Hi Matthew,
>Howdy everyone, > >I have no idea what people want. Some people want two columns, some >people want three, and some want no columns. Some want smaller fonts, >some want larger fonts, and some want no text at all. When I am making >the three columned web site, only the people who wanted a two columned >layout spoke up, and when I am making a two columned layout, the inverse >is true. > >As you can see, I have no idea how to appease everyone. Of course; it is not your job to appease. What the samples have shown however is the range of some possibilities. > >However, I must call to your attention: >1) There is no perfect web site - we must decide on something that is >BETTER than it was; We in this case, as was stated before, is this group, then the project leads. This group is agreeing on some basics, not necessarily all the content, but certainly the rough design elements, which are more important, anyway. There is still room for further discussion, of course. But our primary interest is in creating a site that pleasingly guides visitor attention to where we want it to go. That includes, of course, downloads & ancillar information, but also information about the project. Kay and I, the leads of the website project, have been fairly clear in our own interests, and also process, I think. >2) There is more than one way to achieve the ends we want. Both a two >column and three column layout can be made into our "ideal" site. >(Mozilla and GNOME have two extremely different layouts that are very >different. The current (CVS 1.12) version of my proposal is also very >good IMHO, and also extremely different. Apple also has a good >website.) yes, of course. >3) There is no way that everyone can be made happy. > :-) >So... I propose we fully develop the CVS 1.12 of my proposal until we >can think of no more ways to ENHANCE it. We want a fine comb, not one >that will require the changing of the web site altogether. Do you mean this one? <http://website.openoffice.org/nonav/tryouts/Matthew/OOoWeb2/index.htm> If so, can you remove Media Attention box, Coming Events box, add the links, "Events" and "In the news" to the left navbar. I shall be removing those elements and replacing them anyway with those links on the current page and see no reason for wasting space on the homepage with them. As well, is it possible to reduce the size of the footer space? The most obvious would be to get rid of the paragraphs. > >Is there anyone who is opposed to this suggestion? +1 But... I agree we should develop your proposal. I am also curious to see if Maarten will develop his own proposal and would like to see it. > >Kind Regards, Cheers Louis -- Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager OpenOffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
