Hi, First of all thanks for all your work on FreeDOS.
Allow me to give you my opinion regarding aesthetics since I develop websites myself: - Text spans from edge to edge of the screen - It is quite tiring to read especially on a wide screen. Consider limiting the content to a maximum width of 1100px centered. - I would put What's New as the first section - Myself I would be interested in knowing about any updates as soon as I visit the site - The top menu items are too crammed - consider adding some spacing between them - Welcome to FreeDOS section - Consider centering the youtube videos and the *More Videos *button Other than that I like the colours etc. Here are my replies to your questions: >> 1. What is your immediate impression? Does it look easier to find information? Is it more welcoming? Yes it is more welcoming but honestly I like the icons at the footer in the current site. >>2. Imagine you wanted to download the latest version of FreeDOS. Can you figure out what version you need? Can you download the right version? In the download section, I would mention the live cd download option. For me when I realised there is the FD13LiveCD, that is what I downloaded since I like to test on real hardware before installing. >>3. Imagine you're a developer and you want to contribute to FreeDOS in some way. Where would you go first? What information are you looking for? I would go to the Source option at the top but it would be nice to have a contribute link/button. >>4. Imagine you're a new user who wants to try FreeDOS, but you don't have a lot of experience with DOS. You might need help with the commands and getting around. Can you get the help you need to do that? I would go to the Wiki so there should be a section in the wiki about the commands etc... a sort of user manual >>5. Imagine you want to download some games to play on FreeDOS. Where would you go to find games and download them? I would click the Learn More under the game screenshot. That is quite straightforward in my opinion >>6. Imagine you are new to FreeDOS, and you want to know what things you can do with it. Can you figure this out from the front page? Where else would you go? What links would you click on to learn more? Yes I would know immediately from the welcome section and from my experience, if you are looking for FreeDOS, chances are that you are already familiar with DOS. >>7. Imagine you're a developer and you'd like to try out FreeDOS. You're not sure if you should get too invested in something if it's not being updated very frequently. Can you tell if FreeDOS is being updated? By looking at the website, can you figure out if FreeDOS is active, or maybe has been "dead" or "idle" for a few years? The dates in the *what's new* section say it all. Once I see that a package is being actively developed, it means that the project is active. That is why I suggested that this section goes at the top and when a new FreeDOS version is out, it is included in that section maybe with a brighter colour. Hope I answered all your questions as expected. Thanks and regards, Robert On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 at 23:48, Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> wrote: > > I've started a test version of the website at test.freedos.org and I'd > love your feedback on it! > > > *A few notes:* > > This is a *mock-up* of the new website, and it is a work in progress. You > might see the design change from day to day as I decide to update things. > > It's also *incomplete*. For example, right now the top bar isn't > centered. And you may notice some faint boxes on the main page - such as > around the diagrams and the articles. I'm using these to help me with the > layout; this will be changed to black-on-white in the end. You'll also > notice that sub-pages (links on the website) may land on a plain text > description of what the page will be eventually. But I obviously haven't > tackled those pages yet - and don't plan to until I decide the front page > and general layout has been figured out. > > > If you'd like to help, please answer these questions and scenarios: > > 1. What is your immediate impression? Does it look easier to find > information? Is it more welcoming? > > 2. Imagine you wanted to download the latest version of FreeDOS. Can you > figure out what version you need? Can you download the right version? > > 3. Imagine you're a developer and you want to contribute to FreeDOS in > some way. Where would you go first? What information are you looking for? > > 4. Imagine you're a new user who wants to try FreeDOS, but you don't have > a lot of experience with DOS. You might need help with the commands and > getting around. Can you get the help you need to do that? > > 5. Imagine you want to download some games to play on FreeDOS. Where > would you go to find games and download them? > > 6. Imagine you are new to FreeDOS, and you want to know what things you > can do with it. Can you figure this out from the front page? Where else > would you go? What links would you click on to learn more? > > 7. Imagine you're a developer and you'd like to try out FreeDOS. You're > not sure if you should get too invested in something if it's not being > updated very frequently. Can you tell if FreeDOS is being updated? By > looking at the website, can you figure out if FreeDOS is active, or maybe > has been "dead" or "idle" for a few years? > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > -- Robert
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