[ANN] Gjallar release "Eldrimner" 0.1

Yanni Chiu yanni at rogers.com
Fri Aug 11 15:16:37 UTC 2006


goran at krampe.se wrote:
>>I downloaded the zip file, ran some doIt's from the workspace,
>>and then the login appeared in the browser. (There were a few
>>missteps along the way, but nothing serious).
> 
> Please tell and I can tweak these things to get it as painless as
> possible, even if its details. :)

1) When I started the image, it was unclear whether the server
was already started. So I tried to browse anyway, and got no
connection.

2) Looking at the various doIt's and the method in the open
class browser, I chose something that said it would start the
server. It did, but I got a stack trace in the web browser
(something about a connection - maybe it said Magma, but that
was my guess). When I'd earlier browsed the files that were
unzipped, it didn't seem to have any database files. So, the
next step was to create the database. I chose to create the
database with sample data, waiting patiently for the hourglass
to stop fading in/out. (A message that database creation had
completed would be useful).

3) Bingo! I got a login, but I didn't know a usrid/pwd to use.
I tried the "forgot your password" link. Then I noticed that
the image seemed frozen. Although the image was not responsive,
the website was still functioning. After about two minutes of
occasional cmd-. attempts, I eventually got a debugger. Then I
browsed the code to find a usrid/pwd, and eventually found them.

Suggestion: a single readme window (the method in the open class
browser had code that looked useful as doIt steps, so it was a
distraction). The readme would just have steps 1, 2, 3, etc.,
which would get you a login page, and tell you a usrid/pwd to
use. A swiki link might be good, but it could be out of sync
with any particular image. A few steps in the actual image might
be better (and it turns out that it was just a few simple steps).




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