On Wednesday 02 August 2006 09:38, jdd wrote: Hi,
> Rajko M a écrit : > > I don't know how much work is to translate the > > http://files.opensuse.org/opensuse/en/1/17/OpenSUSE-splash-003.png > > to a working model, but I have feeling that this and some section > > under the logo, like article of the month that will pull people to > > visit en.opensuse.org can be the right thing to do, right now. > > I regret to have to strongly desagree. such modification is > completely pointless on a _hub_ page. Even search box is > questionable. > this page is _not_ the usual page anybody must use, only a > page one must go to the first time (yes, it can be used from > time to time). > In no way we should give the user the feeling it is the > dayly entry point for openSUSE I totally agree with jdd on this point - it's a splash screen that serves as an entry point for users coming to opensuse for the first time. I do not like the idea of having additional content in English on this page - it would be unfair to people who do not speak English. And BTW - having to logos (the tail and the complete openSUSE logo) on the page breaks design/layout. It looks somewhat awkward (IMHO). Nevertheless: ------------- We need to call attention to the fact that English is the "master" language and that most of the content is not available in the localized wikis. IMHO this is a task for the localized starting pages. I would propose to add a short paragraph to the very first box on each localized page with something like: "This is the XXX version of openSUSE. Not all articles have been translated to XXX, yet - so if you cannot find information on a special topic, please have a look at the <link>English version of openSUSE</link>." What are the alternatives: - wikipedia-like article count Well, we are in no way close to the numbers of wikipedia, so the numbers might look a bit depressing ;-)) - making the English link more prominent on the splash screen Would this really make clear that there is more content in the English wiki? - add a disclaimer (such as the one above) to the splash screen People who do not speak English wouldn't have a chance to understand what the text is about. > >> http://www.suse.de/~fs/opensuse/home.html > > I still think there are too many things in this page. on > small screen the icon in the right column makes it unusable > (I don't see the use o icons is this column) I have removed the icons from the very right column now. -- Regards Frank Frank Sundermeyer, SUSE LINUX GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg Tel: +49-911-74053-0, Fax: +49-911-7417755; http://www.novell.com/ "Reality is always controlled by the people who are most insane" Dogbert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
