On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 8:49 PM, John Murph <[email protected]> wrote:

> I love the new look of the website.  I agree with Jason on the issues.  I
> found the different look and feel of th FAQ


The FAQ is a kind of half baked experiment. We use
http://inquiryapp.com/for managing it. But it does not seamlessly
integrates. So I guess we should
move the FAQ to a standard web page.


> and Cookbook especially jarring as I didn't see a reason for them to be
> different.  A Wiki is a bit more understandable (for instance).
>
> One other suggestion: rather than have the Gradle Inc. navigation at the
> top go directly to another website (which surprised me), how about it takes
> you to a page that explains what Gradle Inc. is and why someone should
> care.  Then that page can have a link to the external site.  Navigation
> links just don't seem like a place that should sent me off elsewhere.
>

Springsource is doing the same :)


>
> Something like "Gradle Inc. is a company that was established to help
> facilitate using Gradle to simply and improve your builds.  It is owned and
> operated by the primary developers behind Gradle, and provides custom
> support and services for organizations that need them.  We aim for Gradle to
> be as simple and powerful as possible, but not all builds can be simple, and
> Gradle Inc. exists to provide assistance in these cases.  For more
> information, <link>visit their website</link>."
>
> (There is a reason I don't work in advertisement, but you get the idea.)
>

I see what you mean and I like your text. I'm not sure and would be
interested what others think about that.

- Hans

--
Hans Dockter
Founder, Gradle
http://www.gradle.org, http://twitter.com/gradleorg
CEO, Gradle Inc. - Gradle Training, Support, Consulting
http://www.gradle.biz




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> --
> John Murph
> Automated Logic Research Team
>

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