:) Since I am a related party, I'll jump in.
The IA and wireframe (aka "page layout") were supposed to be frozen long ago after vigorous reviews, no? :) Last-minute changes in these fundamental aspects are not easy. But we SHOULD do that review (maybe as soon as next week?) David and I believe that this is the "get things DONE" phase. After the release, we will easily switch to "get things RIGHT" mode. Hope everyone agrees. Back to work, now- everyone! There's no time to lose! :) -Narayan > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-website] Thanks and Thoughts (was: Re: > [libreoffice-design] UX/Visual Design Description (Draft) [...]) > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:00:26 +0100 > > Hi David, > > thanks for the try ... although I know that time is running :-) > > (Now here comes my famous) But ... > > Am Montag, den 24.01.2011, 11:09 +0800 schrieb David Nelson: > > Hi Christoph, :-) > > > > I'm sorry, friend, but I've just been talking with Narayan about the > > options, and what you are suggesting would involve re-designing the > > whole IA. It will mess up everything and cause us numerous other > > problems to solve in other places. > > True. > > > And, honestly, I don't really agree with your point about this anyway. > > Personally, I feel the Why pages are just fine where they are. > > The "Why" pages are not the big deal at the moment - although the > position seems strange since "Home" is a different kind of page in > comparison with the other ones. Here is an example what the Germans did > a week (or so) ago - they added the top-level link "Anwender" (Users/ > Usage) to the page: > http://de.libreoffice.org/anwender/ > > To be honest, I'm more worried about the menu behavior as I pointed out > earlier. I fear that some users will get confused - so I'd like to ask > you to consider this if the dust settles a bit. I'd like to solve that > issue with you, Ivan and all the other guys here. And by the way, I've > asked Ivan if there is an easy solution to "tweak" the highlighting. > Unfortunately ... not :-\ > > > We have other things to get done urgently to get the site properly > > ready, and I'm afraid I just don't have time for this. > > > > It is not the right time, mate, sorry. :-( > > > We need to be happy that the site exists, and that it's looking clean, > > and that there is valuable information and content for our users. > > True :-) > > > And I'm sure that you also have more important things to focus on: > > icons, the new design team members, etc... > > Oh, it is like in the blog posting by Florian - it's hard to find the > right priority for all these tasks :-) Here, I'd like to make sure that > most people are not only happy with the content, but also with the > navigation. The more users can effortless navigate the pages, the more > downloads, the more supporters, the more ... > > > Anyway, I hope you understand my POV and don't feel badly about it. > > Concerning the latter: no. Since I know that you also have to focus on > several things at the same time. But I feel free to bother you again > very soon, since it's still an issue :-) Okay? > > Cheers, > Christoph > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/website/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/website/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
