Hi *, http://www.openoffice.org/files/documents/28/2423/prototype_j1.png
I'd love to see something like that as a homepage-graphic to the occasion of a new homepage design :-) (Well, if it is the same time like the OOo 2.0 release, this won't work) my comments below are not directly related to the proposal itself, but about the homepage in general. On Sat, Jan 29, 2005 at 11:04:19AM +0800, Jacqueline McNally wrote: > Daniel Carrera wrote: > >I like several of the general principles of this page. It aims a lot for > >simplicity, and chooses a few things to be more dominant, etc. > > > >But I disagree with the choice of content. This page looks like it was > >done by marketing. :) > > The OpenOffice.org web site, and especially our home page is one of our > most important and effective marketing tools. +1 > Through our web site we hope to communicate that we have a great office > productivity suite and a huge diverse community that thinks so too. The > community develops, supports and builds both OpenOffice.org the product > and grows our community. +1 > >It spends a lot of time advertising OOo, > > The only aspect that I consider advertising is the "Download" now button. (I agree with Daniel and others that we need a prominent Download-link) The download-button is not advertising OOo (IMHO). I think Daniel refers to "In the Press" and "Articles" > >and removes > >some very important functions of a home page, like mailing lists, forums > >an documentation. > > I disagree. I kind of agree and disagree at the sime time (because many things may be put in the "New to OOo"-Box) > The page we are talking about is referred to as a home page, but I think > we need to consider it more of a door page to the huge amount of > projects, activity and people behind that door. +1 (again as general statement, not related to the proposal itself) > The OpenOffice.org web > site has much rich and diverse content that very few people see or > utilise. The purpose of my design is to invite people inside our > community, so they may stay awhile, explore and see what we have to offer. I cannot tell how the proposal will invite new users to the community (only the tabs and the native-lang-box seem project-related) > The links or content to which you are referring (mailing lists, forums, > doco) are important and are already accessible off the home/door page > through the "Support" tab. Nevertheless I'd love to see a link to the FAQ & IssueZilla on the main page. > [...] > >I think that the mage needs to remove marketing content > >and replace it by this important functionality. > > I don't consider it just as marketing content, but that of organising > information such that when people visit www.openoffice.org: > > - if they were looking for OpenOffice.org they are reassured immediately > they have the right place (OpenOffice.org is ...) +1 - not because the user will know that he typed in the right page, but because I really think that OOo needs such a statement (OOo is ..) > [...] > >The most conspicous > >examples, I think, are "articles" and "press". Neither of those things are > >more important than lists/forums/documentation. > > They are on a home/door page for the reasons I have explained above. > Btw, articles on the current home page are "Buttons" and "OOoRegiCon > North America". I think it is very important to be proud of our > successes and share the news about our community. +1 News should be on the front page since otherwise they won't get noticed in a comparable way. (Users hit the Homepage more often than a dedicated "news" page) > Also, on the other design proposals, the list of OpenOffice.org in the > news is listed. I added the small "... Press Room" link (not heading) to > my design, as journalists, writers, and analysts who create these > articles for other publications need current and often immediate > information about us. This will link to the same "Press Room" that is > linked from the Marketing Project that will be a landing page especially > for this audience. This is what the other proposals refer to as "Media Kit". > [...] So I have to admit that I totally agree with the ideas behind the proposal, although I sill like murbs proposal better. No reason why these two should not be combined :-) ciao Christian -- NP: Static-X - The Trance Is The Motion --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
