Hello, I don't know if this is the proper list for this, I found there is a pdweb mailing list but it looks to be quite inactive so I figure I start the discussion here...
I finally got an account on the puredata.info page so I took the liberty of cleaning up/clarifying some of the writing on the front page if nobody minds... I didn't want to do anything drastic, just try to make things less wordy and clear up some things (like move the description of deken to the Pd vanilla bullet, clear up the description of objects and canvases, bold things like operating systems). I don't want to attempt to do anything drastic without consulting the list, but I feel that the front page could use some changing up. When you load up puredata.info, you're immediately hit with this wall of text, which can be quite overwhelming (especially for newbies). Pd-vanilla and Pd-l2ork are featured downloads to the right of the page, but you have to wade through the wall of text to actually figure out what they are. Taking a page (haha, pun) from the processing.org website, it's clearly marked where to download Processing right near the top (in a larger font even, along with a link to tutorials and an object reference guide) with a video above it explaining exactly what Processing is and what it does (and what's new with Processing 3). Granted, historically we've had two main distributions of Pd with vanilla and extended so perhaps there needs to be a little more words explaining which is what (adding on to that, since extended is defunct and l2ork isn't ready for multi-platform yet, would it be helpful just to point everybody to Pd as the main distribution?). Describing Pd and what it does might be shortened up (and perhaps if you want the longer description, make an About link on the sidebar) and perhaps throwing a few pictures and/or visual eye candy while remaining relatively lightweight/datafriendly could help Also, posting the current versions next to the download links (can this be automated?) would be helpful. Summing up, I just think the front page of puredata.info isn't as clear/user-friendly as it could be and it's not particularly helpful in welcoming new users. Thoughts? (Also, how do things get added to the News list? The last entry is from 2015 and things such as Pd updates and the NYC conference on there would be nice.) ===================== Derek Kwan www.derekxkwan.com _______________________________________________ Pd-list@lists.iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
