On 24/01/06, Kieran Lal <kieran@civicspacelabs.org> wrote:
Hi, software platforms like Drupal are often evaluated by the additional components they have. Today Drupal's contributed modules are plentiful but the value of the modules is hard to discover because the modules are hard to understand. This can be fixed in 3 ways. First, we need to categorize modules so that they can be quickly discovered. Second, we need to evaluate modules to rate their quality. Third, we need to make it easier to understand contributed modules.
I think that the option of tagging modules under multiple categories/parents will be an inevitable requirement.. A few doozies to kick things off: -Filters - bbcode, codefilter etc. -3rd party - Modules which interface with 3rd party software/websites. Google Site map, Adsense, Amazon * etc. -Enhancements - Modules that enhance the look or functionality of existing modules.. Most of the filters will probably also belong here along with stuff like Nice Menus etc. -Administration - database administration etc. -Security/Authentication/Access Control - spam, bad behaviour, ldap, taxonomy_acess etc. -Taxonomy - taxonomy related modules.. IMO there should not be more than say 10-15 primary categories and they should be displayed (along with a brief one-line description) without the need for any scrolling - perhaps in a two column layout. Else the point of categorisation will be lost.. hth, -K