On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 4:57 AM, Rex Eastbourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For example, here's one immediate issue: Many of my friends have seen me > using LyX and have asked where to get it. However, they have come back to me > confused about the www.lyx.org website, specifically where to find the right > installer. I think that the website may be a bit confusing for beginners who > either:
I would go one step further as the website doesn't only look somehow confusing. Some might say that the design of the page is well established, I would say that it just looks old and needs refurbishment. I just had a look at the internet archive (http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://lyx.org) and found out that the current design hasn't changed for 7 years and in the first layout was already very similar the current one. My first impression of LyX, one or two years ago, was that the web page looked very strange to me. I couldn't believe that the project was well mantained and thought "maybe TeXnicCenter is a better option". Then half a year ago a friend told me that LyX was really good and I tried it without a look on the web page on the computers at our university and was thrilled. After working the first time with LyX I don't really care no more about the way the website looks. I am pretty sure that LyX could reach a lot more users if the website was professional, appealing and well structured (latter would include the download link on the home page). Dominik
