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Date: Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:39 PM<br>Subject: Re: railsgirls<br>To: "E.S. Rosenberg" <<a href="mailto:esr%2Blinux-il@g.jct.ac.il">esr+linux-il@g.jct.ac.il</a>><br>Cc: linux-il <<a href="mailto:linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il">linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il</a>>, <a href="mailto:shlomif@gmail.com">shlomif@gmail.com</a><br>
<br><br>Hi Eliyahu,<br>
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On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:02:26 +0200<br>
"E.S. Rosenberg" <<a href="mailto:esr%2Blinux-il@g.jct.ac.il">esr+linux-il@g.jct.ac.il</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> <a href="http://railsgirls.co.il/" target="_blank">http://railsgirls.co.il/</a><br>
><br>
> Pretty cool initiative, how was that never mentioned on this list, or have<br>
> I been sleeping?<br>
<br>
</div>I don't think it was, but I'm suffering from information overload, so I don't<br>
remember if it was posted there. Anywhere, there's been a lot of activity online<br>
and offline that hasn't been mentioned on Linux-IL, in part because there are<br>
other resources now, in part because there's been a huge fragmentation, and in<br>
part because people forget or neglect to announce in all the proper channels.<br>
The so-called “Ruby Underground” meetups are not even announced on the<br>
Ruby-Israel mailing list ( <a href="http://www.iglu.org.il/mailing-lists/ruby-il.html" target="_blank">http://www.iglu.org.il/mailing-lists/ruby-il.html</a> ).<br>
<br>
><br>
<br>
It does seem like a welcome and "cool" initiative. However, here is my<br>
commentary on the page:<br>
<br>
1. I appreciate that the page has a clean and uncluttered design. That's good.<br>
<br>
2. When JavaScript is whitelisted, the page rotates the images (which causes<br>
distraction) and there is no visible widget to cancel it, nor is the "Stop<br>
animations" feature of Firefox able to prevent it from being animated. I<br>
decided to blacklist JavaScript again. ( I tested it with an animated GIF and<br>
it worked, but I guess it cannot handle all forms of JS/CSS3 animations -<br>
at least not yet).<br>
<br>
That's bad.<br>
<br>
3. The logo at the top says "Rails Girls was created in order to give girls<br>
and women the tools to build[sic] their ideas.". Assuming I were a girl, this<br>
does indeed sound "awesome", but it's too vague - which tools and which ideas?<br>
Will it allow me to build a bike like the one pictured below the logo? Will it<br>
allow me to buy a spaceship? Why not get to the point and tell me what you are<br>
all about. Show me the money!!! There's nothing wrong with teaching web<br>
development so just say that that is what you do.<br>
<br>
That's bad.<br>
<br>
Similarly, one of my first bad impressions of<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AngularJS" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AngularJS</a> was that its web-site simply said<br>
"AngularJS - The Superheroic JavaScript library.". Fine, you think it is<br>
awesome. You think it's "superheroic". Bleh! Please tell me why! I want to know<br>
something I don't know, for example what AngularJS is all about, and/or why<br>
and when should I consider using it.<br>
<br>
4. There is no visible contact information anywhere on the page (not even when<br>
JavaScript is enabled). The only links are for converting the messages from<br>
Hebrew to English and back, and to the "Get started here" (in Hebrew singular<br>
feminine form, which excludes me as a guy - possibly on purpose). I hope there<br>
are people whom I can get in touch with with this and the rest of my criticism<br>
either here or on Ruby-Israel (where I'm going to forward this message), but<br>
it's still annoying and frustrating - see<br>
<a href="http://www.shlomifish.org/meta/FAQ/#obscure_email_addr" target="_blank">http://www.shlomifish.org/meta/FAQ/#obscure_email_addr</a> . Note: a usable contact<br>
form would be better than nothing, but don't be disillusioned that it will 100%<br>
prevent spam.<br>
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> (I found it through this kickstarter which I think also sounds very cool<br>
> for anyone who would like their kids to know programming:<br>
> <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lindaliukas/hello-ruby" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lindaliukas/hello-ruby</a> even though I<br>
> myself use other languages)<br>
<br>
</div>I may check it out thanks - still have not followed the link to kickstarter.<br>
<br>
Sorry if the tone of the message was too flamatory.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Shlomi Fish<br>
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