Someone has to get the ball rolling. So, good. But, I do think this project would benefit some designer attention. Let me see if I can take your site and break it down a bit.
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Mark Struberg <strub...@yahoo.de> wrote: > Nice Job! > I'm not a graphics guy neither, but the idea is worth discussing! > > LieGrue, > strub > > --- On Thu, 7/21/11, Robert Scholte <rfscho...@codehaus.org> wrote: > > > From: Robert Scholte <rfscho...@codehaus.org> > > Subject: RE: Maven Download Procedure > > To: dev@maven.apache.org > > Date: Thursday, July 21, 2011, 8:34 PM > > > > First of all: I'm not a graphical designer or the king of > > HTML and CSS, but this is just a brainwave.It seems like we > > want a lot of links on the first page. The current > > page-setup isn't really link-friendly.It contains a lot of > > text, most of us haven't read it for ages, they just click > > directly to the required page.My idea is to use a portal > > view, where portlets can be grouped and each portlet > > contains it's own specific links.With some coloring I tried > > to bundle some portlets, like "blue" for the role of the > > visitor, "green" for the product Maven.The one-click > > download doesn't seem to be possible. The Apache Site always > > list the mirrors you can download from, never a direct > > reference. Anyhow, just shoot at > http://people.apache.org/~rfscholte/maven-site/ (half > > of the links just refer to #)(I hope there's somebody who > > knows somebody who can make it look great ;) ) -Robert > > > From: aherit...@gmail.com > > > Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:23:17 +0200 > > > Subject: Re: Maven Download Procedure > > > To: dev@maven.apache.org > > > > > > +1 > > > It was said several times and many people are agree to > > simplify / cleanup / > > > improve our web site .... > > > If someone is volunteer :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Brett Porter <br...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > > I think you'll find in the archives of this list > > plenty of agreement and > > > > thoughts about how to change / simplify. It just > > needs someone willing to > > > > start :) > > > > > > > > - Brett > > > > > > > > On 09/07/2011, at 8:24 PM, Robert Scholte wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I agree with Tim here. Compare the maven[1] > > and gradle[2] homepages. The > > > > gradle page is pretty clean (too clean?) and you > > know immediately where to > > > > download the bundle.The maven site has a huge > > amount of text, all links look > > > > the same so I can imagine that newbies get a bit > > lost, already on this page. > > > > That can't be right.I think it's more than adding > > a huge download button. > > > > IMHO the pages should reflect the role of the > > visitor (starter, user, > > > > developer) instead of summing up all the handy > > stuff, but that's a real > > > > challenge. -Robert [1] http://maven.apache.org[2] http://gradle.org > > > > >> From: vsive...@apache.org > > > > >> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 23:11:20 -0400 > > > > >> Subject: Re: Maven Download Procedure > > > > >> To: dev@maven.apache.org > > > > >> > > > > >> Well, 3 clicks vs 1 click to get Maven > > vs gradle from the main page, > > > > >> not a big deal IMHO. > > > > >> Apache Ant gives it in 2 clicks by > > catching the right mirror. > > > > >> Apache Tomcat 2 clicks by catching the > > right mirror. > > > > >> Apache Directory gives it in 3 clicks. > > > > >> and so on > > > > >> > > > > >> So, I think we are not so bad. > > > > >> > > > > >> Vincent > > > > >> > > > > >> 2011/7/8 Tim O'Brien <tobr...@discursive.com>: > > > > >>> I had to write this process down for > > the millionth time today. Here it > > > > >>> is: the current procedure for > > downloading Maven (without using > > > > figures). > > > > >>> > > > > >>> 1. Go to http://maven.apache.org. > > > > >>> 2. On the right-hand side of the > > page, you should see a section with > > > > the > > > > >>> title "Get Maven 3.0.3". > > > > >>> 3. Click on the first link in this > > section, the link titled "Maven > > > > 3.0.3" > > > > >>> next to the folder icon. This will > > take you to a list of Maven > > > > >>> distributions. > > > > >>> 4. Click on one of the archive links > > (apache-maven-3.0.3-bin.tgz or > > > > >>> apache-maven-3.0.3-bin.zip) in the > > "Mirrors" column of this table. > > > > >>> 5. You should then see the "Apache > > Download Mirrors" page. > > > > >>> 6. Click on one of the Mirror URLs > > and download Apache Maven. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Can we figure out a way to make it > > this easy? > > > > >>> > > > > >>> 1. Go to http://maven.apache.org > > > > >>> 2. Click on one of the Download > > buttons to download Maven. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Is /dyn/closer.cgi a Foundation > > requirement? Is there any project > > > > that > > > > >>> uses an alternative? I see > > closer.cgi used on Tapestry and CouchDB. > > > > >>> Apache Directory looks like it uses > > an intuitive approach (without > > > > >>> breaking user experience): > > > > >>> > > > > > http://directory.apache.org/apacheds/2.0/download/download-windows.html > > > > >>> > > > > >>> If you are curious as to why I'm > > interested in this now. It is > > > > because I'm > > > > >>> starting to pay much closer > > attention to Gradle, and Gradle gets this > > > > right. > > > > >>> The process to download Gradle is: > > > > >>> > > > > >>> 1. Go to http://gradle.org > > > > >>> 2. Click on the download link > > > > >>> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Brett Porter > > > > br...@apache.org > > > > http://brettporter.wordpress.com/ > > > > http://au.linkedin.com/in/brettporter > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >
