I agree with all of your points. My thinking was revolving more around
the question of who's the target audience of the message. If it's the
general user, you know, of the type "I want to learn more about AOO" or
"I want to download the most recent release of AOO", then sure move it
to the top, if it's community members or staff (which is but a tiny
fraction of all the visitors?) than move it to the bottom.
Still, no biggy. Let's leave it the way it is.
Regards,
Aivaras
2015.01.23 00:53, Marcus rašė:
One thing I forget to mention concerning the gray bar on the main home
page ("Logo 15th Anniversary of ASF The Apache Software Foundation
Celebrates 15 Years..."). I think it is better to place such
announcements beneath "I want to stay in touch with OpenOffice" because
such announcements concern a very small fraction of the visitors to the
site (even if much cherished and respected). Inserting temporary
elements at the bottom of the page would also make the general
appearance of the page more stable (less shuffling).
Here I disagree with you. Sure, the webpage is shuffling a bit -
depending which or how much boxes are displayed.
But they have a special usage: To get the users attention. This can
only be reached when it is in an area where the eyes are the most time
- and this is on top. When putting it on the bottom it's not
recognized as "hot and new and important to know". Furthermore, it
highly depends on the display device and resolution you are using. As
smaller it is as better it is to put on the top. When on bottom you
have to scroll down - to recognize there is maybe something that is
interesting for you. With the menu items like "I want ..." you see
maybe 3-4 and could think of that there are some more.
And because of this it is IMHO placed better on top.
My 2 ct.
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