Hi John, Thanks for reviewing, much appreciated, my replies inline.
John Plocher wrote: > Derek Cicero wrote: > >> All, >> >> As a follow-up to Michelle's earlier email about the splash page for >> May, here is the current thinking for the launch. >> >> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/website/splash2/ >> > > I like it. > > >> The idea is to introduce opensolaris.com as the place to download the >> binary and to receive end-user help, with more substantial development >> issues being directed to opensolaris.org. >> > > I'd make the vertical bar between .org and .com higher - or something. > > It wasn't until I reread this text that I noticed that the two halves > were different. The differences are pretty subtle if indeed this is > the key message :-) > > > >> Each of the links on the .org side would go to new landing page of >> existing materials that Michelle is putting together. >> >> The opensolaris.org graphic would take the user to the current .org home >> page. >> > > > This sounds like you are adding a layer of slightly duplicated stuff on top > of an unchanged set of existing pages, rather than reusing/retiring the > existing pages. > Yes, we are adding a layer with a limited set of links that point to existing content. The intention is not to duplicate anything, so if you see duplication, please cite it, and I will remove or rewrite it. If there is opportunity to re-use, please also be explicit and I will re-use where I've overlooked content. > As a step along the way, this is probably OK, as long as there is an intention > to clean up the cruft, remove duplication, and streamline the site in the near > future. > Absolutely, clean up, removal, retirement, and further streamlining is part of the charter of my new work on the website team, this splash page is just stop-gap measure for May. > I'd like us to avoid a twisty, conflicting, stale and otherwise confusing > maze of web pages left over from previous years; after this set of additions, > the site map is going to show even more duplication/sprawl. > Fair enough, this does add five pages to the site, but as a percentage, that is tiny addition, so maybe just a new 'curve' but not a full twist :) Please send along any other comments/feedback/ideas you have for the future of the site and I'll get them into the roadmap/assessment I'm putting together. Thanks again for your time to review. Regards, Michelle Olson OpenSolaris Website Project > -John > _______________________________________________ > website-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ website-discuss mailing list [email protected]
