Hi David, On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 09:11:10AM -0500, J David Eisenberg wrote: > [...] > Newcomers would probably click "new user & general info" at the left > because it's big and seems relevant. The small icons at the right that > describe the components might not catch their eye (they are overwhelmed by > the seagull eggs).
> [...] > I suggest the following changes to the main page: > > 1. Make the components and the download area the "centerpiece" of the > page. We had lengthy discussions about that. And strong voices said that the centerpiece must be the download. Why not simply update the "New user & general info" page so that it acutally fits? As you pointed out, it is not a problem finding that button. And that page is exactly supposed to please new users, not the frontpage. We could make a prominent Section "About the Product" vs. "About the Community" vs. "About the Website". The short component descriptions would fit into the About the Product section. > 2. Make the icons for the components larger, and describe the components. > (The Korean native language page at http://ko.openoffice.org/ does this, > but doesn't link the descriptions). See above. The frontpage should not explain everything, but provide easy to access links to the relevant sections. The page for new users, the downloads, the news. A supplement to the main-navigation bar at the top with links to Support, the Contributing pages, the My Pages portal and the Project page. > 3. Change "native language" to the less technical "choose your language", > and change "new user & general info" to "about this site". (Those buttons > should be smaller as well.) We had a discussion about this too. And we decided that choose your language doesn't fit since it suggests the user that he will get a translated version of the homepage. But this is not the case. The native-lang projects are individual, seperate projects with different contents, with different backgrounds/Communities behind. > I have made these changes on a sample page which is available for viewing > at http://oooweb.evc-cit.info/ > > Comments/opinions/flames welcomed. As mentioned above, I'd like to see the short product-descriptions in the "new user" page, but I don't think it fits for the main-page. When we designed it, one of the goals was to put as few text as possible on the it to not distract the user from the navigation. But others may have a different opinion.. ciao Christian -- NP: Nirvana - Stain --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
