Thanks Magnus.This really helps. Sure, I can give it a try and it will be a privilege. I have been developing & managing websites for over 15 years and this would be a great experience. The only challenge is to get a consensus on the website design but we can start somewhere. And will also document my ideas and findings.
Here's a few to start with: 1. User experience: I would like to see more community engagement & contributions to OpenJDK projects. I was not looking for any fancy, but a basic upgrade on the website design to make it responsive, adaptable to the latest devices and some standard screen resolutions. 2. Usage: A few major themes I see for the website are : Core OpenJDK, Documentation, Community. And add a few more. 3. Audience: Identifying the target audience may be a challenge, but if the team has some analytics on the website usage we can derive some results. Else , we can start gathering some with the new design. guessing some common groups that may be interested on the site. For eg: - Java is still the widely used programming language in high schools, universities and educational institutions. - Code contributors - Developers looking to download and read more - Other community users 4. Alternative options: Although Oracle's other Java sites https://www.java.com/en/ , https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/ maybe more engaging. But OpenJDK being it's own entity, it's better to also have this site updated. 5. Competition: Microsoft has something similar and does a good job on their .NET & other related open source at https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/ , and looking at a few other popular open source software (there's so many more): - https://www.python.org/ - https://go.dev/ - https://www.php.net/ - https://wordpress.org/ - https://rubyonrails.org/ - https://www.typescriptlang.org/ I will keep the group posted. Thanks Suren On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM Magnus Ihse Bursie < [email protected]> wrote: > Why don't you create a mockup of how you think the site should look > like? I agree that the design feels dated, but I'm not sure how it > should be changed to be better and more helpful to the intended > audience, and not just prettier and more modern looking. > > I'm not sure what other answer you were expecting. It's not that the > OpenJDK community has a lot of web designers hanging around and > willfully ignoring the website, just because nobody has pointed out that > the design might be lacking... > > Instead, my suggestion is that you design some sketch of what you are > thinking about, send out a link to that, and perhaps give some > rationales or arguments for why this should be more functional than the > current site. That could then be a more constructive ground for further > discussion in the community. > > /Magnus > > > On 2025-02-21 18:43, Suren Konathala wrote: > > Dear Web Group, > > > > I'm writing to propose a redesign of the OpenJDK website > > (https://openjdk.org/) to enhance its design and user experience. This > > is a follow-up to my previous thread from May 2020 > > (https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/web-discuss/2020-May/thread.html) > > > > The current OpenJDK website's design appears outdated, resembling a > > site from decades past. A modern and intuitive website is crucial for > > a project of OpenJDK's significance, improving navigation, visual > > appeal, mobile optimization, and overall user experience. This will > > ensure key resources are easily accessible, the site is engaging and > > professional, and it functions seamlessly across devices. > > > > I'm eager to contribute to this effort and collaborate with the > > community to create a website that effectively serves the OpenJDK > > project. Please let me know your thoughts and suggestions. > > > > Sincerely, > > Suren Konathala >
