Renaming the Functional Examples

[John Norman]

Without thinking about it much, Quick-Start Examples..? I think the  
examples word is useful and quick-start conveys less-than-completeness  
to me.

John

On 29 Mar 2009, at 15:02, Colin Clark wrote:

> John,
>
> On 29-Mar-09, at 6:15 AM, John Norman wrote:
>
>> I saw "Starting Points" and wondered what it meant. I would have  
>> had the same issue with "Springboards". Now you say these are names  
>> for Functional Examples, I have an idea what to expect and why I  
>> might want to go look at one. This suggests to me that "Functional  
>> Examples" might be the *useful* name. Less exotic of course...
>>
>> Once you go to one and see what it is you will learn the intended  
>> meaning quickly, but why add that load to the visitor?
>
> Great feedback. I guess this highlights the problem with the name  
> Functional Examples. We're talking here about chunks of simple HTML  
> and JavaScript code used to get developers up and running with  
> Infusion. They're designed to be looked at, dissected, and used as a  
> starting point for your own development. As such, they make for less  
> compelling examples of our functionality, since they're stripped  
> down to show key concepts.
>
> Given this description, is this what you were expecting a Functional  
> Example to provide you with? If not, any suggestions for alternative  
> names?
>
> Colin
>
>
>
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> Colin Clark
> Technical Lead, Fluid Project
> Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto
> http://fluidproject.org
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