Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:33:34 -0500 Nick Hughart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > >> Ian Caldwell wrote: >> >>> Yup, I'd like to eliminate submenus completely One navigation on all pages >>> that has links to pretty much everything. The goal of the new site is make >>> it a lot more usable. With regularly updated news, and a lot of static >>> content around it. >>> >>> >> This is bad design imo, it leads to overload. Having to dig through a >> ton of links to find the one you want is crazy, it's best to be able to >> filter towards your goal IMO. Much easier to filter then to try and >> find a link among many that sounds like what you want. This is how my >> brain works anyway. >> > > we don't need some new navigation system... we need to simplify content, only > put up what we absolutely need on the e.org "brochure" site (it's meant to be > a > simple "couple of pages" brochure/flier like set of pages with just the > minimum > needed to find out what e is, who is involved, how/where to get it). > > the other bits (trac/bugzilla, wiki, docs etc. etc.) are what is intended for > large-scale documentation and info - and those (the wiki especially) is > READILY > accessible to people to edit. >
Yes, I realize this, most of the links in the submenus will just point to the wiki/tracker/etc. But people found it hard to even find these things on the current site. So it would be nice to point them to where they need to look instead of them having to decode links that don't necessarily match anything they are looking for. So the changes to navigation are nothing stellar, just reorganizing the menu and making the submenu a little more visible so people immediately see things to click on. At least this is what I did with my mockup, haven't seen anyone else come forward with anything yet. > >>> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Zachary Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 8/1/08, Ian Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> What would you like to see on the new website? What goals do you think it >>>>> should have. >>>>> My personal views are this is what we need to see differently. Feel free >>>>> >>>>> >>>> to >>>> >>>> >>>>> chime in and add to what you'd like to see on the new site >>>>> >>>>> *1. Create links to all the software ( wiki, bug tracker, forums, >>>>> source browser etc)* >>>>> >>>>> *2. Make the website more user oriented. A lot of the content can >>>>> >>>>> >>>> be >>>> >>>> >>>>> moved to the wiki. We need the website to be a lot more static. * >>>>> >>>>> *3. Separate developer sections from user.* >>>>> >>>>> *4. Create a feature list page in order to make E more of a product >>>>> that we're trying to talk about* >>>>> >>>>> *5. weekly or biweekly articles* >>>>> >>>>> *a. We will have a submission article system in which we will stack >>>>> >>>>> >>>> up >>>> >>>> >>>>> articles and release one a week regarding E. * >>>>> >>>>> *b. This will allow users who aren't good at coding or able to help >>>>> >>>>> >>>> in >>>> >>>> >>>>> that way to keep track of what's happening and write articles regarding >>>>> >>>>> >>>> the >>>> >>>> >>>>> progress.* >>>>> >>>>> *c. This will also help people who are writing applications be able >>>>> >>>>> >>>> to >>>> >>>> >>>>> follow development and get inspiration from other application >>>>> >>>>> >>>> developers.* >>>> >>>> >>>>> *d. Or just content such as user guides for different things* >>>>> >>>>> *6. Translations* >>>>> >>>>> *a. Allow people to have the website content translated into >>>>> >>>>> >>>> multiple >>>> >>>> >>>>> languages.* >>>>> >>>>> *7. One login to rule them all* >>>>> >>>>> *a. Having 10 different logins for all the different software isn't >>>>> working.... it would be really nice to see a lot of them consolidated >>>>> >>>>> >>>> into a >>>> >>>> >>>>> login api such as openid or google accounts.* >>>>> All in all the website needs to me more of a pamphlet than a handbook for >>>>> everything under the sun. >>>>> >>>>> *Note* Please do not start on any designs.... That will come later and we >>>>> have plans for making prizes for it. Stay tuned. >>>>> --Ian "Inc" >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >>>>> >>>>> >>>> challenge >>>> >>>> >>>>> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great >>>>> >>>>> >>>> prizes >>>> >>>> >>>>> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the >>>>> >>>>> >>>> world >>>> >>>> >>>>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> enlightenment-devel mailing list >>>>> enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> The current site has a huge usability problem : theres 3 menus and >>>> they're all in different styles and in different places. One >>>> navigation system which is obvious should be sufficient. >>>> >>>> -Zach >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >>> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great >>> prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in >>> the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> enlightenment-devel mailing list >>> enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> enlightenment-users mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
