I just want to make sure to add my vote: I think the Mathematica page sucks, for reasons that have already been posted here. I decided to adopt Sage after the new page was up, but I remember the older page and can tell you that the new one is a big step forward. It really makes Sage look like a professional project.
Of course one can improve the page, but let's recognize that we're starting from a cool page already and not do anything to move backwards. On May 23, 3:43 pm, "Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > Jason Grout wrote: > > I think we have a very competent web designer that has done an > > outstanding job (you should see the old web page!). I think what we > > need now is marketing ideas! The big difference I see in a short glance > > between the two pages is that the MMA one screams "I AM MATH SOFTWARE > > AND YOU WANT TO USE ME! (and here's why you want to use me)", while the > > Sage page says, "I am a piece of software you may be interested in; > > here's lots of helpful information about me." > > I think that pretty much sums it up. The Mathematica home page tells you > why you want to use Mathematica. > > But the Mathematica page is also much more aesthetically pleasing. The > use of nice colours helps - I'm not convinced using only blue and black > is a good idea. > > The Mathematica logo is very attractive. I know one can dismiss these as > irrelavant/unimportant, but I feel they give the impression the product > is more professional. > > I personally don't find the flash on the Mathematica site irritating > (unlike some other sites that use flash), but I know it's not to > everyone's taste. > > >> I do feel the current Sage page gives the wrong impression. > > >> It's clear one needs to be quite artistic in designing good looking web > >> pages. It really is a specialist skill and not something likely to be > >> had someone who studied maths. > > > I think we (collectively) definitely have the technical competence on > > board to implement whatever designs people come up with. I think we > > (collectively) also have at least a decent amount of design experience > > and taste. I think what we could use is a very experienced advertising > > person (or lots of good marketing ideas). But I also get the impression > > that that is basically what you are suggesting. > > I am sure some marketing ideas could be taken from the Mathematica, > Maple and MATLAB web pages. One might as well take the best ideas of > these sites and use them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
