Hi folks, On 2013-01-15 16:23, Colin Law wrote: > On 15 January 2013 21:17, Christian Stimming <christ...@cstimming.de> wrote: >> Am Sonntag, 13. Januar 2013, 20:36:22 schrieb Derek Atkins: >>> [...] >>> I agree. Please do not call it a "forum". >> No, I think Yawar has a valid point here. The term "mailing list" to a non- >> tech user does not sound like some place where discussions are being held. >> I'd >> welcome any better wording that is more accessible for non-tech users as >> well. > It could be called something like a 'support and discussion mailing > list'. I think that it would be incorrect to use the word forum. It > would certainly be unconventional and confusing.
Well, to my mind, a `forum' means someplace where people can have asynchronous discussions. A phpBB site would qualify, as would Bugzilla, StackOverflow, and obviously an email mailing list. But let's stick with convention for a bit. I just realised that people visiting a FOSS website will often look for the words `mailing list'--sometimes they may just press Ctrl-F and let the browser do the search for them. And in fact, there may be automated tools out there which look for `mailing list' too. So it would be good to leave that link title as it is in the side panel. What I did like was John's idea of having a prominent `Need Help?' section right on the front page, `above the fold' as they say in web design speak. I guess that would put it above the News section. This would tell the reader to send an email/subscribe to gnucash-user. I can put together a patch probably this weekend to try it out--if nobody beats me to it. Regards, Yawar
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