Herb Peyerl wrote:

> I've said it before and I'll bore everyone by repeating it...
> 
> Our webpage has always been hard to navigate quickly.

I second this. I have been using NetBSD for years, and I still have to 
think when navigating the site.

> When I go to a webpage I look for one of the following keywords to  jump 
> out at me:
> 
> - Products
> - Support
> - Download
> - Datasheets
> 
> On ours, only 'Support' is conspicuous.  "Products" is not really  
> relevant, nor is "Datasheets" but "Download" is not there. We have  
> "Distribution" which is somewhat ambiguous.  We also
> have "Information" which I'd say is redundant because the whole page  
> offers "Information" and not just that section.

I think "Information" is this context is still fairly clear. Perhaps 
something better would be possible, but I don't see that as a major issue.

"Download" on the other hand is something I agree with entirely. In 
today's environment, "How to get NetBSD" is too long-winded, and implies 
that it's going to be difficult. "Get NetBSD" is shorter, snappier and 
is a command. I would be happy with "Get NetBSD", "Download NetBSD", or 
just "Download", with a preference to the former.

Comments have already been made about the wasted space on the sides of 
the proposed page. I'd like to add my own concern about the languages 
selector. Currently we have the languages listed on the front page in a 
form where a non-English speaker can instantly see a single recognisable 
word on the page - the name of their language. While I don't think there 
are many users or potential users of NetBSD who don't speak a single 
word of English, the website is our PR point of contact, and it's 
entirely possible that journalists and other interested parties will 
want to know a little *about* NetBSD without necessarily using it. For 
those people, needing to know the word "Languages" is, IMO, asking too much.

Other than those specific comments, I like the proposed new look, and if 
someone steps up to implementing it with the same care and attention to 
accessibility and maintainability as the existing web site, I will be 
extremely happy.

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