I agree with Brain.. navigation in OpenSolaris.org is not user friendly ... major FOSS projects websites http://debian.org http://www.ubuntu.com/ are more user friendly.. If OpenSolaris.org is meant for developers, can we have a site http://users.opensolaris.org which will more towards end-users who are not developers.
I like the way http://www.opensuse.org/ has been designed . ~ Pradhap.D On 8/21/07, Brandorr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/20/07, Derek Cicero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Brandorr wrote: > > > On 8/20/07, Derek Cicero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Richard Lowe wrote: > > >> > > >>>Brandorr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>>As Sun is marketing/pushing Indiana, Solaris, and OpenSolaris, we > are > > >>>>seeing many people that aren't developers coming to this site. > > >>>> > > >>>>As this is the first thing they see when they get here, I feel that > > >>>>this should be the logical location for a user oriented welcome > page. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>OpenSolaris *IS* a development project. I appreciate that's pretty > > >>>hard to spot right now, but it's true. > > >> > > >>At this time, OS.org is still the site for the development of > > >>OpenSolaris. We are working with the Project Indiana folks to make > sure > > >>that when they launch it will be clear to end-users where they need to > > >>go to get the distro. At this point it's still up in the air as to > where > > >>and how the new distro will be hosted. > > > > > > > > > Where should I send people that are looking to "Try out OpenSolaris".? > > > (I am not going to fight the use of OpenSolaris to refer to an OS. > > > Pretty much everyone who isn't intimately involved with OpenSolaris > > > isn't aware of the naming kerufala.) > > > > Well, we have the 'Get a Starter Kit' box on the right hand side. I > > suppose we could add another box below it to make it more clear what to > > download for first time visitor. > > > > Or perhaps move the download icon above the 'info' icon and make it a > > bit more straightforward. > > > > Did you have a specific idea in mind? > > Yes. > > If you type www.firefox.com into a browser, it redirects you to > http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ which is a relatively simple > page aimed at end users. > > There is however a big tab at the top of the page that says > "developers" which takes you to http://developer.mozilla.org/ > > Another example is the Fedora site: http://fedoraproject.org/ > > Simple, aimed at users. Nice links off the homepage. Documentation > very easy to find. link to join the community, makes it very easy to > find out how you can get involved: > http://fedoraproject.org/join-fedora.html (Not just for OS > developers.) > > In addition the communicate link takes you to this page.: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate Where the first thing you > see is a link of where to ask questions. > > In both cases, the first page clearly directs the various interested > parties to the appropriate web pages. > > I think there is alot to be learned from the organization of the Fedora > website. > > Cheers, > Brian > -- > - Brian Gupta > > http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/ > _______________________________________________ > website-discuss mailing list > [email protected] >
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