Am Samstag, den 19.11.2005, 15:45 +0100 schrieb Martin Jeppesen: > > > Compiling Rhythmbox from CVS is not trivial. > > > > Ahm.. ubuntu breezy ---> cvs checkout ---> fix the dependencies with > > synaptics ( by adding the needed dev packages ) --> ./autogen.sh and > > your done :o).. thats not really that hard i think.. > > I doubt Ubumtu can resolve dependencies for Rhythmbox CVS. Have you tried it? > > But most importantly. Can you prove that: > > > About Download.. ahm.. nobody really downloads rb from the page..
Ok.. i dont want to do a discussion this way.. but if you want to.. Can you prove "people expect this and that" that you bring up every mail you posted.. > > > I would say functionality is more important then design. After all the > > > purphase of application websites are to answer: what is this program, > > > what it looks like, what can it do, and where do I get it. > > > > You would be shocked to hear that design is as important as content... > > ( i know most programmers dont like that idea ).. but having a nice site > > can boost up your user usage because its just "cooler" to use that > > program... look at the iPod.. one of the most underfeatured.. most > > expensive.. most propritary mp3players on the market.. but everyone > > WANTS it badly... :o) ( and that is surely not because of its excellent > > qualities... nearly every cheap taiwanese player can do more for less ) > > You are right, that design is important for hardware and design is > important for software as well. But would people buy the iPod if you > removed the functionality? You dont get the point... > I don't think degrading functionality is good for anyone. I am not removing function from the webpage.. you still have a single click until you get your screenshots its just "media" which holds more points.. but showing all together.... > Rhythmbox.org have 8 menus. You have now 5 in your ideas. > What is there were 4 to the left of the triangle and 4 to the right? Thats a strange idea... > > But that discussion is useless if you think that way.. ( numbers and > > real world experience proof you to be wrong.. ) > > That's not how it works. First rule of marketing: > > Who is the target group? > What are their needs? Ah and you define the target group AND what their needs are you must be really rich.. > You most have investigated these two as a minimum before proceeding. > > I am not talking about the changelog beeing on the front.. but more the > > NEWS.. ( there should be a little bit more info than just changelogs... > > like progress and stuff.. new features that are beeing talked about.. > > etc.. not everyone reads the ML ) > > Phew. I thought you wanted the changelog (the NEWS file) on the front page =) > > About or News as the front page... There is advantages and > disadvantages for both. > > > If someone hits the site who is new.. he should be able to press > > "About" ( After he read the Headline GNOME Music Manager which is self > > describing of what he will find on this page ) if hes not.. hes not even > > beeing able to use a computer or linux at all. For everyone else.. who > > just wants to follow the project ( and those are many more than > > "newcomers" ) he needs to have an extra click for the needed information > > everytime he visits the page. > > What if: > > Front page shows About and the left side menu becomes: > > News > Screenshots > Download > > Right side menu becomes: > FAQ: Related tools is put in the FAQ. > Development: Translation is put in Development. > Feedback > > The menu would then become: > > News Screenshots Download /\ FAQ Development Feedback > > > Yeah thats probably the reason why they changed it now ..... take a look > > at most of apple.com's subpages ..... ( you have a combination of black, > > gradiant and others.. ) > > Yes, they change theme according to their product pages. That's > probably a good idea. But their front page and all their products are > probably not going to change =) ok just to end this pointless discussion.. i am not going to design the webpage against all my experience and knowledge as a webdesigner.. especially not if i am pointed to "proof" something i dont have to proof and on the other hand have to listen to sentences like "people do this and that" without any proof or anything... Greetings Waldgeist _______________________________________________ rhythmbox-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel
