[drupal-devel] Project management contribs: Bundles: grouped modules.

Gabor Hojtsy gabor at hojtsy.hu
Sat Feb 19 10:47:38 UTC 2005


> Firefox's extension site looks like a good example to me:
> 
> https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/?application=firefox
> 
> They can sort extensions (read: projects) by rating, popularity, date 
> and have an "Editor's pick".  In addition, they categorize all extensions.
> 
> Furthermore, they don't overwhelm the user with version information.  At 
> least not until they actually want to download/install the extension. 
> (First you find the module, then you worry about the details.)
> 
> Frankly, I think it is as simple as making (part of) the project module 
> behave more like Firefox's extension site.  Of course, that doens't 
> fully address the original issue -- improving CVS and project management 
> -- but it would help nonetheless.  The rating, popularity and editor's 
> pick, make the "fitest projects" bubble to the top.

Well, excellent example. Categorization of contrib modules is long 
overdue, and it is needed even if bundles are introduced.

Goba



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