Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > >Darn it people: > > > > 1) "About Us" is *not* a resource. Be logical. > > 2) It's not about what you want to tell the user, it's about what the > > user wants to know. > > I think that's only partly true. Not only is the "user" a bit of a > fiction but also because there are things we want to show the user. We > want to show the user something about OpenOffice.org, for instance. We > also want to promote some builds over others.
Zeroth: by "user" I mean a user of the web page, not the product. First: users are not fictional. Second: you're misusing words a bit. We don't show one build instead of another because "we want to promote it" but because the user is looking for the download that will work best for them, and it's our task to make it the most accessible one. What you just wrote is not too different from saying "well... we want to tell th euser what he wants to know, therefore the website really is about what we want to tell the user". This is a bit circular. The point I'm making is about how you view the site and its purpose. The current OOo website suffers greatly from the pov of "what do I want to tell the user?" instead of "what is the user asking me?". And this has a significant, negative effect on usability. This was the motivation behind laying out the primary things Cheers, -- Daniel Carrera | I know everything, I just can't remember Join OOoAuthors today! | it all at once. http://www.oooauthors.org | :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
