MacPorts webapp project updates

[Frank Schima]

Looks really good. I love dark mode!

Some quick comments:
 - Remove all commas as a separator. A space works great. 
 - Sort the variants alphabetically and also ports that depend on the currently selected port. 
 - Clicking on a variant does not really make sense to me. It seems to go back to the search page. The description of the variant should at least appear when you hover over a variant. Maybe they should not even be clickable links?
 - Python stub ports don’t really make sense. Search for, say, py-numpy. That’s a stub port. It should probably state that you would never install it - so don’t display “sudo port install py-numpy” for it because users should never actually do that in this case. But instead you want to pick py36-numpy, py37-numpy, etc. Show all of the real ports as clickable links. Currently it does not even allow you pick any of them.
 - When clicking on the Trac tickets tab, I find it jarring that a window pops up that you have to click out of. Just make it a tab that displays the selectable tickets (or no tickets). I shouldn’t have to click “Close” to get out  of this special mode. 


Cheers!
Frank

> On Jul 18, 2020, at 12:20 PM, Mojca Miklavec <mojca at macports.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This is just a reminder that we would be extremely happy for further feedback about the new page.
> 
> Arjun has added some pretty awesome new features. (Dark mode has been supported since yesterday etc.)
> 
> It would be great to hear what you think while Arjun is still actively working on the project :)
> 
> Mojca
> 
> PS: Also, we are still looking for some talented designer to join the effort and make the page even more awesome than it already is.
> 
> On Sun, 12 Jul 2020 at 20:56, Arjun Salyan <arjun at macports.org <mailto:arjun at macports.org>> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> This is in continuation to my previous emails regarding updates about the webapp. The temporary version is deployed at http://macports.silentfox.tech/ <http://macports.silentfox.tech/>
> 
> New features:
> 
> Accounts:
> Users can now create accounts on the webapp using email/password or login with their GitHub handles.
> 
> Watchlist and notifications:
> Logged-in users can add ports to the watchlist. Notifications are displayed whenever a port gets updated. An overview of the followed ports is displayed with filters for "broken builds", "outdated livecheck" etc.
> 
> "Followed by me" ports
> Logged-in users can get an overview of the ports that they maintain (this is done by matching their emails and GitHub handles with those supplied in the Portfiles).
> 
> "Splash screen" (upcoming)
> It was pointed out that our current port page (http://macports.silentfox.tech/port/cctools/ <http://macports.silentfox.tech/port/cctools/>) contains a lot of technical information which might not be useful for the general user. This reduces the odds of user acquisition. So, we plan to add a page with a focus on the software version and installation instructions. It will have a link to the existing page under "Details". Maintainers and advanced users will be able to by-pass this page (setting a cookie with the preferred page) and reach the details page directly. Existing links will be maintained in this process.
> 
> Feedback and suggestions would be very constructive.
> 
> Thank You
> 
> 

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