[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Beebe) wrote on 29.05.05 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On 29 May 2005 11:37:00 +0200, Kai Henningsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Robert Ladd) wrote on 28.05.05 > > > in In my experience, people don't file Bugzilla reports because it feels > > > impersonal and unresponsive. The form is not very user-friendly (as in > > > friendly to users of GCC, not its developers.) > > > > This is pretty much incomprehensible to me (NOT a gcc developer, but a gcc > > user - that is, a programmer). [...] > OK, then let me explain it to you. The problem with the GCC Bugzilla > reporting system is that it's a system that only other developers can > tolerate, let alone love. But then, users of GCC typically *are* developers themselves, no? >The entire GCC website (of which GCC > Bugzilla is a part) could be the poster child for why developers > should never be allowed to design user interfaces, especially web user > interfaces. I'm sure I'll get flamed for wanting style over substance > or about the proliferation of eye candy, but the GCC web site and it's ... which I think are poster childs why non-technical people *usually* ought not to be allowed to design web sites. > attendent support pages can only be charitably described as eye trash. > Yes, you can find the bug link if you read the main page long enough > and move down the page slowly enough, or if, like me, you fire up > Firefox's find and use that to go quickly to the bug link. But that's > beside the point. At the very least the design of the GCC web site > makes the whole project look like someone who has just discovered the > web and decided to build a few pages. And please don't harp on making To me, it looks *very* professional. > it standards compliant and viewable by every browser in existance. > There are plenty of well-designed and excellent sites that follow > those same rules. You just need to be willing to put in the effort to > look a little more professional and polished. And just to stir the pot <shrug> that effort has pretty obviously been put in. > further, a web site is an important marketing tool. It's the first > thing that a lot of people will see when they go looking for help. If > you want to have more people participate, then make the tools more > inviting. I think you're pretty much off by 180 degrees. MfG Kai
