new "recommended applications" wiki page

[Mohammad Ghasemi]

Should I remove from the list software that are discontinued?

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 4:50 AM, Mohammad Ghasemi <ghasemicompany at gmail.com>
wrote:

> should I remove softwares that are discontinued from the list?
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Mohammad Ghasemi <
> ghasemicompany at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I haven't add the softwares to alternativeto.net yet. I wrote an e-mail
>> to them and asked them to add xfce as a platform to every software in the
>> list. So those links I gave you don't work yet. If they don't do it for me
>> I have to do it manually :-(
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Mohammad Ghasemi <
>> ghasemicompany at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> so the wiki page would only contain a link for every category on the
>>> alternativeto.net. with a query that sets the platform to xfce
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 7:49 PM, Mohammad Ghasemi <
>>> ghasemicompany at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> one link for every category:
>>>>
>>>> for audio and music:
>>>>  http://alternativeto.net/category/audio-and-music/?platform=xfce
>>>> For back up software:
>>>> http://alternativeto.net/category/backup-and-sync/?platform=xfce
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 7:11 PM, André Miranda <andreldm1989 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  No objections, but what should be done with the wiki list/page? Just
>>>>> a link to alternativeto.net/?platform=xfce ?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 07/21/2015 10:47 AM, Mohammad Ghasemi wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Pros: The alternativeto.net also keeps softwares in their
>>>>> appropriate categories. Some software should be in more than one category.
>>>>> e.g. mplayer is both a music player and video player.
>>>>>  I would only need to add appropriate links to website for each
>>>>> category.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Do you see any problem with my all this reform, guys/girls?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Mohammad Ghasemi <
>>>>> <ghasemicompany at gmail.com>ghasemicompany at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>   I want to move the list to alternativeto.net This website has
>>>>>> already done the job for us.
>>>>>>  This makes it super easy to contribute to xfce software list and
>>>>>> keeps it more updated. In addition the users can see more descriptive
>>>>>> information about each software in better polished manner. We also would
>>>>>> benefit from not only remarks from xfce user's but all other users.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  contributers would only need to add xfce as a "custom platfrom" to
>>>>>> the software they want to add to the list. And this process takes less than
>>>>>> 10 seconds. The process is much easier than editing the wiki page.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  But there is a downside to it too. The list would be stored on a
>>>>>> website other than xfce's. Which means... well you know better.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Mohammad Ghasemi <
>>>>>> <ghasemicompany at gmail.com>ghasemicompany at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     The page <https://wiki.xfce.org/recommendedapps>
>>>>>>> https://wiki.xfce.org/recommendedapps does not help users choose
>>>>>>> applications, very much.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The description of most applications merely says "this app is
>>>>>>> lightweight". Which is a redundant sentence, because the are meant to be
>>>>>>> lightweight!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  The format of the page also makes it hard for the user to compare
>>>>>>> and choose applications.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  I think the Use case for "recommended applications" wiki page
>>>>>>> should be something like this:
>>>>>>>  To help the users to find the lightest application in each category
>>>>>>> that meets their needs.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  To satisfy this use case we need one table for each category that
>>>>>>> has the following fields: Name, Ram usage, Features, Website, Remarks
>>>>>>>  The table should be sortable by field name. It should be sorted by
>>>>>>> Ram usage by default.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Usage Scenario: the user visits the page. He/she wants to find the
>>>>>>> lightest software in category x that has the features he wants. The User
>>>>>>> chooses the category. He then sees a table sorted by ram usage that
>>>>>>> contains a list of software in that category. He then reads the features
>>>>>>> field of every software (starting from the top, lightests first) until he
>>>>>>> finds the software that has all the features he wants. Then he read the
>>>>>>> remarks (if existed). After that, he looks on Name field to  check  if the
>>>>>>> software exists on his distro's repo or not. If it does not exist, then he
>>>>>>> would look at website field to visit the website of the software.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  That's it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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