On Thu, July 16, 2009 00:03, Ivan M wrote: > Hi John, > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 1:42 AM, John McCreesh<[email protected]> > wrote: >> I think these have different audiences. >> >> * the products pages are focused on the features of OOo: what does each >> of >> the apps do? has Calc got a solver feature? etc. >> >> * the why pages are focused on benefits: why should I use OOo? what >> needs >> does it fill? > > Those are perfectly valid questions, but there may also be others, > like: What do I get with OOo? (e.g. with MS Office, there are many > product editions, many of which contain programs like Outlook, Groove, > etc, which OOo doesn't have equivalents for.) Another could be What > can I do with the programs in OOo? I think the products page is > intended to address these kinds of questions. However, I envision the > people asking these questions as a subset of the same audience that > might head to why.OOo for their answers, and I would see the people > asking the questions you mentioned as another, probably larger subset > (though there will be an overlap). > > I'm not suggesting full integration with the why.OOo page, but rather > a few links from within why.OOo pointing to the appropriate products > pages for those that want to know this additional information - there > may be a good deal of people with extensive knowledge, who already > know what an office suite is, but they want a better idea of what > they're looking at. The goal would be to increase the visibility of > the products section and I think there might be some information there > that visitors to the why.OOo website might be interested in.
Good points. I agree with all of them :-) John -- John McCreesh - Marketing Project Lead - OpenOffice.org Developers - join us! see http://council.openoffice.org/developers.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
