On Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 07:13:00PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
>
> Didn't it occur to you that you could send the HTTP requests directly
> with telnet? But maybe you are not a telnet geek.
Correct.
> PS: I can confirm that the LGT is there. Something that could be added
> is some info on the fact that LyX is for unices and a pointer on the
> Windows port page and on some OS/2 info if this exists. If I am not
> mistaken, no list of platforms is given on the pages.
OK.
1) Where do I put it? The main page? I've been thinking of creating an
"about" page which would link to the intro (currently called about),
features, i18n, screenshots, and the lgt. Which would make the initial page
smaller. I can't decide whether I would want to then remove those pages from
the navbar, and just have "main, download, about, links & lists, devel" in the
navbar, or whether I'd want to leave all the stuff currently in there.
IMO, when you have too much in the navbar, it's not worth having a navbar.
(The navbar is for moving around large sections of the web site. Within
those sections, it should be very straightforward how to move to the pages
you want.) And I think a smaller home page is better: loads faster, less
clutter, gets the important information (new versions, other news) across
better.
Asger said:
> I say drop the mailing list archives from the short top navbar, but keep
> them for the long, side navbar.
I think that's inconsistent. Also, the table-too-wide problem Jean-Marc
mentioned goes away if we shorten the whole navbar.
1a) the page is still too wide on my 15 inch monitor because of the menu
gif. I assume it's too wide on other people's screens too. Should we shrink
the gif?
2) What do I put there? I don't have links to either windows or OS/2.
3) A number of people were unhappy a few months ago with the old "What is
LyX" description ("LyX is a free program that provides a more modern
approach..."). However, that lingo is still on the home page. Should I
change it to the first paragraph of the PR?
LyX is an advanced open source document processor running on many Unix
platforms. It is called a "document processor", because unlike standard word
processors, LyX encourages an approach to writing based on the structure of
your documents, not their appearance. LyX lets you concentrate on writing,
leaving details of visual layout to the software. LyX automates formatting
according to predefined rule sets, yielding consistency throughout even the
most complex documents. LyX produces high quality, professional output --
using LaTeX, an open source, industrial strength typesetting engine, in the
background.
I know noone really cares about this, but we ought to make sure the face we
present to the world looks nice.
-Amir
