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
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