On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Rachel Walmsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As such, I'd say to tailor the front page predominantly towards new users, > with links to things like the friends page (what's that going to be called > after the wtf split?), the update page, and the update profile page all > listed prominently. It's not so useful to people who know the site inside > out, but so what? They're never going to visit the homepage anyway. > This is true for LJ but may not be true for DW. I'm with everyone who goes straight to their Friends page (at home, at least; I see the logged-in homepage when I log in from work, because I don't save my password there like I do at home). But when that page splits, which page will most users go to first? At home I might save tabs with each page, but what about people who are logging in from work or hotel wi-fi or whatever? In short, I think DW's front page will get more use than LJ's does. That said, I use/like: - Birthdays - Recent comments (I prefer how this looks on LJ's logged-in home page, rather than on the Portal) - Account stats (ideally this would also show paid time remaining, or a date when paid time ends) - Frequently-used tags, which I didn't even know about until today - Quick links, which on DW should probably include links to Watched and Trusted pages, plus management page(s) for both I'd also love to see a suggestion box module, with links to a list of past suggestions (possibly a community or a wiki kind of thing). I don't use/like: - News box; I see this in the News community - Friends/communities/feeds box on the Portal; I look at this on my userinfo - Explore box, Spotlight, or Cool Features box; but then again I've been on LJ since invite codes - Tip box, Announcements or message center (PLEASE allow comment notifications to be email-only! I hate having to go into the Inbox and mass-delete) I also think that having both My LJ and a logged-in home page with the same kind of modules is redundant. Like, I'd love to put the frequently-used tags module on my logged-in home page, but I don't think LJ's logged-in home page is modifiable. Ideally, DW would only have the logged-in home page and adding, deleting, and moving modules would be intuitive. Set this up with things that new users might find valuable and make it easy for more-experienced users to delete what they don't need and add what they do. ~ Rachel -- http://bohemianeditor.livejournal.com This is not the sig you're looking for.
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