On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Liz <ed...@billiau.net> wrote: > On Thu, 6 May 2010, Frederik Ramm wrote: >> Tyler Ritchie wrote: >> > That right there says more about the introductory documentation than >> > really anyone else has been able to articulate. >> >> I'm struggling to find any method of signing up to OSM and modifying >> data that makes it look like a game. >> > well the introductory page on the wiki is not one to help you see OSM as a > serious project > its messy > it contains all sorts of things which suggest "game" > like the lolcat bit > and "Show me the map! I want to see maps; get out of my way! " > The use of colour all over the page detracts from the actual heading and > leading explanatory sentence which are lost between the language list and the > pretty colours below
There are several suggestions for the front page here. Some of them have already been implemented. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page Since you are advocating a substantial redesign perhaps you could draft something? I'm certain that the current designers weren't aiming for game-like, messy or distracting use of colo(u)r. SteveC suggested a draft design change for www.openstreetmap.com a short while ago. Several folks collaborated on a wiki front page a few years back, but that was only adopted at http://openstreetmap.ca/ What do you have in mind? _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
