Hi Riccardo,
I second Zhang's view. A short description would give visitors - who
aren't gnustep old stagers - an idea what "GAP" and all the other
stuff on that page is about. Even if the frontpage is considered just
a quick acces page.
I think it would also help with regard to search engines which then
would be able to display a short text in their search results.
The non released project should get a label that says "coming soon"
or similar IMHO.
Take for instance a website like http://unsanity.com/ who also offer
(although commercial) software (this is only an example of how such a
page can be done, not an advertisement for them). They have a similar
setup like GAP. Their frontpage has a *detailed* 'news' section so
that regular visitors get a quick impression what happened. Their
'products' page http://www.unsanity.com/products/ lists not only the
names of the apps they're selling, but also a short description of
those. Or would you have known what for instance their "silk" or
"mighty mouse" is for without having a *short* introduction first?
regards,
Lars
Am 06.05.2009 um 05:44 schrieb Riccardo Mottola:
Hi Zhang.
I occasionally dub as webmaster too. The team of active GAP
developers has
shrunk a bit...
I understand what you want to change and appreciate your effort,
but it is
confusing to me. I prefer without the descriptions. Furthermore,
imagine
when new applications will be added! A real mess! In the future
maybe some
kind of categorization will be needed.
The links on the fron tpage need to serve as quick-access to the
sub-pages.
If you want a page that acts more of a guide with short
descriptions, a page
were a whole "GAP based" environment setup is descripbed is more
appropriate, so the user can read, pick what he needs and go in to
deeper
details.
I also disagree with hiding non-released projects, they are maybe not
dormant, just unreleased. For example the Browser Vespucci had
quite some
talk, so it should be correctly represented on the front page.
Actually, some of our projects miss a page and some screenshot,
I'll work on
that.
Thanks in any case for your intrest in the GNustep Application
Project.
Riccardo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zhang Weiwu" <zhangwe...@realss.com>
To: "GNUstep general" <discuss-gnustep@gnu.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 5:21 PM
Subject: to make newbie more comfortable and easier to glance:
suggestion on
change frontpage of gap
I did not find how to contact the webmast in the gap website so I
just
post it here. I'd propose small change on the index page to make
it less
confusing for newbies like me.
What I did is to add short description to alive projects and hide the
hibernating projects. Maybe there should be a link to a special page
where all hibernating projects are listed, but they should not be
on the
front page to attract unnecessary attention.
Before:
http://emerson.realss.com/index.html
After:
http://emerson.realss.com/index:1.html
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