On Sat, February 7, 2009 02:48, Ivan M wrote: > Hi John, all, > > Here is a mockup I made to demonstrate a possible improvement to the > current product page: > > http://www.patentpending.co.nz/images/openoffice/siteconcept-product.png > (compare with http://www.openoffice.org/product/writer.html)
This is a 1000% improvement already! > Some brief notes (feedback welcome - other mockups welcome too :) ) > ----------------------------------------------------------- > 1) Instead of 'Writer', 'Calc', 'Impress' etc for menu titles, how > about focussing on what they do - e.g. Documents with Writer, > Spreadsheets with Calc, etc. This might help new users better > understand what OOo can do, and which module does what. Good idea, as long as it doesn't take up too much screen space (I use an Eee PC :-) > 2) I would suggest getting rid of the start center splash page [1] and > replace it with something more eye-catching. Agreed. We had an eye-catching picture of an attractive young lady before this, But I wasn't convinced she was appropriate. > 3) The images/screenshots would open up in a lightbox [2]. > > [1] http://www.openoffice.org/product/ > [2] for an example, see http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox/ Looks ok (even on an Eee :-) but does it require js? is there a fallback if js is disabled? Brilliant start - that's set a high standard for others to try and improve on! Thanks - John -- John McCreesh - Marketing Project Lead - OpenOffice.org Developers - join us! see http://council.openoffice.org/developers.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
