Hi! > > This selection is done already. See news on main fpc page. > > Hm, after giving it some thought, and after seeing > [http://www.freepascal.org/gallery.html] link, I have to agree: such > selection looks nice.
Indeed, nice page and truly impressive for people searching for a proof that FPC is ready for real-world applications. I didn't even know of this Gallery page and I couldn't find any link to it from the www.freepascal.org page. Probably looking around very carefully and reading lots of pages would unveil a link, but this is not what PR means. So I fully agree to Ales that the FPC homepage needs a "wow" style. Despite I do like clear, simple homepages I don't think that this gives us good PR. Without offending Michael and others for their effort creating and maintaining the website, I think these pages induce the impression that FPC is a tiny project, has unreliable release cycles and progress, it is "just" from hobbyists for their own pleasure and FPC is only used by some frugal enthusiasts. Propagating this impression is _not_ what good PR is about. :-) On the other hand, Lazarus' home page looks loaded and complex. In the ongoing discussion I read some funny statements (ranting about managers, ...) and some kind of ignorant statements (this and that is already ..., just look there and there, just read the mailing list, just type "..." into Google, ...). I'm sure most of the necessary information is already available, probably some more "easy to read" things (like Ales' FAQ proposal) should be added. But: This information is hidden like in a maze! FPC should _not_ require potential interrests to invest lots of energy and time to get valuable information. FPC should provide this easily and directly accessable. It is not the interrested's job to search for information but it is our's to present it! The main disadvantage of the current website are the bad navigation scheme and the simplistic layout. I'd therefore propose to take the following steps: 1. Collect what information should be on the main page: focus on managers and busy visitors, but do not forget on technicians, enthusiasts, purists. Do not classify this list, don't concentrate on structure, hierarchy, ..., just collect. 2. sort this list, give it a structure 3. work out a navigation scheme of the new website (from the structured list) 4. work out a design and look-and-feel for the new website which is clear, stylish, "wow", but not loaded. 5. bring structure, content and design togehter 6. enjoy and watch interrests Ok, this is a very simple path, I'm not sure it if works and if enough man power can be raised. OTOH I'm sure most ideas for the hard part (1) have already been said and/or can be found on the current web site. Any suggestions, comments, ideas? Bye Hansi _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel