[CMake-Promote] Dart difficult to sell

[Brandon Van Every]

On 6/6/07, Brandon Van Every <bvanevery at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I still say the Dart1 references to the events of 2001 must be
> expunged.  They are of no informative value anyways, a simple snip
> would do.

The "About" section is the specific offender:
http://public.kitware.com/Dart/HTML/About.shtml
It needs a redraft.  "Unfortunately, documentation is lacking" is not
a sales point.

http://public.kitware.com/Dart/HTML/Documentation.shtml also needs
updating.  "VTK 4.0 will use Dart in preference to the current testing
environment." should be changed to whatever is accurate.

Don't you have more dashboards than
http://public.kitware.com/Dart/HTML/Examples.shtml is mentioning?

Get rid of http://public.kitware.com/Dart/HTML/FAQ.shtml and its
navigation entry on the main Dart webpage.  If you don't have a FAQ,
then certainly don't advertize the fact.

Get rid of http://public.kitware.com/Dart/HTML/News.shtml and its
navigation entry on the main Dart webpage.  You haven't had any news
since 2001, and you didn't have much then.

I 've gone over all the webpages now and don't see any more bogeys.
They make Dart look unprofessional, if they go bye-bye, then the
Kitware Dart pages actually look ok.  Better than the Dart2 pages,
actually, which are not set up to be attractive to a commercial
client.

I have mixed feelings about adding a Dart2 link.  I'd rather control
the presentation and steer the client to Dart1 or Dart2 as I think is
advisable.  Of course the more desireable answer would be to improve
the polish of the Dart2 pages.  Since it's a wiki, I might do
something about that.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every