On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 12:37:35PM +0100, Stefano Rovetta wrote: > Please, however, don't make it like those "insider-only" sites > where you only find the latest news but you don't know what these > news are about... > > The first line should tell you something like: > "GIMP is the best photo and image editing software, and it's open source." > > After that, anything can be discussed, but I strongly disagree > in burying the single most important information (what the site > is about) within the "About..." or "FAQ" sections.
If you look now at gimp.org it says on the top <image> GiMP <space devider> GNU Image Manipulation Program. Then an image and then: GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages. (more...) This is the official GIMP web site. It contains information about downloading, installing, using, and enhancing it. This site also serves as a distribution point for the latest releases. We try to provide as much information about the GIMP community and related projects as possible. Hopefully you will find what you need here. Grab a properly chilled beverage and enjoy. <snip It is especially the two last alieneas that are unneeded on the first page. I doubt that people use a random website engine, stumble on the site and have no idea what the site is about. When I go to a site like google or almost any other site, I do not see the explanation what it is about. I am talking almost all sites., except the obscure software project made by some amateur. I strongly believe that GIMP is beyond that point. So I am all for a seperate FAQ or What Is or About section. This obviously depends on what you want the site to be. If, as you say, the SINGLE main thing is to explain GIMP, then do not clutter it with news and other things. If it is about bringing news about GIMP, then do that. If need be, change the onliner "GNU Image Manilupation Program" to "THE opensource photo and image editor" or "Editing Images since 1995" or some other catchy onlines that explains what it is and does. It is strange that there is more information on the first page then there is on http://www.gimp.org/about/ concerning what GIMP is. >From what I see on the site, I see that is is basicaly news items and as such directed to the repeat visitor and people who have knowledge of GIMP already That said, I personally dislike 'news' on websites. That is what mailinglists, newsgroups and rss are much better able to handle. No need to look at a site to see if something changed, but that is a whole other discussion. I also understand that the people from GIMP do not share my feelings about this. Otherwise they would have already done it. It is their site, so they can do with it as they please. ;-) houghi -- This is written under the inluence of the following: > Artist : After Forever > Song : Eccentric > Album : Invisible Circles _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
