Henri, Looks good. Big improvement, I think :). I especially like how the third column brings more information "above the status bar". A few comments:
1) The first paragraph sounds more like it's describing the ASF than describing Jakarta. A suggestion: ------------------------- The Jakarta Project offers a diverse set of open source Java solutions and is a part of [The Apache Software Foundation] (ASF). Like all ASF [projects] Jakarta encourages a collaborative, consensus-based development process under an [open software license]. ------------------------- 2) The first sentence of the second paragraph seems awkward to me. It's not immediately apparent why that information is useful. If I don't know what a TLP is it doesn't really help me, and if I'm looking for a TLP that used to be part of Jakarta it doesn't tell me how to find it. Unfortunately I haven't been able to come up with a better wording. Hopefully someone else is feeling inspired :). 3) "Graduated" on the left needs to be in the context of a noun. Maybe swapping the left and right columns (leaving "About" on the left) and making the right column "Projects" with subheadings of "Subprojects" and "Graduated"? That might take up too much space, though. 4) Removing the margin from the <ul> that makes up the news would help spread that section out a bit. -James On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 14:01 -0500, Henri Yandell wrote: > Here's my mockup proposal: > > http://www.apache.org/~bayard/mock-jakarta-frontpage.html > > Changes: > 3 column > Strikethrough of links/pages I'd like to kill. > Less news. > Removal of Related section (aim is to make this a new page). > Rewrite of the welcome message to hopefully say the same main thing, > but use a lot less space. > > The aim would also be to switch entirely over to the XSL build version > which seems to work fine and dump Anakia creation. > > Hen > > On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Henri Yandell wrote: > > > > > I'm a fan of the www.apache.org look and how it gives us a lot more > > usability > > in terms of available column space. I'd like to change Jakarta to the > > 3-columns (though not the l&f or anything). > > > > Switching to 3-columns means less space in the center for content, however > > I > > also want to simplify the content so I think it will look fine. > > > > Any views? > > > > Hen > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
