Waffle.io

#1

Post by Lazare » Sat, Apr 26, 2014, 2:57 AM UTC

Re: Waffle.io

#2

Post by holyjaw » Sat, Apr 26, 2014, 3:16 AM UTC

I would urge you to take another look at the flow of your landing page. I have literally no clue what your product does even after reading the infographic at the top of the page a few times.

- GitHub users want a way to help out on open source projects

- waffle.io places a dynamic badge in your GitHub README file for all to see where they can help

- Clicking that badge takes anyone to your public waffle.io board where users can view and edit tasks.

What?

Re: Waffle.io

#3

Post by rpedela » Sat, Apr 26, 2014, 3:18 AM UTC

I am also confused what this is. I think it is a dashboard of tasks for a GitHub project. If so, why not just use GitHub issues directly for the task list?

Re: Waffle.io

#4

Post by catshirt » Sat, Apr 26, 2014, 3:20 AM UTC

the benefit of open sourcing my code is that other people can use it or contribute to it. why would i ever want to open source my task queue?

if this is a valid use case, how does this really differ from something like Github issues or a public Trello board?

comparing https://waffle.io/waffleio/waffle.io to https://trello.com/b/nC8QJJoZ/trello-development i'm having trouble differentiating.

Re: Waffle.io

#5

Post by benwerd » Sat, Apr 26, 2014, 3:31 AM UTC

I get this. Yes, you could use the GitHub issues board; no problem. But the issues there are not inviting, and it's non-obvious to newcomers if they should pick up a task.

Here you're inviting people - literally, "please, come help us with this" - and making it super-clear that they should jump in. I think there's more to do to make open source projects friendly (better, happier documentation, for a start), but I don't think this is a bad addition at all.

Also, waffles are tasty.

Re: Waffle.io

#6

Post by TheBiv » Sat, Apr 26, 2014, 3:34 AM UTC

I tried to view on mobile and the page is unreadable. OP, if you are the creator of the site, please consider having some sort of mobile optimized page! (Even if it is just an info page)

Re: Waffle.io

#7

Post by michaelmior » Sat, Apr 26, 2014, 4:11 AM UTC

rpedela wrote: post #3

I am also confused what this is. I think it is a dashboard of tasks for a GitHub project. If so, why not just use GitHub issues directly for the task list?

I believe the idea is that Waffle makes it easier to prioritize and organize issues, e.g. GitHub issues + kanban

Re: Waffle.io

#8

Post by simonsarris » Sat, Apr 26, 2014, 4:16 AM UTC

This is wonderful.

The main page doesn't mention the term, but the easiest way to describe this is that it is adding a Kanban board to Github.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban_board

The simplicity to effectiveness ratio of Kanban boards really impress me.

Re: Waffle.io

#9

Post by codecondo » Sat, Apr 26, 2014, 4:22 AM UTC

holyjaw wrote: post #2

I would urge you to take another look at the flow of your landing page. I have literally no clue what your product does even after reading the infographic at the top of the page a few times. - GitHub users want a way to help out on open source projects - waffle.io places a dynamic badge in your GitHub README file for all to see where they can help - Clicking that badge takes anyone to your public waffle.io board wher…

I think it's Trello for GitHub, correct me if I'm wrong.

Re: Waffle.io

#10

Post by xiaq » Sat, Apr 26, 2014, 4:30 AM UTC

catshirt wrote: post #4

the benefit of open sourcing my code is that other people can use it or contribute to it. why would i ever want to open source my task queue? if this is a valid use case, how does this really differ from something like Github issues or a public Trello board? comparing https://waffle.io/waffleio/waffle.io to https://trello.com/b/nC8QJJoZ/trello-development i'm having trouble differentiating.

As a recent comment suggests it's a "kanban board".