On 11/9/07, Joe Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- James Dennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Joe Wilson wrote: > > > Also, non-technical people would be a better judge of which website > > > design is appealing. > > > > Appealing *to* non-technical people? Why would a website on an embedded > > database wish to appeal primarily to such an audience? I'd think it > > would be best to present information in a way that appeals to its likely > > viewers. > > My wording was poor. I think a lot of programmers don't care what a software > website looks like, as long as the code works.
Wrong. Many, many programmers do care a lot about the looks of a software, the code behind the software, stuff written with and for that software, and the website of that software. While not always co-relating, a well laid out website is also attractive, and an attractive website is also well laid out. Software makers and designers, particularly in the world of Macs, are very proud of how their products look and behave, and they spend a considerable amount of effort making them look good. That said... > The old website was sufficient > in that regard. > > Maybe I'm completely wrong, but I thought the point of the website redesign > was to reach a new market. People who don't code, yet make development > decisions for their companies. Everyone on this mailing list already is a > user a SQLite. Sometimes it takes an outsider to give you an objective > opinion. one of the several points of redesign should be easy discoverability and access to information required to do useful things with the software, if for no other reason than to give poor Igor a break. -- Puneet Kishor ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
