am not > >> expecting anything more from the devs, but as a matter of courtesy I > >> would like them to explain how they would like us to get involved > >> instead of users just doing their own thing. > > >> Also, the answer of "submit a patch for consideration" doesn't really > >> cut it in this case, because I've personally seen patches never get > >> acknowledged, let alone get added. I've yet to see a patch get > >> added. Users aren't going to waste their time writing and cleaning up > >> code, if there's not at least a good chance of their patch being > >> considered. > > >> In short PrototypeJS needs to address these questions before the > >> project either falls into disuse or the users take matters into their > >> own hands and strike out willy-nilly and fully fork the project. > > >> On Aug 17, 8:04 am, Phil Petree <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > This is the same old discussion that's been going on for months and I > >> wonder > >> > if it will ever get resolved to the satisfaction of those of us who use > >> the > >> > tool to enhance our sites. > > >> > From what I can tell, there seems to be an uber-geek philosophy of "make > >> it > >> > better and they will come" and, to a degree that's correct. The problem > >> is, > >> > history is filled with technically superior products that ultimately > >> failed > >> > because of poor marketing and/or not listening to their users (betamax > >> vs > >> > vhs and myspace vs facebook for two glowing examples). > > >> > My fear is that prototype will ultimately face the same fate... be a > >> > technically superior product with a few guys pitching in and carrying > >> the > >> > weight (anyone who follows this feed knows who the guys are who always > >> pitch > >> > in with an answer) while marketing, support, easy access to developed > >> libs > >> > and all the other goodies go ignored which causes adoption of the > >> product to > >> > dwindle because these things exist on another platform. > > >> > Why is this important? I have a buddy that has a very successful site > >> > written in cold fusion, he developed the site just to familiarize > >> himself > >> > with the language. Turns out, the site took off, he quit is day job, > >> ran > >> > the site, and recently got a contract for heaps and tons of $$$ for the > >> > site. The catch? He has to rewrite the site in either .php or .net > >> because > >> > the buyer won't take it as a CF site. > > >> > Does anyone want to end up with a site that, when its time to sell, will > >> be > >> > told, "that's all great but we're a jquery shop so you have to get rid > >> of > >> > prototype... nobody uses that anymore!" > > >> > From a product standpoint, I'm sure the developers have their hands full > >> and > >> > they do a really great job delivering a product that, for the most > >> > part, takes us away from browser level coding in a reliable and > >> consistent > >> > manner. Personally, I am extremely appreciative of their efforts and I > >> hope > >> > they keep up the good work! > > >> > We all know what the but is... But I do think they need to set some > >> > community direction and allow the product to grow. > > >> > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 8:11 AM, shellster <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > > I'm seriously considering building my own site to start adding things > >> > > like community documentation, additions to prototype, and plug-ins. > >> > > While the Prototype Dev's certainly don't owe me anything, I've been > >> > > pretty disappointed in there response time to user requests and even > >> > > submitted patches. I think if someone were to essentially "fork" the > >> > > project (me), but still give prototype all the credit it deserves, it > >> > > might be the best thing for the community. If I could generate enough > >> > > community buzz, and add a bunch of well written features to prototype, > >> > > perhaps then, the devs would start pulling some of the changes back > >> > > into prototype's core. > > >> > > On Aug 13, 4:43 pm, Cantrelle Vincent <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > > Hi all, > > >> > > > I'm happy to see that the topic is not dead and that some ideas are > >> > > > coming out ... > >> > > > (too much work sometimes) > > >> > > > @Sander: maybe I'm missing something (sorry in this case), but do > >> you > >> > > > have finally any answer (from Prototype's side) concerning your > >> email > >> > > > your decribed on th 20 Jul ? > > >> > > > Regards > >> > > > Vinc. > > >> > > -- > >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups > >> > > "Prototype & script.aculo.us" 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/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Prototype & script.aculo.us" 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/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Prototype & script.aculo.us" 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/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. 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