Christian Lohmaier wrote:
> Why do you think that the top priority should be the download?
1. Most people only ever use the site for download (do you see 40 million
volunteers around you?)
2. When people want to download OOo, that's where they go.
3. The primary objective of *any* product page is let the user grab it.
It's no good to convince a user that a product is worth trying if the
product is hidden in any way. This is a general principle. Download goes
first, and encouraging the user to click on it is second.
4. When people come to the OOo site, they almost invariably already know
something about the product. Simply because we don't have a marketing
buget to have banner ads spread randomly accross the page.
5. In a similar way, download goes above lists and forums.
> And you you really thing that user's won't the the box, in the center of
> the page, that reads "Download OpenOffice.org"?
I didn't see it. It's not at the center of *this* page. But it *is* at the
center of Matthew's mockup. That's one thing I love about Matthew's page.
> > 2) There is no way to access top-priority items like web forums, mailing
> > lists and documentation.
>
> this could be an additional section next to Upcoming events, News,
> Media.
Are you looking at the same page I am? In the page I'm looking at those
are hidden below the screen.
> Maybe a catchy caption would be "Get Help" (yes, even Documentation can
> be some kind of help).
"Get Help" is good. I think we should take Matthew's page and replace the
term "Resources" by "Get Help".
> > 3) The explanatory paragraph is long. People don't tend to read much when
> > they visit a page.
>
> I disagree. This kind is exactly what the current page lacks.("What the
> heck is OOo")
The current page lacks OOo information, but we shouldn'g to go the
opposite extreme either. See Matthew's page. The about-ooo links are more
prominent and clickable, and it would easily accomodate a 1-2 sentence
description.
> > 7) There is no way for people to contact anyone. Not the community, not
> > the developers. They can't report a bug.
>
> "Contact us" link in the center, above the footer.
I was referring to mailing lists and forums.
> Report a bug could be placed in the additional "Get Help" section.
Reporting a bug is not getting help.
> No, I strongly disagree. The number one priority should be easy
> navigation, not to have everything on the front page.
I did not propose having everything in one page. And easy navigation is
very important. And none of the things I said are counter to that.
When I say that the download is the #1 priority, I mean to imply that
making the user easily navigate towards an OOo download on ther disk is
the #1 priority. In other words, navigation is meant to achieve
priorities. After all, navigation means "go to xyz place".
> Easy to navigate means as well don't have multiple links for the same
> thing.
Duplication should be avoided, yes.
> Don't make the user decide whether he should hit "Help", "Support",
> "some other link" and don't affront the user with lots of different
> topics at once.
Sadly, the stupid tabs are the top are stuck and they ain't gonna change.
This is a limitation of SourceCast. If we could play with the tabs more
easily I would be making somewhat different suggestions.
Cheers,
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