Hello. Though I must admit I did find what I was looking for, and in an almost(sic) obvious place, I didn't at first. This email is about the look/links of the website. A small change in an otherwise well layed out site is requested.
I came into Jakarta through a Struts back door (a link into struts). I looked around and saw that there was a large number of subprojects but I could not (at first) find a short description of all the projects on a single page. But wait you say, it's right there on the main page! (yes, kind of) When I first went to the main page, early in my search, I saw sections: Product News, Other News, and Elsewhere ... on my full page screen. Having been on other sites I then (mistakenly) expected the whole page to be a list of email/news links. I did not expect that scrolling down would give me a list of "Jakarta Subprojects". How was I to know this? My assumption was incorrect but looking around at other pages, I did not at first find a list of Subprojects. It seemed rather odd. To give you an understanding of how I looked/found the Subprojects list: I was hoping the "SubProjects" heading on the left column list might link to it but it's just a heading. Various pages: Our mission, Our FAQs, Coding Conventions, Who We Are, and New Subprojects did not contain the list. But, under New Subprojects, in the Subproject Alternatives section was the comment "See the Jakarta home page". That got me back to the home page which I had sluffed over early in my quest because it seemed to only contain a list of messages. Scrolling down then obviously found the list I was searching for and even a "Welcome" section, not at first visible on the "Welcome" page! That's the issue. It's a Human Interface GUI point. So, now that I have truly bored you, but hopefully made you understand the why and how of what occured in my case, a suggestion. Make the list of Jakarta subprojects more prominent. It does not have to be on a seperate page, on the main page is fine and probably best. My request is placing it and/or links to it in such a position that finding it is easier. Certainly considering my foibles may hint at possible improvements. Sincerely, Henri (No reply is necessary, requested, or expected.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : Henri Socha : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : 831-455-0847 : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : 831-583-2400 x4201 : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : Remember that faith is better than : Sir Wilfred : : doubt and love is better than hate : Laurier (1916): :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~: : Rappelez-vous que la foi est preferable au doute : : et que l'amour est preferable a la haine : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
