<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I’m always amazed by the things the ports in MacPorts can do that I never imagined.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">With so many ports, it can sometimes be difficult to stumble across the real gems, or even to realize just what a certain port can help you do. I’m sure even after 10 years of using MacPorts I’ve barely scratched the surface.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Finding out what ports are downloaded the most would be interesting. The basic utility building blocks would be heavily used, of course, but more the final-product type of ports would be useful.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Also, some kind of rating system, like many sites have for things, might lead people to the good stuff.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Even a way to see what ports are getting updated and when they were last updated is nice — shame in a way that line is being stripped out of the portfiles now. Installing a port that was last modified in 2005 is not likely to be rewarding...</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Something like the Macintosh Garden website <<a href="http://macintoshgarden.org" class="">http://macintoshgarden.org</a>> would be really neat for people to pore through. Don’t know if any of you have been to that site / use that site / love or hate that site — but it’s been up for years, and has a fairly easy-to-use way of browsing their contents.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My Ubuntu box has a downloadable software browser with screenshots and more interesting details…</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It might be hard for people to get excited about things if they have no idea how they work or what they are ….</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m sure you must have all discussed this at great length in the past.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ken</div></body></html>