Yeah, the Apache Flex website needs a little love for developers who are new to Flex. A couple of thoughts:
* The big hero image carousel might be a little too big. I've seen multiple studies that say that carousels aren't very effective. They tend to hide important things because people don't stick around to see every item. I think two or more side-by-side sections with the biggest selling points for Flex should be front and center. * Licensing probably shouldn't be the first thing mentioned in the four boxes below the hero. It's important, but it can wait. If no other changes could be made, I would put those four boxes in this order: Desktop & Mobile Apps, Tooling, Licensing, Showcase. * I think an example of MXML code would be nice somewhere on that page. Just something simple to show how components can be put into containers as child elements in the XML and maybe some binding. You could possibly put a screenshot of the final output next to the MXML. However, as long as the code is clear enough about what components are being used, it would be a good start even without showing the result. - Josh On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 9:10 AM, Nemi <nemino...@gmail.com> wrote: > For me, experienced with Flex, flex.apache.org is totally not useful. If > I am > new to Flex and go on website, I would be confused and give up. > > It does not look like some SDK website. More like some template site left > alone. That big slider on frontpage? Come on... For every release one text > line is enough with more link. So much unsed blank space, almost every > image > and titles are too large, no consistency on typography, but most important > - > content text - is too small, and Carrois Gothic is hard to read... > > For me, at least first things I want to see on front page (not hidden in > menu) are: latest release info, simple 123 get started, download, > documentation and tour de flex. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://apache-flex-development.2333347.n4.nabble.com/Apache-Flex-Website-thought-tp46946p46960.html > Sent from the Apache Flex Development mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
