Comment 4 for bug 490058

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Zearin (zearin) wrote : Re: Launchpad shouldn't present itself as a database

I have to say I'm disappointed with Launchpad's slowness when it comes to implementing things like this.

Sure, it's marked as “Low” importance, but it's also a really really simple thing to do. Why not just *do it* and allow everyone to enjoy the benefits now? It won't take long. And then you can move on to “higher” importance items that take more time to complete.

If everyone ignores the “low” items in favor of “high” ones, the Launchpad community will ultimately suffer. There is tons of low-hanging fruit everywhere that is being ignored simply because of “low” importance!

I don't mean to come off too negative. I just care about Launchpad. I remember its infancy when improvements were being made at lightspeed! But I'm disheartened when I see how much things have changed: Slower. UI “improvements” that amount to an overwhelming wall of text. More like the competitors I once abandoned for Launchpad.

Launchpad's attractiveness was once so impressive because it was fast-paced, it had a UI that was in many ways superior to the current 3.0 incarnation, and the feeling was one of excitement just to log in—to see what improvements Launchpad had made.

Low-hanging fruit. Ripe for picking. Go for it! :)

Here's some pseudocode to get you started:

if ( not_logged_in )
    query = statistics_for_yesterdays_activity
else if ( logged_in )
    query = statistics_for_user_projects

display( query )