I am coming late into the discussion, so apologies if the following points are redundant.
1) IMHO, the most important feature that would make life a lot easier for everyone is having search engines on the main webpage. I know you can click on the "Search" on the left hand side pane but putting it on the main webpage is much more useful. We can also have a "targets" section for the search (c.f. http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/nmz.html) where one can search mailing list, html Manual, FAQ, user-inputted package name etc. 2) About having explicit URL print, may I suggest using http://maps.google.com approach of using the "Link to this page" (top right hand of the page) ? 3) I understand that R is restricted in terms of priority and human resources. But given that Asia (e.g. India, Singapore, China) has low labour costs and abundant computing personals, would it not make sense for some Asian research group to offer to spearhead and maintain the website ? >From a marketing point of view some nice graphics, search functions and navigation etc would be useful to attract newcomers. There could be a "simple version" alternative (as it is now) for those who prefer or those who have trouble accessing the site. Just my £0.02. Regards, Adai On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 12:33 -0700, Spencer Graves wrote: > Hi, Gabor: <inline> > Gabor Grothendieck wrote: > > > On Windows, right click the web page, choose Properties and > > copy the url there. > > That works, and I will use it in the future. Thanks. > > However, if the subject is not "educating Spencer Graves" but "how to > make "www.r-project.org" more user friendly, then it still might help to > display as "Address" the actual web address of the archive page rather > than "www.r-project.org". It may not look as pretty, but I'm for > function first and cosmetics only if they don't interfere with > functionality. > > Best Wishes, > spencer graves > > > > On 4/25/06, Spencer Graves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
