Subject: Re: Website design proposal
To: None <netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.org>
From: Dieter <netbsd@sopwith.solgatos.com>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 10/14/2005 17:32:48
Here we go again.

Jacek> Current site design isn't in my opinion something that makes you want to try netbsd.

That's one opinion.  I think NetBSD's website is one of the best designed
websites I've seen.  There is room for improvement, but tweaking the home
page is hardly at the top of the list.

Jacek> Remember that as any other os, NetBSD needs users.

What NetBSD needs is device drivers.

Jacek> I know many sites that has much more graphics still looking good in text browsers.

More graphics = slower

NetBSD has just enough graphics to avoid being obscenely dull, without
having so many to make it slow.  Good job, webmeister!

Gavan> "How to get NetBSD" is too long-winded, and implies that it's going to be difficult.

Four words is too long-winded?  Given that there are other methods besides
download (e.g. order CDs), "How to get NetBSD" is more accurate than
"Download NetBSD".

Herb> When I'm trying to fix or install  something and go to a web-page;
Herb> my visual pattern matcher is looking  for specific patterns in the
Herb> form of words.  So it's looking for the  word "Download"

Perhaps something like:

	How to get NetBSD	(Heading)
	    Download		(link to a page explaining how to download)
	    Buy CDs		(link to a page explaining how to order CDs)

Gavan> Currently we have the languages listed on the front page in a form
Gavan> where a non-English speaker can instantly see a single recognisable
Gavan> word on the page - the name of their language.

Many web sites use very small country flags for this.