Hello Bernhard, Le Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:12:37 +0100, Bernhard Dippold <[email protected]> a écrit :
> Hi Charles, all, > > just for clarification: > > charles.h.schulz schrieb: > > Hello Narayan, everyone, > > > > [... 6 months ...] > > > > Until that stage: > > > 1) no discussion about Drupal on this list. > > > > 2) no "major overhaul" of the website. > > But implementation of UX and Design - I can't determine if this will > be a major or minor overhaul. it still would be minor or considered minor imho. > > > > What this does not mean: 1) we can't change the way some of the > > content is presented on the website. (see the wiki page for this) 2) > > we can't improve the website in minor ways. 3) we can't fix bugs. > > Double negation: > It is allowed to change the presentation of the website content. > It is allowed to improve the website (whatever "minor ways" mean) > It is allowed to fix bugs. Yes. > > > > > > Yes, there comes a time when the website is "completed" and where > > only incremental improvements are needed. > > But this goal has not been achieved. Please read Christoph's comments > on the wiki. > > > Again: LibreOffice is not about a website nor about letting people > > satisfy their passion about web design, at least not primarily. > > But one if it's goals is to reach people - therefore a good website > is important. I think no one denies that? > > > We do not want a website that keeps on changing because people think > > their way is better. We (the SC) do not want to reopen yet another > > thread about these topics. > > The website team had to hold off with their comments until the > present website was ready. This means, that it is *now* exactly the > time to discuss optimizations. > > I can't believe that you - and the entire SC - think the website > doesn't need any improvement. I never implied that. I just don't want us to change the website in a major way, that's somewhat different. > > At the moment development is going in the wrong direction (text vs > graphics) - and this must be allowed to discuss. > > > The level of energy and effort spent on > > this topic (the website) is ridiculously high compared to what we > > need to to work on. > > Right - but I hope this will settle, once the team found it's common > way. I'm afraid that it's been 2 to 3 months that the team is looking for a common way... > > > We're therefore glad that there are people who > > want to help but there comes a point where it's not helpful, because > > someone's always pushing, pushing and always pushing. Same thing > > with respect to the website confcall: we haven't agreed on working > > again on overhauling the website, we haven't agreed on changing the > > website team, which for the sake of clarity is composed of the same > > 4 people the SC has appointed. > > I'm quite sure you don't mean what you wrote: The website team > doesn't consist of 4 people only! > > It's a larger group - with the four people as "guides" in their > respective area of interest. Yes, I believe I even wrote that these 4 persons were "community enablers" this morning... > > This doesn't mean that their opinions are the only reasonable ones, > they have to follow the expertise from the team (and outside experts) > in certain cases, even if this is not what they would do when they > had to decide on their own. Exactly. > > By the way: The SC decision for the four "leads" doesn't include a > marketing expert - perhaps this could be reconsidered (or we > cross-post our main questions to the marketing list). I'm sure Italo can help without cross-posting to the marketing list. best, Charles. -- 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 ***
