Re: protest page is tired

["Curtis C. Hovey" <sinzui cox net>]

On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 09:47, Steve Hall wrote:
> From: Luis Villa, Dec 3, 2003 2:21 PM
> > On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 09:15, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > > <quote who="Steve Hall">
> > > >
> > > > How long is the protest front page going to stay up? While I personally
> > > > find software patents abhorant, it would be nice if the site's front page
> > > > revealed a little more about GNOME and presented a little less angst to
> > > > the first time visitor.
> > > 
> > > o/~ I see a red door and I want it painted black... o/~ ;-)
> > > 
> > > Here's the lame reason it's still up: Working on a fresh layout, didn't feel
> > > like putting the water back up and getting flamed. Lame! It'll be fixed soon
> > > and far more colourful (and informative), sorry for the black. :-)
> > 
> > Since it's now mid-december... can someone else please volunteer to take
> > this off jeff's plate and fix this? :) 
> 
> I already did a 5 minute adjustment here:
> 
>   http://www.mindspring.com/~digitect/gnome/v3
> 
> It's mostly the same, but goes sky instead of Jeff's water.
> 
> Can I suggest that *whatever* goes up doesn't change the existing too
> much until the re-design. The last thing we need is a huge committee
> meeting on a temporary page without results or that shocks everyone
> into contention.

This is better and addresses the matter at hand...

I feel we should address one design/usability issue.  This page is not
like any other page of the site.  While it is not a exactly a splash
page, it stinks because it disorients the user.  I believe its intent is
a gateway page, but there is not enough information in it for me to know
if I want to go to the foundation, developers, or what is GNOME.  If I
dare to follow a link, I'm taken to an unfamiliar layout.  I must
explore the page to first decide if I made a mistake, and I may even
think I've gone to another site when I'm on w.g.o.  On a minor point, we
should indicate off site links in the headlines section because *.g.o's
presentation is inconsistent, and we can easily frustrate a user who
needs assistance.

Why not just copy the site style for of the existing w.g.o, and insert
the headlines?

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