>-----Original Message----- >From: Morozova, Nadezhda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 7:52 PM >To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [doc][user experience] minor improvements to website >navigation and content > >Thanks for feedback. >>You are definitely moving in the right direction. >Great to hear that! > >Specifics: > >>That's nice - but instead of a subsection, why not have us find a >little >>bitmap or something we can use? like a finger pointing at the links or >>something. Just something to highlight it... > >Great idea, but I'm not a good artist. Can find a standard bitmap >though. Do you think we can have the most important notes with this kind >of attention signs? I like graphics generally, so will think more about >this.
Maybe it'll be better to use a specific class for important links: <a class="importantLink" href="xxx"> Using style sheets we can make them render in different color (font style, font weight, whatever) to emphasize the link. I don't mind images but I think using a finger image to make link stand out is not the right place to use images. Other comments, objections, suggestions? Regards, Alexey. > >>I never saw that as a problem, actually, and would prefer the >>subprojects back. it's also missing a bit of stuff that I think is >>important. >Ok, I am not sure whether to remove link to ASF and we might want to >bring the classlib/drlvm links. I also expect the sitemap (under >construction) to link to all those resources we have, so the menu might >be shorter. > >Please also note that the menu and the starting page are not the only >places I fixed :) for example, >- downloads page now has the source code and the binary snapshots. To >me, it's more logical to have binaries and a corresponding source >downloadable from one place. >- committers page, Who We Are in the menu, where we now have committers >and contributors and pmc. This came from the guidelines page, it seems. >Here, I thought that setting roles in one place is also more logical. >- mailing lists page, Subscribe in the menu. Consolidated & restructured >a bit. > > >Cheers, >Nadya > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 7:41 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [doc][user experience] minor improvements to website >>navigation and content >> >> >> >>Morozova, Nadezhda wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> >>> >>> I've experimented a bit with our website to improve browsing and make >>> key pages or ideas stand out more. >>> >>> See http://people.apache.org/~nadinem/docs/ >>> >>> This is only a starting point, and subject to change. Feedback most >>> welcome. We can use this location as a sandbox for improving the >>> website. I can volunteer to gather all ideas, make changes and post >>> newer versions for everyone to see. >> >>That's nice - but instead of a subsection, why not have us find a >little >>bitmap or something we can use? like a finger pointing at the links or >>something. Just something to highlight it... >> >>> >>> >>> >>> So far, I've tried to address the following issues: >>> >>> - longish menu with some links irrelevant >>> >> >>I never saw that as a problem, actually, and would prefer the >>subprojects back. it's also missing a bit of stuff that I think is >>important. >> >>Also, the JDK != HDK, so you'd need to fix the "About the JDK" link >> >> >>> - unbalanced distribution of info between pages: some real long, some >>> too short >>> >>> - uncontrasting home page and some others: too much info, not >visually >>> organized >>> >>> >>> >>> The current version does not fix all the issues, but I had them in >mind >>> when making changes. I discovered several pages more with outdated >or >>> duplicated info, pages with info that belongs elsewhere, etc. So more >>> suggestions on how to improve are welcome. >>> >>> >>> >>> I hope I'm at least moving in the right direction to make the website >>> read easily and naturally. Everybody's suggestions and critical >remarks >>> are welcome. >>> >> >>You are definitely moving in the right direction. >> >>geir >> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Nadya >>> >>> >>> >>> -- Alexey A. Ivanov Intel Enterprise Solutions Software Division
