Jonathan Porta wrote:
Does anyone think it would be a good idea to list the proposed
changes/issues to/with the site and then have the community vote on them?
Yes!
Opinion:
- I think the new site feels very much up to current design trends.
- The current site far surpasses the previous's site delivery of the
message: "CouchDB is alive and ready for you to start using it!"
- I think the focus on the text keeps it simple and easy to understand.
- The "Quick Links" listed under "Development" could be a good thing to
have at the very top of the "Want to Contribute?" section. That way a
person could jump right in instead of TL;DR'ing that section.
Seems to me that there are some fairly standard things that people look
for along the top of a software-related web page, that are conspicuously
missing from the CouchDB page, unless you go digging at the bottom of
the page or by clicking through links. A fairly common list is:
- About (or Learn More) - missing
- Downloads
- Documentation - missing
- Support - missing
- News (or Blog) - missing
- Development - missing ("Contribute" is ambiguous)
- Community - missing (admittedly "Mailing Lists" is there, but what
about links to unofficial archives, other Couch related sites, .....)
- Events
- Demo
- Facebook and/or Twitter
I'd take a look at other sites, like erlang.org, drupal.org,
mongodb.org, and so forth.
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
