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From: James Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 00:43:50 +0000
Message-ID: <20010126004350.A2647@cyberstorm>
In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [mozilla-reorg] Re: New Look and Feel etc.
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 11:15:11PM +0000, Gervase Markham wrote:
> > Of course mozilla.org is much more complex than a personal website,
>
> By an order of magnitude. While we have to be simple, I think that wasting
> lots of space "above the fold" on the front page is not good. This is one
> of the problems I have with Matthew's design, as it happens. The top 200
> pixels don't _do_ anything.
Agreed.
What might be worth looking at is creating a set of links with descriptions
for the front page and other "index" pages, e.g:
/link/: I develop code in Mozilla, or design chrome, or use Mozilla embedded
in a product of mine. I compile Mozilla.
/link/: I use Mozilla daily, test it, file bugs, help with Quality Assurance,
and occassionally send in patches.
/link/: I use Mozilla only occassionally, as an alternative. I'd like to know
how to use it better, perhaps to make it my main Internet communications suite
or evangelise it to others.
/link/: I know nothing or very little about Mozilla. What is it, where is it,
how do I install and use it, and why should I be interested?
Each link takes you to a page containing introductions to the various areas of
the site that sort of person wants, e.g. building, design, QA, bugzilla, etc.
It's no longer assuming the user knows what s/he wants, it's putting us in
their position and presenting the right (!) content.
Any thoughts?
JG
