On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:51:03 +0000, Roel Schroeven wrote: > I, Jim Wilson, schreef: >> >> I'm assured that in print ads the only "content" anyone reads is in >> picture captions, and you damn well better make sure your message is >> conveyed there. Any other "content" only wastes space. I see no reason >> to think that a web page should be designed using any other assumption. > > I don't agree. I read websites in search for information (content), not to > find advertisements.
Yes, and I read Playboy for the interviews ;) > I agree that the information shouldn't be presented in an overly dense > way, Agreed. The main page should be like a slick book cover. It should grab you and leave you wanting more. I think the beta page does that pretty well. > but it should be there prominently and easily accessible. All you should have to do is open the book. Or click a link. > The site > should invite users to read the content, the contrary of many corporate > websites that seem to try to hide it, almost like the fineprint on a > contract. In another post, you mention http://www.joelonsoftware.com/ which appears to be some sort of blog (the current bane of the internet). I immediately noticed something when visiting Joel using Firefox. **Scrollbars**. The page wouldn't even fit on the screen! I started to read it, but my face went numb before I needed to use the scrollbar. OK for blogging -- not so cool for a book cover. Of course, I'm a minimalist. I understand techy types want the details, but I don't doubt the details will be no more than two clicks away. Jim -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
