[Building Sakai] Why do we still have the "mercury" site in Sakai's trunk

[Steve Swinsburg]

Those screenshots make my eyes bleed. I get that developers are nerds but hey, gimme some eye candy!

So should we also pull the mercury portal code as well? Or does that not matter at the moment.

cheers,
Steve


On 28/06/2012, at 10:26 AM, Aaron Zeckoski wrote:

> It is worth mentioning that mercury is not just a site. It is actually a portal which was generally intended as a way to present a single site or to make development easier or something to that effect.
> 
> In general, it is probably not a good idea to develop in the mercury portal since it doesn't translate all that well to the charon or neo or xsl portals all that well (as I learned painfully many moons ago).
> 
> I think killing it in all forms is probably fine as long as we have a moment of silence and a montage of screenshots.
> :-)
> -AZ
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Steve Swinsburg <steve.swinsburg at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've proposed the mercury site be replaced with a normal demo site as part of the experience improvement:
> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-22122
> 
> I agree that whilst there might be some historical reason, its a legacy we can move on from. Every time I show Sakai to someone they say "Why is it called 'Mercury'?" 
> 
> cheers,
> S
> 
> 
> On 28/06/2012, at 5:47 AM, Nate Angell wrote:
> 
>> On that note: why is Pluto naked and speechless while Goofy is dressed and can talk? Is Pluto Mickey's warning to Goofy?
>> 
>> = nate
>> 
>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Aaron Zeckoski <azeckoski at unicon.net> wrote:
>> Unlike pluto, mercury (portal) was formed when the system (Sakai) coalesced so I think the analogy is apt.
>> :-)
>> -AZ
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Matthew Jones <matthew at longsight.com> wrote:
>> I wonder if removing Mercury as a site would get people as angry and removing Pluto as a planet!
>> 
>> "When I was your age, Mercury was a site!"
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/12/when-i-was-your/ 
>> 
>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Kara Stiles <kstiles at unicon.net> wrote:
>> There's some superstition that it's bad luck to get rid of it.  At least, that's what I've been telling people for many years.
>> 
>> Bye now,
>> Kara
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mark J. Norton" <markjnorton at earthlink.net>
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>> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 3:15:07 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] Why do we still have the "mercury" site in Sakai's trunk
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>> Nostalgia?
>> 
>> On 6/27/2012 2:16 PM, Charles Severance wrote:
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