Are there any kind of hard statistics and analytics that we can base this discussion upon? There is always room for improvement, but stumbling around in the dark making blind guesses may not be the best way to go. Although I personally feel that Lenny's proposed page is an improvement, statistics could tell us what actual people actually use the site for.
I don't see any tracking code in the page source. Maybe the site admins could install Google Analytics? It's free, easy to install and use, and very informative. (Or some other usage tracker; I merely suggested GA because I use it and know that it works well.) Thomas On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 17:53, <hask...@kudling.de> wrote: > I never said we should only expose 7 links. > > Take for example the task "Find out more about this Haskell i heared about". > > You would need to scan the right half of the front page and you need to scan > the left part of the page. There you need to scan "About", it could be > explained under "Why use Haskell?" or "Language definition" or "Haskell in 5 > steps" or "Learning Haskell" or "Wiki articles" or "Blog articles and news". > > Where should i look? I have to scan a lot of text, i have to keep a lot of > options in mind and for my taste the load is too much. Be my limit 7 or 20 > links. > > > hask...@kudling.de wrote: >> Most people feel overwhelmed when confronted with more than 7+-2 items: >> > http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/10/09/30-usability-issues-to-be-aware-of/ > > This refers to the number of items/things people can remember in their > short-time memory. This has nothing to do with the maximum number of > menu items you should use. There is of course a limit, but there is no > reason to limit it to 7+-2. > > Cheers, > -- > Jochem Berndsen | joc...@functor.nl > GPG: 0xE6FABFAB > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe