On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 23:06 -0500, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > Hi all, > > Looking at the various proposals mentioned on the user page > requirements page [0] and at the one that Filip posted to the list > [1], and also trying to be realistic (hard for me), I think we have to > choose. :-) > > This is for the *homepage*. As agreed, portal.ooo is on the drawing > board for later. The goal now is to improve the homepage so that it is > more usable by would-be users and encourages downloads. > > I've also discussed the idea of fixing download.openoffice.org. I want > to do it, but we can also, I think, see about the immediate desire of > enabling a one-click functionality on the homepage for most users via > javascript. The scenario is then that if you can't get it in one > click, you go to download.openoffice.org. > > In short, the goals: > > * Make it *obvious* how to download OOo and to add javascript to the > CollabNet page that enables one-click downloads. (If this is not > possible, I need to know and we can go to using other servers at > download.ooo. But we need still to do the homepage and need to > finalize the discussion.) > > ++ Apple iWork and Mozilla Firefox do it well; Symphony, too. (iWork > is more what it is than straight download, but that is a detail.) > Firefox is getting busy but has the great advantage of giving the > reasons. > > * Declare what OOo the product and community are about: iWork does a > splendid job of giving us a model for this, I believe. > > * Community is important, really important. Participation is its key, > and so the page must also invite participation. > > Matthias has useful located the design ideas into a good presentation, > though I think we can add to the samples using the guide above. > > Kay asks in the wiki about our audience. Erwin T. presented on Who > uses OpenOffice.org at OOoCon in September [2] The vast majority are > Windows users with most coming from .com (US).. But there are millions > from Europe and Asia. Seemingly, Individuals are the dominant species, > with most using OOo at home. Education is important as a vertical; > business (SMB) and gov't, etc., are also strongly present, one can > infer, but these get it often enough via other means. And a great many > download it on a lark or to save money. > > To summarize: we need to appeal to users and to address that we are > good. :-) > > Deciding on homepage > ---------------------------- > > If possible, we should review samples this week, with a deadline of > the end of the week. The point is simplicity. The homepage we have now > has too much going on--too many graphics, too much information. We > need to simplify. > Has a deadline been decreed from on high? Or, do you feel that it is best to start with the end product, and collect the data and write the specifications later?
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