Re: [nebula-dev] On the state and future of Nebula - Part 1

[Tom Schindl <listom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Thanks for your feedback. I updated the Project Meta data with this
description and also our homepage.

Tom

Tom Schindl schrieb:
> Hi Nebula-Community,
> 
> This is a multi series on my view of the state and future of Nebula
> which has the target get us out of the nebula.
> 
> Part 1: The mission statement and its consequences
> --------------------------------------------------
> I just replied to a newsgroup thread which asks whether the Nebula-Grid
> will get part of SWT one day and hence out of Alpha/Beta state.
> 
> While answering the question I some things got to my mind. I would like
> to rephrase them here and ask for your comments.
> 
> The first thing that I realized is that our main problem in the past was
> and still is our mission statement.
> 
> "The Nebula project is a source for custom SWT widgets and other UI
> components. Nebula is also an incubator for SWT. Some Nebula widgets
> will graduate into SWT and therefore into the main Eclipse Platform."
> 
> Though this statement may not sound new to you I think many of our
> problems stem from it.
> 
> a) It makes Nebula look like a playground for big boys and girls for the
>    outside user
> 
> b) It doesn't reflect reality because our controls will never get part
>    of SWT because the main purpose of SWT is to work with widget
>    provided by the Native Platforms
> 
> c) It makes us Nebula-Developers unconsciously work as we are not
>    working towards a stable widget (even if it means to hold of new
>    features until we have a release)
> 
> So the first thing we need to fix is our mission statement. What to you
> guys think about the following mission statement:
> 
> "Nebula is a place where different Eclipse-Projects and Independent
> developers collaborate on building Custom SWT widgets and reuseable
> UI-Components useable in UI-Applications built using SWT."
> 
> Some of the latest additions we added to Nebula (e.g. XViewer) fall
> directly into this category of reusable UI-Components. The above is a
> first try to cover the new scope and mission of our Nebula-Project!
> 
> Naturally I'd like to get response on the statement and your idea of the
> mission of Nebula so that we come up with a mission statement within the
> next say 2 weeks.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Tom
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