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List:       opensuse-wiki
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-wiki] Fwd: Re: [opensuse-project] Meeting Minutes openSUSE Board Meeting, May 20 2009
From:       "Rajko M." <rmatov101 () charter ! net>
Date:       2009-06-09 3:20:43
Message-ID: 200906082220.43900.rmatov101 () charter ! net
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On Monday 08 June 2009 09:30:45 pm Satoru Matsumoto wrote:
> Rajko M. wrote:
> > Kay gave few valid comments that can help us focus efforts to structure
> > wiki, so I forward the message to opensuse-wiki mail list as a base for
> > discussion.
> >
> > ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
> >
> > Subject: Re: [opensuse-project] Meeting Minutes openSUSE Board Meeting,
> > May 20 2009
> > Date: Monday 08 June 2009
> > From: Kay Schenk <kschenk@mail.csuchico.edu>
> > To: opensuse-project@opensuse.org
> >
> > Hi. I am new to this project, have not yet read your archives, so I hope
> > you'll take my comments with a bit of patience, see below..
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > Of, if by infrastructure you mean the website design, here are some
> > comments, for starters...
> >
> >     * I find the site, http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org
> > really unfriendly to "new" users.
> >     * Before a user would want to download, it seems they would want to
> > know a LOT more about the product: features, software included, system
> > requirements, what hardware is supported, etc. Eventually, you CAN get
> > to this information, but it is very difficult. So, this initial page
> > needs work.  I actually did think to edit it a while back, but with my
> > login, I couldn't. So???? I would really like to help with this, but
> > don't have the means to do it at the moment.
> >
> >     * I guess my point is what do you feel your audience is for this
> > first page? It seems mostly designed for people already familiar with
> > the project/product that simply want upgrades or something, not new
> > users.
>
> IIRC, proposals and opinions for improving Welcome page are frequently
> posted and we've discussed on this subject not once or twice. But up to
> today, we haven't come up to the *Best* solution for that.
>
> So, how about making so-called 'dummy Welcome pages' ready to be edited
> by everyone who has ideas to improve the Main page ?  For example,
> http://en.opensuse.org/Wiki_Team/Draft/Mainpage/foobars_proposal
>
> I think this can make ideas more visible so that we can discuss more
> efficiently and effectively on this subject.
>
> If there are already such pages that can be used for the purpose, the
> link to those pages should be easily found in Wiki_Team page.
>
> Best,

Old project before current solution: 
http://en.opensuse.org/Frontpage_redesign

It has few subpages  
http://en.opensuse.org/Frontpage_redesign/List_of_Proposal_Pages
http://en.opensuse.org/Frontpage_redesign/The_Present_Status_Breakdown
http://en.opensuse.org/Frontpage_redesign/Enhancements

It can can be refreshed, or written from scratch, taking few ideas fro old 
one. 

Though, we really should start thinking on new users that come to that page, 
openSUSE and Linux, for the first time. What they would do, what they are 
looking for.

-- 
Regards, Rajko
http://news.opensuse.org/category/people-of-opensuse/

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