Hi Kay, The pages you created [3,4] are already a improvements over the current about and new user pages [1,2]... but I think there is still much room for greater improvement... :o I think you(/we) should consider not creating the new about page based on the current about page...
I think you should try and optimize, or create a new page, the page further and try to accomodate for (the good old) linear reading. It is now set up as a kind of definition list, it is still not a coherent story that is really nice to read. I´d prefer a much more linear story... I´d skip the detail about the different types of projects, maybe mention them, but don´t specify them as thoroughly as done currently. Additionally, instead of editing about and new separately, I'd probably try to merge the new user and about pages. The new homepage won´t have a new user button anymore, so this page gets hidden away from the target group. The target group of this page doesn't know that much about OOo, and should be able to access it quite easily. Maybe you could integrate the neccessary parts of the current about page into the new user page as you created it, and make that the new about page. [1] http://about.openoffice.org/index.html [2] http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/new.html [3] http://website.openoffice.org/tryouts/Jan2008/about/ [4] http://website.openoffice.org/tryouts/Jan2008/about/new.html Do you like to edit it on the wiki? I believe it is an easier place to develop content, e.g. at: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Website/Content/about Also, we should structure the page using semantic headings <h1>,<h2>, etc., not just bold text. g., Maarten > When someone gets a chance to review this, I would like to replace > > http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/new.html > (our main New user link from the home page) > > -- with -- > > http://website.openoffice.org/tryouts/Jan2008/about/new.html > > justification: do we really need to explain elements on the home page? > and if it gets replaced soon, this needs to go anyway. And, I added some > verbiage that had previously been on "About" that seemed more useful to > users than the rest of the info on "About" > > and replace > > http://about.openoffice.org/index.html (the About tab index page) > > -- with -- > > http://website.openoffice.org/tryouts/Jan2008/about/ > > justification: See comments above. "About" really seems more > developer/contributor centric to me and is kind of referenced that way > in Louis's "introduction" page on new.html. I guess I'm of a mind right > now to *try* to keep user-centric (keep it friendly), vs. more > contributor-centric (details, details, details) on separate pages. > > I know everyone is very busy with other things right now, but when you > get a moment. Thanks. > > > -- > ============================================================ > Kay Schenk > > "As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of > time well knows, cats have enormous patience with > the limitations of the human mind." --Cleveland Amory > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
