Hi Kay, > Redesigning ALL the site will take an enormous amount of time. I don't > even think we should consider most of the product pages *at all* in this > discussion as much of their "look and feel" is in the hands of the > individual project managers and collabnet. The audience for many of > these is very different than the average visitor to OOo. In some ways, > isolating the home page from various project pages is bad amnagement, > and in some ways, not. Again, the audiences are NOT the same.
I am talking only about pages that will be linked to using the action statements. Most visitors are expected to have a look at these pages as well. Throwing them from one design in another, from minimalist to maximalist, from business style to comic style is bad user experience, and will leave users with a unprofessional impression. > In some sense, website development of ANY site is never finished. We > should strive for optimal meshing but nothing is "ideal" at this point. > The SUPPORT area could use a little tweaking (too wordy) but really the > layout is not too bad. The layout is very nice, the content is nice too, but I think we need to make choices here. The choice now is overwhelming to anyone new. Just imagine that you need help. The support page almost needs an instructor telling them which support option is best. Not everyone will be happy to see some support options getting LESS attention, but it is not about them, it is about those in need of help. On the other hand, the support page as it is is a very nice collection of resources, and I wouldn't throw this page away, it is just not the page I would want to show to anyone new to OOo, someone for whom we are designing the home page. There are two reasons why I want to design it at once: 1. Design consistency; we do not have extensive web design guidelines, and I don't expect them to appear in the near future. Designers change (people come and go, designers mature) 2. The website would be even more disappointing. As Christian(?) has put it, a top first page will only make the subsequent pages look uglier/worse. If we can't live up to the expectations, the overall improvement may become a negative one. g., Maarten g., Maarten --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
