Can you make a screenshot of my version in Safari. I only have IE and Firefox.
On 5/6/07, Justin C. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On May 6, 2007, at 24:37 , William Stein wrote: > [snip] > > (1) do the pages look: > > -- visually appealing > > -- simple and clean > > -- convey all the necessary information (i.e., I'm not missing > > key things that used to be there) > > Overall, it looks good. I think it's worth experimenting with losing > the 'alternate' links at the top and bottom of the page. By > comparison, I think Tim's version is not as effective (and as it > stands, it certainly doesn't play well with Safari). > > I agree with David that the wording is strongly suggestive of a > connection with Ron Popeil. Maybe I was wrong about saying "As seen > on TV!" :-}. > > > (2) does the text on the front page reasonably convey what > > SAGE is to somebody who say has never heard of programs > > like GAP and PARI, and just wants to know if SAGE might > > be for them? > > "Make no compromises" does not relate to Mathematics; maybe something > like "Experiment with and study a wide range of Mathematics". > > > (3) Does the front page text seem to much like sales talk? > > Compared to Maple or Mathematica's web pages it's nothing > > (those pages are gut-wrenchingly obnoxious), > > but it might still be too much. > > As above. > > The bullet "Use an open free alternative" could be changed to avoid > 'alternative', since "your favorite open source software" is mentioned. > > > (4) I've purposely went from clean and simple, even more so > > than before, instead of say tricky drop downs css menus, etc., > > I like the overall design. A couple of comments: > > - as above, do we need the top and bottom links, especially those > that duplicate prominently placed ones? > > - Maybe put 'News' links after the title and links box? > > - "... most any ..."?? (third 'bullet') > > - Change 'Use a modern ...": I'd lose 'modern'; also, I think the > "notebook" aspect of the GUI is worth highlighting, so include it > in the bullet: "Create notebooks with a web-based graphical > interface"? > > - "Be curious" - I'd reverse mentioning "??" and "?". Many will be > interested in *what* is done; fewer in *how* it's done. > > - Change the 'Download' bullet: "Download SAGE for Windows, Mac OS > X, Linux" > and then mention downloading and building from source in the > discussion. > (Oh, and the 'Download' page should say "Mac OS X", not "Apple > OS X" :-}) > > Justin > > -- > They said it couldn't be done but sometimes it > doesn't work out that way. > - Casey Stengel > -- > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
