On 11/16/2011 06:15 AM, Dave Martin wrote: > I think for the table of links we do need an explanation of what each > item is, though this should literally just be a few words.
Thanks for the feedback! I've created a bug with all your comments[1]. I'd also like to point out the road-map I'm trying to put together[2]. I don't really disagree with anything you've said. However, I have to balance it with other feedback and direction I've gotten so we don't end up with this[3]. > > There are also some things there which would be fairly incomprehensible > to a newcomer. What is "Cycles", for example? People also won't be > able to guess what "Connect" refers to without laboriously reading the > other text. > > I would vote for removing all the links from the introductory paragraph > -- the precence of links disrupts the readability of the text > unnecessarily IMHO, and putting all the links into the table. This is an interesting idea. I'm +1'ing it. > > Could we also experiment with ordering the links so that the stuff for > newcomers appears first, and the resources for developers come afterwards, > perhaps in a separate table? We need to give newcomers a bit of extra > help, because they're the people who will need it. This is something I'm thinking more on and plan to improve. However, 4 of our most popular pages (Android, DevPlatform, Builds, Source) are in the top corner of the table. > On a more frivolous note, could we change the title to something like > "Welcome to the Linaro Wiki"? This is friendlier, and helps to > suggest that the site is for non-experts too. In practice, the wiki > isn't just for developers, after all. I think this might be more of a branding question. I'll have to ask. 1: <https://bugs.launchpad.net/linaro-documentation/+bug/891218> 2: <https://blueprints.launchpad.net/linaro/+spec/linaro-general-fixing-wiki-madness> 3: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeXAcwriid0> _______________________________________________ linaro-dev mailing list linaro-dev@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev
