hi Maarten, *....
:murb: [maarten brouwers] wrote:
Hi art and website folks,
Are there still people who definitely think that the action statements
approach is a bad approach? I feel like Graham, and to some extend I,
have been able to convince most of you, but please say it now if you
heartedly disagree with this approach, and please say why. To me the
convincing argument /for/ the action statement approach is as follows:
Basically there are many relatively experienced MS Office users out
there who don't have a clue about how to download and install
something. Furthermore, while other people may have quite some
experience in browsing, installing software is something relatively a
small percentage of the internet-connected people do. The main target
group for this redesign were exactly these users, which is probably
the largest group of potential new users. Guiding them carefully,
using these action statements, could help them a lot, it works
reassuring.
It is demonstrated in the following designs, one of which partly won
the vote. But with the recent vote I didn't ask you to pay any
attention to the content, but only to pay attention to the style:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Website/Proposals#Action_statement_based
I think the *approach *is fine, but I think the use of the "I" phrases
is well, overdone.
Could we go with something like...
"Learn More About OpenOffice.org"
"Download the OpenOffice.org application"
"Get Help with OpenOffice.org installation"
....
I understand that the "I..." may seem more friendly, but it seems kind
fo cluttery to me.
I also changed the wording on the Download because I'm wondering, based
on what's been said here that the use of the term "OpenOffice.org" for
both the site AND the application suite might be confusing to new visitors.
Thoughts?
I liek this approach very much though.
You could compare these designs to the designs listed at that page
above this heading. I reported to Louis (in private) already that if
we agree on the action statement based approach, then currently this
screenshot:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/mwiki/images/6/66/Murb_homepageproposal1_homepage_normal.png
is the best design so far, on which we will base our future
iterations, when both homepage-content and style is considered. It a)
is based on Ivan's OOo minimalist and b) I felt we already kind of
agreed now on the action statement approach. Of course there is still
the need for some additional sub pages, but if we can agree on e.g.
this design, or a better one, that would already be a huge leap
forward in the process.
Or am I pushing own opinion too much now? If so, please do say so
soon... we need to make progress! (and if you are 'pro' action
statements, and you see only negative replies, please share your views
too with the community, it is about getting our opinions aligned).
Maybe someone could also consider whether it adheres to the rough
requirements we wrote down here:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Website/Requirements
g.,
Maarten
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