Easy-to-find, easy-to-read list of included controller mappings

[ronso0]

"is this and that controller supported in Mixxx x.y??"
this comes up frequently in the forums or (even in github wtf mixxxdj/mixxx#4326)

Reason for this is probably that 'Supported Devices' links to an overwhelming wiki page mixxx/wiki/Hardware-Compatibility with way too much, badly accessible information considering the rather simple question "is my controller supported?"
Also, once you found the mapping table (not sorted a-z), the distinction between Cerfified / Community Supported Mappings is confusing IMO.

Let's merge those two tables and put them in a better place on the website
-- or simply link to manual > controllers
The most info of the Hardware Compatibility page is covered by
https://manual.mixxx.org/2.3/en/chapters/introduction.html
https://manual.mixxx.org/2.3/en/chapters/hardware.html

[Be-ing]

Had already been addressed in #118...

[Swiftb0y]

fyi I just added a quick sentence as a dirty fix to page on the wiki: https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/wiki/Hardware-Compatibility/_compare/f6dc761cbf2d7e4e00e498bcda6ad14dc87601cf

[ronso0]

unfortunately that doesn't eliminate the root cause that users need to click an scroll way to much.
I propose to simply link to https://manual.mixxx.org/2.3/en/hardware/manuals.html#controllers

Had already been addressed in #118...

which appears (at first glance) to have stalled for the same reason many PRs have: too many controversial changes at once, bike-shedding, hardened fronts...

and doesn't solve the issue because it still links to that unhandy wiki page.

[Be-ing]

and doesn't solve the issue because it still links to that unhandy wiki page.

Which was current a year ago and the manual still has not replaced it due to missing images of controllers.

[Swiftb0y]

unfortunately that doesn't eliminate the root cause that users need to click an scroll way to much.
I propose to simply link to https://manual.mixxx.org/2.3/en/hardware/manuals.html#controllers

I agree, I still wanted to add the disclaimer so the people that found on that page some other way know that the table is outdated and they should look in the manual instead.

[ronso0]

and doesn't solve the issue because it still links to that unhandy wiki page.

Which was current a year ago and the manual still has not replaced it due to missing images of controllers.

not all controllers have photos, true.
but photos are irrelevant for a quick lookup if my controller is supported IMO. users know how the desired controller looks like.
though we should migrate existing photos from the wiki to the manual. I doubt this makes a difference, in case there are copyright concerns (actually it's free ad for controllers).

[Holzhaus]

IMHO the hardware compatibility wiki page should simply be removed or made a link to the manual. Personally, I stopped looking at the wiki at all. The vast majority of information is outdated or outright wrong.

[ronso0]

okay, the link is in place.
To make the wiki page obsolete I'd add a See also: supported controllers note to https://manual.mixxx.org/2.3/en/chapters/hardware.html#controllers
Any objections?

[Holzhaus]

okay, the link is in place.
To make the wiki page obsolete I'd add a See also: supported controllers note to https://manual.mixxx.org/2.3/en/chapters/hardware.html#controllers
Any objections?

No objections, but such a link is already present the free text. Maybe we can avoid duplication somehow? Not sure how tho.