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  KDE Worldwide Goes Live
Documentation, I18N, L10N Posted by Navindra Umanee on Saturday 16/Mar/2002, @08:31
from the kde-around-the-world dept.
Chris Howells wrote in to announce his latest project, KDE Worldwide, to the world. KDE Worldwide wants to promote KDE internationally by providing information and to assist those interested in the localised and translated versions of KDE. A worldwide developer map is currently in the making -- if you are a contributor/developer, please help complete it by submitting your coordinates. There's a set of relevant links and those of you interested in this project can join the mailing list. In particular, Chris is looking to host more international content, including material such as any language tutorials, articles, screenshots, and content that could help enhance the international community's appreciation and experience of KDE.


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nice map
by ac on Saturday 16/Mar/2002, @17:23
The map is a nice idea. It could be expanded to include KDE users but just use another color.
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  • Re: nice map
    by Aaron J. Seigo on Saturday 16/Mar/2002, @18:38
    europe is already cluttered enough with little dots, don't you think? =)
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  • Re: nice map
    by me on Sunday 17/Mar/2002, @09:47
    ... or a registration system for kde users (name, country, city etc...)
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One place per person
by Johsua on Sunday 17/Mar/2002, @07:20
Why is it that this "anonymous coward" seams to be living both in sweden and the US. I can only be one place at a time.
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Nice idea but...
by antialias on Sunday 17/Mar/2002, @11:34
This is a nice idea but when I look at Europe I can hardly read any names there. Too cluttered. Zooming would be nice, and selecting by country would be nice too. Any plans to do that?
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  • Re: Nice idea but...
    by Chris Howells on Tuesday 19/Mar/2002, @08:28
    Zooming is for Europe is planned, yes. I just need to find the time to implement it (I'm busy with exams + other stuff at the moment).
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anonymous coward
by Troy Unrau on Sunday 17/Mar/2002, @15:29
Wow, although I'm aware that code speaks more than words, this seems a bit fishy.

The anonymous cowards should be removed from the map, since they are most likely users just putting themselves on the map for kicks.

The real developers would not have any qualms about putting their real name (or at least their irc nick) up on the map.

More specifically, if anonymous cowards are allowed, it's more likely that the map will just reflect people that pass through the site to take a look - and since it's a developer map, they shouldn't be there.

Just my two devalued canadian cents...

Troy
troy(at)kde(dot)org
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  • Re: anonymous coward
    by Erik on Monday 18/Mar/2002, @02:59
    The anonymous cowards are caused by a bug. Not every "anonymous coward" on the map actually wrote that. Some wrote their real name and the script replaced it with "anonymous coward".

    There are 3 dots in Sweden. They are at 3 of the most important university cities (Linköping, Uppsala and Umeå). All got converted to "anonymous coward".
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    • Re: anonymous coward
      by Lauri Watts on Monday 18/Mar/2002, @03:38
      Actually, I think one of them is me, in Köping (not Linköping)

      I certainly didn't mean to be anonymous :)
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      • Re: anonymous coward
        by Erik on Monday 18/Mar/2002, @04:44
        OK, so then it is Linköping, Köping and Umeå. (Zooming would be very nice.)
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        • Re: anonymous coward
          by Lauri Watts on Monday 18/Mar/2002, @08:43
          Well, yeah, since I'm quite some distance from Uppsala!

          Was a logical guess, who'd expect a KDEer out here in the middle of nowhere :)
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    • Re: anonymous coward
      by Chris Howells on Tuesday 19/Mar/2002, @08:32
      > The anonymous cowards are caused by a bug

      And how did you work that out when you don't know the details of how the map is produced?

      > Some wrote their real name and the script replaced it with "anonymous coward"

      Almost certainly wrong. The script is an extremely simple bit of perl. If it didn't work for some of them, it wouldn't work for all of them.
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      • Re: anonymous coward
        by Erik on Tuesday 19/Mar/2002, @10:23
        > And how did you work that out when you
        > don't know the details of how the map is
        > produced?

        One does not have to know the details of a system to identify bugs. It is enough to observe it produceing wrong output.

        > Almost certainly wrong. The script is an
        > extremely simple bit of perl. If it didn't
        > work for some of them, it wouldn't work for
        > all of them.

        Then how come people got their names converted to "anonymous coward" when they asserted afterwards that they did not submit anonymous?
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        • Re: anonymous coward
          by Chris Howells on Wednesday 20/Mar/2002, @13:20
          >Then how come people got their names converted to "anonymous coward" when
          >they asserted afterwards that they did not submit anonymous?

          A slight error in the database (a tab delimtted text file) meant that certain entries didn't have all the necessary fields (probablly caused when I cut and pasted the details from the e-mail). It was interpreting this as meaning that the user wanted to be anonymous. This is fixed now. Thanks for pointing out.
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        • Re: anonymous coward
          by Chris Howells on Wednesday 20/Mar/2002, @13:23
          >Then how come people got their names converted to "anonymous coward" when
          >they asserted afterwards that they did not submit anonymous?

          A slight error in the database (a tab delimtted text file) meant that certain entries didn't have all the necessary fields (probablly caused when I cut and pasted the details from the e-mail). It was interpreting this as meaning that the user wanted to be anonymous. This is fixed now. Thanks for pointing out.
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          • Re: anonymous coward
            by Erik on Saturday 23/Mar/2002, @14:57
            So will the anonymous cowards be removed so that the people can resubmit now when it works?
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Names?
by exa on Monday 18/Mar/2002, @14:35
Is it possible to implement some sort of a mouseover thingie with javascript and the like?

/me is not a web guy heh
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The PSQL Global Development Group's map
by rabalde on Thursday 21/Mar/2002, @05:13
If you want some inspiration while developing the next version of the map, take a look at "The Global PostgreSQL Development Group"'s map in http://developer.postgresql.org/index.php
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