I think the fewer clicks the user needs to do the better. The information should be readily accessible without having to go through layers of pages to find it.
While this is intuitive to us since we are all used to the website I think that many people are frustrated as evidenced by reviews we have received in the past. Gregory Casamento GNUstep Lead Developer / OLC, Principal Consultant http://www.gnustep.org - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=352392 - Become a Patron https://www.openhub.net/languages/objective_c - OpenHub standings On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 20:03 <lars.sonchocky-helld...@hamburg.de> wrote: > Hi dear GNUsteppers, > > > I lately came across a website which impressed me by its usefulness and > simplicity: > > https://www.qemu.org > > > It impressed me with its clearness and to the point information: you can > see everything important at a glance: > > On the top there are the most important links (Download, Support, > Contribute, Docs, Wiki, Blog), followed by a big logo and title as well as > a one sentence description of the project. > > Then follows a section of three Screenshots, which each show a certain > aspect of QEMU in detail. > > And finally there is a section "Latest releases“ at the bottom, showing > the latest available releases. > > > This is all visible at first glance right on the homepage, which is > important today in the times of short attention spans. Of course there are > links to more detailed information on subpages. > > > I propose now that we learn from the concepts and ideas of QEMU’s website. > > > We could, for instance reduce the copy text on the homepage to just: > > > GNUstep is a [free software](-> Link to fsf.org or gnu.org) > implementation of [Apple’s Cocoa Frameworks](-> Link to Cocoa Documentation > at Apple) (formerly [NeXT's OpenStep](-> Link to > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStep )) for [Application > Development](-> Link to Developer subpage at gnustep.org). > > GNUstep can be used to create a desktop environment. (Here we could place > a link to a reference implementation) > > GNUstep is not Window Maker and [Window Maker is not GNUstep](-> Link to > https://www.windowmaker.org/docs/wings.html ). > > > Then I would propose to follow the Concept of the QEMU homepage closely: > > show three recent screenshots, ideally with theming running on various > OSes including Windows. Short explanation of what it shows below. > > > All this followed by I recent releases section and at the very bottom the > legal stuff like imprint, link to bug reporter and such stuff. > > > This is just my proposal, I am open for discussion, so let’s discuss this > (also since we are on discuss-gnustep@gnu.org here). The more involvement > the better, I am not saying my ideas are perfect or such, I post those to > get the ball rolling towards a better GNUstep Homepage! > > > Kind regards, > > Lars >
