Re: Had Mj2 Development stalled ... ?

Michael Richardson wrote:
>   No, don't change anything. Release it.
>   

...so that you, I, and the eight other list geeks who put enough time 
into it to get a Master's in Majordomology can run it?  No thanks.  If I 
were a system or list manager and I saw the Mj2 and Mailman interfaces, 
I'd choose Mailman in a second.

>     Chan> I'd like to see a better web interface, although I don't know
>     Chan> what that would be just yet -- most users will be interacting
>     Chan> via the web, hence their first impression should be favorable.
>     Chan> Some sort of 'wizards' may prove useful here.
>
>   The web interface is just fine, functionally.
>   

By which you mean: it exposes the entire administrative set without 
logic, usage model or metaphor.  Exactly the wring approach for a user 
interface.

>   It needs a novice mode.  A wizard is usually a macro mode that does
> the right thing for windows things that are too complicated to do
> directly. We don't have that problem, we just have too many options
> presented to novices.
>   

Oh, yes, we do.  Things are too complicated to achieve.