Wineconf follow up: Cosmetic website changes
Jeremy White
jwhite at winehq.org
Mon Oct 6 07:26:40 CDT 2008
> Oh, I don't know. Seems to me that the wiki it's a *better*
> landing page for newbies; it does a better job of leading them
> by the hand without making them scroll or click.
I disagree. People still have an expectation that a 'front page'
has some sort of introductory component to it. And even users expect
to need to go to a front page, I think they would almost be caught off
guard to be thrown straight into a Wiki. (You almost need the motivator of
'trouble running Wine? go here!'). And I don't like the notion that
users somehow get to trump all other potential uses of the web page.
> If it directs users to information well, it's not aesthetics, it's usability.
>
> The idea is to use the front page to quickly handle the most
> frequent questions (how to get it, where's the doc), and if that's
> not what they're after, to direct them to a page based on
> their 'role' (e.g. user or developer).
But this I do agree with.
Cheers,
Jeremy
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