VLM TechSubs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy Voets [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Thanks Michael, I understand. My point is only that this page could
make
> 
> > logging (or registering) in instantly available. Just clarifying.
> 
> When you're registered, you can login on the opening page of OOo.
> Not really user friendly, but it's there, in the upper right corner.
> --
> Guy
> __________________________
> Thanks Guy for pointing this out, I now see that very faint "Login"
button
> in the top right corner. I can only imagine that whoever designed that
> page
> (and the entire theme) has excellent eyesight.
> 
> I also find the page http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/Login, which
looks
> a
> tad easier to my eyes. :):)

I visit the OOo site only rarely... every few months, perhaps... so I
don't keep a site-map in my head.  To my old-guy eye, it shares an
affliction with several other open-source sites. 

Some sites that I visit are designed for usability, for finding what I
need or want in a very short time. Paths on/from the main page are
obvious, and most navigation is quick (few clicks).  Then, some of those
sites are not particularly pretty.

Some other sites that I visit are designed for fashion or style or
theme, with apparently little comprehension of usability. The primary
motivator of the designer/implementer is an artistic or thematic one.
It's not that they don't want you to be able to quickly find what you
need (though sometimes, I think some of them want to delay you as much
as possible so that you can bask in the glory of their arteeeestic
vision...), it's that they barely gave a thought to actual _use_ of the
site.

Now, as to which kind of site the OOo site is....  ahem......

 - Kevin
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