Hey! +1
The Flink website could indeed use some love both design and content-wise. Thank you for starting this effort! I think a combination of approaches I) and II) could work well. Given that this is a highly subjective area we could have a small kickoff / brainstorming session with a few interested people. Then you could prepare a small POC of the new design as a FLIP. Cheers Gyula On Tue, 21 Feb 2023 at 03:30, Mohan, Deepthi <mdee...@amazon.com.invalid> wrote: > Hi Jing, > > I am proposing a redesign of the Apache Flink website (NOT a simpler way > to use Flink with Zeppelin or other technical solution). In general, the > feedback we're received from customers is that the content on the Flink > website is useful but is just not presented in an approachable way. For > example, website redesign could involve existing content structured in a > simpler way for new Flink users to understand and/or adding new content > that tells technical decision makers how using Flink would solve their use > cases. > > I agree that we would need UX/UI designers to help with content > restructuring, and potentially run usability studies with customers before > we implement a redesign. There are multiple ways we could approach this > FLIP: > (i) We could gather a small working committee who can discuss and set the > direction for a website redesign. If there are folks in the community who > have UX experience, they would be excellent candidates for this committee. > Interested engineers with website development experience could help > implement these changes. > (ii) I could take a stab at an initial redesign with the help of Amazon UX > designers who are interested to contribute and willing to help and bring it > up to the community for feedback and discussion. > (iii) We could outsource to a third party to design and implement these > changes (least favored) > And I'm sure there are other alternative approaches as well. > > However, before we jump to solutioning, I'd love to get feedback on if > this is something the community thinks is important to pursue. > > Thanks, > Deepthi > > On 2/20/23, 6:07 PM, "yuxia" <luoyu...@alumni.sjtu.edu.cn> wrote: > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do > not click links or open attachments unless you can confirm the sender and > know the content is safe. > > > > Hi, Deepthi. > Thanks for bring it up. I'm looking forward to seeing what a “modern” > user design will look like for Flink. > > Best regards, > Yuxia > > ----- 原始邮件 ----- > 发件人: "Jing Ge" <j...@ververica.com.INVALID> > 收件人: "dev" <dev@flink.apache.org> > 发送时间: 星期二, 2023年 2 月 21日 上午 8:33:37 > 主题: Re: Proposal to improve the Apache Flink website > > Hi Deepthi, > > Welcome to the Flink community. Thanks for the proposal. Commonly > speaking, > anything that could make Flink more attractive is welcome. I was > wondering > what your FLIP will look like. Are you going to propose a modern UX/UI > design via e.g. Zeplin which could be turned into a technical solution > that > front end developers can work with? This will be typically done by > UX/UI > designers, afaik. You mentioned your role as a product manager. Or, > will > you propose a restructure of the Flink websites' content and then find > the UX/UI designer to work on the new design? I am a little bit > confused. > > Best regards, > Jing > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 1:13 AM Mohan, Deepthi > <mdee...@amazon.com.invalid> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am a product manager for Kinesis Data Analytics, AWS’s managed > service > > for Apache Flink. I’m creating this thread to gauge community > interest in > > redesigning the Flink website: https://flink.apache.org/. > > A few of our customers have provided feedback that the Apache Flink > > website looks dated. One customer claimed that the website looks > > “unwelcoming” and lacks useful graphics and colors. Another said it > looks > > “like a wiki page thrown together by developers.” Customers also > point out > > other related Apache project websites: https://spark.apache.org/ and > > https://kafka.apache.org/ as having “modern” user design. Many were > > surprised to hear that Flink has been a top-5 Apache project for > several > > years now. > > As https://flink.apache.org/ is likely the first page someone new to > > Flink encounters, it will be helpful to modernize the look and feel > of the > > website. Given the growing interest in Flink, we have an opportunity > to > > make content and features visible and easily accessible to > customers. I’d > > like to learn if this is an idea we should pursue. I can create a > FLIP if > > there is interest. > > Thanks, > > Deepthi Mohan > > > >
