That all sounds great! 1 minor edit - in the front page description of pd-extended, OSC is mentioned as one of the differentiating features from Vanilla - but it's been a feature built into Vanilla for awhile now.
Also, I think the processing page is a great ui model. -Jesse > On Aug 1, 2016, at 5:03 PM, Derek Kwan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I don't know if this is the proper list for this, I found there is a > pdweb mailing list but it looks to be quite inactive so I figure I start > the discussion here... > > I finally got an account on the puredata.info page so I took the liberty > of cleaning up/clarifying some of the writing on the front page if > nobody minds... I didn't want to do anything drastic, just try to make > things less wordy and clear up some things (like move the description of > deken to the Pd vanilla bullet, clear up the description of objects and > canvases, bold things like operating systems). > > I don't want to attempt to do anything drastic without consulting the > list, but I feel that the front page could use some changing up. When > you load up puredata.info, you're immediately hit with this wall of > text, which can be quite overwhelming (especially for newbies). > Pd-vanilla and Pd-l2ork are featured downloads to the right of the page, > but you have to wade through the wall of text to actually figure out > what they are. Taking a page (haha, pun) from the processing.org > website, it's clearly marked where to download Processing right near the > top (in a larger font even, along with a link to tutorials and an object > reference guide) with a video above it explaining exactly what > Processing is and what it does (and what's new with Processing 3). > Granted, historically we've had two main distributions of Pd with vanilla > and extended so perhaps there needs to be a little more words explaining > which is what (adding on to that, since extended is defunct and l2ork > isn't ready for multi-platform yet, would it be helpful just to point > everybody to Pd as the main distribution?). Describing Pd and what it > does might be shortened up (and perhaps if you want the longer > description, make an About link on the sidebar) and perhaps throwing a > few pictures and/or visual eye candy while remaining relatively > lightweight/datafriendly could help Also, posting the current versions > next to the download links (can this be automated?) would be helpful. > > Summing up, I just think the front page of puredata.info isn't as > clear/user-friendly as it could be and it's not particularly helpful in > welcoming new users. Thoughts? > > (Also, how do things get added to the News list? The last entry is from > 2015 and things such as Pd updates and the NYC conference on there would > be nice.) > > ===================== > Derek Kwan > www.derekxkwan.com > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
