> One I encourage us to use was Google Web Optimizer (free). Typo there. I meant, "One thing I encouraged us to use..." in that past life. We found it helpful.
(It's not really my role to encourage Racket doing this. Instead I wanted to point it out as a possible option.) On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Greg Hendershott <greghendersh...@gmail.com> wrote: > I _really_ like the idea of giving it a fresh redesign and including > more information on the home page. > > (comment (for-meta 1 #<<EOF > > In a previous life I've participated in some web site redesigns. In my > experience people have many opinions with great reasoning, as well as > style preferences. It can be difficult to get a plurality much less > consensus. > > One I encourage us to use was Google Web Optimizer (free). This makes > it easier to run A/B or multivariate experiments by assigning visitors > different versions of a web site page. You measure "goals" such as > reaching some other page, a download, or a purchase. > > How this can help: > > - You're forced to define the goals -- what do you want to happen. > This includes who the audience(s) are. (Although there can be debate > about this, too, it's usually easier to resolve, or can be stipulated > as strategy by leadership.) > > - You can resolve some questions/debates with data -- one variation > performs better. > > - You may discover some variations don't matter. On the one hand it's > disappointing you don't get a clear "winner". On the other hand it > shows you don't need to sweat that part of it, and should probably > flip a coin to pick one and move on to other stuff. > > Obviously there are certain big things, like overall style or "tone" > or "values", that can't be driven by data. But like goals, they can be > stipulated by leadership. > > EOF > ) > > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt > <sa...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: >> Recently I (with assistance from Asumu) have spent some time drafting >> a revised home page for Racket. A revised web page will nicely >> complement the big upcoming release, I hope. You can see the draft >> here, which is ready for people to try out: >> >> http://homes.soic.indiana.edu/samth/new-web/ >> >> Some things to try out out: clicking the right and left arrows, >> clicking the "?" box, visiting the RacketCon page. >> >> The new page addresses a few problems that I see with our current page: >> >> 1. It works well on small devices, which our current page doesn't. >> Try it out on a phone or a tablet. >> 2. It reduces the size of the top header, which will lighten the >> burden on the documentation pages, for example, or the pkg index if we >> add the header there. >> 3. It puts more info on the first page. This means that people are >> more likely to see information about how to contribute to Racket or >> approaches to learning programming using our tools. >> 4. The font size is larger, which I think makes it much more readable. >> >> Perhaps more controversially, I adapted some prose about Racket from >> Matthias' "Racket is ..." post, and added a tag line at the top. >> >> Lots of work is still needed if we want to use this as the basis for >> Racket's web page (it's written in raw HTML, other pages would need >> work, etc), but I hope that people like it enough to continue pursuing >> this. >> >> Sam >> _________________________ >> Racket Developers list: >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev _________________________ Racket Developers list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev
