Re: 15y of D-Bus 1.0 and a new home page

This certainly looks more modern than the wiki page. :-)

In the getting started page, I'd suggest using an example method that does something not related to D-Bus itself (i.e. not a message-bus method). This is an extra complication for someone unfamiliar with D-Bus: they need to understand that the example is dealing with D-Bus on two different levels, and where the boundary between them is. Desktop notifications are my usual example, although admittedly you need a lot of arguments to create one.

I'd also suggest renaming the 'interfaces' page to something like 'use cases'. Most of these specs define well known names & object paths, not only a D-Bus interface. 'Interfaces' as a top-level navigation option is also a bit confusing, because it could mean interfaces to use dbus (GUIs, CLIs...).

I think D-Bus could really do with a good 'what is this?' introduction, although I know it's really hard to keep it concise - all the 'introduction to D-Bus' type pages I've seen look a bit wall-of-text-ish. I've been meaning to have a go at writing my own introduction.

Best wishes,
Thomas

On Sat, 16 Oct 2021, at 10:04, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> As D-Bus 1.0 is getting close to 15y [1], I thought it was time for a refresh of its home page. The wiki served us well, but it is also aging. I wanted to show that D-Bus is still relevant and alive. Without further ado, here is a preview of what I've put together: https://elmarco.pages.freedesktop.org/dbus-page/
> 
> The gitlab project: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/elmarco/dbus-page.
> 
> Let me know what you think
> 
> [1] https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2006-November/006337.html
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> Marc-André Lureau