Hi Daniel, *, On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 02:02:15PM -0500, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Christian Lohmaier wrote: > > > > 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. > > No, it's valid until the other page gets fixed. [...]
I have a substantially different view on this one.- but anyway... > > > 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. > > No, removing links to help items is not the way to improve usability. It is. Having only to choose betwee "A" "B" and "C" is clearly easier than having to choose between 26 choices. This imporves usability. But I'm not advocating against a specialized link for Documentation. > And you are ending them to a page which is not helpful. The support page > does not meet the requirements of a user seeking help. I can't even figure > out what requirements it's intended to meet. Leave that alone. I already said that other pages should not influence the font page. (at least I'm not willing to accept this as an argument) > [...] > > > 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. > > I'm glad. > > > > 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. > > NO. The development page is NOT intended for new volunteers. I don't see a contradiction with my statement. I want to get rid of the link on the front page and instead link to the contributing page. > That's not > the target audience, that's not its purpose. It is there as a massive > resource for existing developers already familiar with OOo. I know. But why should this item have it's place on the front page that should address new users, "the clueless", newbies? > > > 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) > > If the "development" tab is replaced by a "contributing" tab that goes to > the contributing page I'll be happy. Somehow I'm not holdin gmy breath. -> Exactly, ciao Christian -- NP: Silverchair - Suicidal Dream --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
