Hi *, On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 05:14:04PM -0500, Daniel Carrera wrote: > :murb: [maarten brouwers] wrote: > > [snip] > Second, the support page is very bad, it's overwhelming, half the links > are not very useful, and most links don't fit on the concept of "support"
Using the bad design of other pages as argument why the front page should fulfill the task instead is invalid. If the other page is bad, you have to imporve it and not try to compensate with another page. > Third, people looking for documentation will not necessarily click on > "support" because documentation is not support. They will, if this is the only Link that suggests help. When I visit sites for apps that I'm interested in, I usually search for Screenshots (if I don't know the app), the FAQ (if I have a problem), then other ressources. Documentation mostly comes with the package. > Again, the point is not whether it's *possible* to find something, but > whether the page is well designed to make it visible and help the user > understand what's behind the links. [...] I agree with this statement. > > And i'd guess developpers will go to > > 'development' to see how they can help, how OOo works technically, or > > just to see how development is going... etc... > > No: > > 1) The development page has as many problems as the support page, but > worse. see above. Don't try to compensate other pages' problems with the front page. > 2) What about all the non-development contributions? Take a look at the > contribution page. Most of the work that volunteers do at OOo is not > development. I as well thing that developers will know how to find their pages, so better call it "Contributing" (we have a nice contibuting page) > [...] > > > but I believe the site as i made it (primary created on Firefox 1.0 full > > screen on WinXP with a screenresolution of 1152x864 on a 17" display) > > is usable. > > 1) I have firefox on 1024x768. I as well have 1024x768 - but the site should be usable with 800x600 as well > [...] ciao Christian -- NP: Ill Ni�o - Nothing's Clear --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
