I have to agree, the new site looks superb! One little nit-pick/request: The banner on http://newdesign.libreoffice.org/community/get-involved/ is a bit daunting to look at if you are looking for ways to join.
Maybe we can replace that with header sections for each field (like in http://newdesign.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice/)? That way we give people who would like to join a good overview of what they can do (in addition to the menu itself). Thanks, Philipp On 21 January 2014 14:23, Otto Kekäläinen <[email protected]> wrote: > 2014/1/21 Charles-H. Schulz <[email protected]>: > > http://newdesign.libreoffice.org > > Wow, looks very good! I have nothing to add to the design/layout. > > About the contents I have some comments: > > 1) Screenshots, screenshots, screenshots! > > Immediately when somebody visits libreoffice.org to find out about > LibreOffice, they whould be presented with screenshots. In the > carousel the first image should include screenshots so that people get > a sense about what it would look like if they ran LibreOffice. When > features are presented and explained, they should have screenshots to > visualize the description. > > > 2) Free - but why? > > This is an old discussion, but free does not always communicate very > well. I rather use the term open, but if you want to emphasize the > American libertarian view and talk about Free/Freedom, the please add > some text below each "Free Office Suite" which explains "Why free?" > clarify the usual misunderstandings. > > > 3) More facts, less marketing > > For example the main page has a paragraph "LibreOffice comes with a > host of new features for its users as well as several important > changes and improvements under the hood." It looks very good and I > agree with the content, but in my experience people don't respond well > to this kind of argumentation even in a marketing context. Rather > mention a few features and deliver some facts of what LibreOffice > actually does. I know, writing short and good text is difficult.. > > > 4) Comparison to Microsoft Office > > I noticed the absence of any mentions of "the competitor". Is there a > policy against it? I hope the marketing part of the site could some > how state that LibreOffice is as good as MS Office and it is in most > cases safe and sensible to switch. And if you need X, Y and Z, then > LibreOffice is even better. Take inspiration from > > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Feature_Comparison:_LibreOffice_-_Microsoft_Office > > > 5) If this is so good, how come nobody uses it? > > Please add some list of famous users, e.g. the French Gendarmerie, > City of Münich, Ministry of Justice in Finland etc.. LibreOffice is > very popular, so show examples and figures. That should make people > more safe to make the switch. > > > > Thanks and keep up the good work! > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/projects/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
