Re: [boost] [website] Proposal for new page - Libraries By Type

From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-17 19:15:12

Rene Rivera wrote:
> David Abrahams wrote:
> 
>>No, this is deadly serious: if you feel like coding it up, we can
>>always try it for comparison :).  Last I checked, JavaScript is
>>acceptable if not having JavaScript doesn't make the information
>>inaccessible.
> 
> 
> PHP is also acceptable, and as compared to JavaScript, more portable. 
> The new library list, the alphabetical one, is a PHP page so that it 
> shows the libraries available based on the release.
> 
> And having a list with "columns" that can be sorted might be a 
> reasonable way to manage it. It need not be displayed as columns, as 
> that takes up more room. But having the various information available 
> and sortable is very useful.

PHP is server based. I guess the question again is: do we
differentiate between "online" and "offline"? I, as a user,
would surely want my offline boost distro to have that capabilities
as well.

Regards,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
http://www.boost-consulting.com
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