RE: [libreoffice-website] Thanks and Thoughts (was: Re: [libreoffice-design] UX/Visual Design Description (Draft) [...])

:)

Since I am a related party, I'll jump in. 

The IA and wireframe (aka "page layout") were supposed to be frozen long ago after vigorous 
reviews, no? :)

Last-minute changes in these fundamental aspects are not easy. But we SHOULD do that review (maybe 
as soon as next week?)

David and I believe that this is the "get things DONE" phase. After the release, we will easily 
switch to "get things RIGHT" mode. 
Hope everyone agrees.

Back to work, now- everyone! There's no time to lose! :)

-Narayan


> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-website] Thanks and Thoughts (was: Re:      [libreoffice-design] 
> UX/Visual Design Description (Draft) [...])
> From: christoph@dogmatux.com
> To: website@libreoffice.org
> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:00:26 +0100
>
> Hi David,
>
> thanks for the try ... although I know that time is running :-)
>
> (Now here comes my famous) But ...
>
> Am Montag, den 24.01.2011, 11:09 +0800 schrieb David Nelson:
> > Hi Christoph, :-)
> >
> > I'm sorry, friend, but I've just been talking with Narayan about the
> > options, and what you are suggesting would involve re-designing the
> > whole IA. It will mess up everything and cause us numerous other
> > problems to solve in other places.
>
> True.
>
> > And, honestly, I don't really agree with your point about this anyway.
> > Personally, I feel the Why pages are just fine where they are.
>
> The "Why" pages are not the big deal at the moment - although the
> position seems strange since "Home" is a different kind of page in
> comparison with the other ones. Here is an example what the Germans did
> a week (or so) ago - they added the top-level link "Anwender" (Users/
> Usage) to the page:
> http://de.libreoffice.org/anwender/
>
> To be honest, I'm more worried about the menu behavior as I pointed out
> earlier. I fear that some users will get confused - so I'd like to ask
> you to consider this if the dust settles a bit. I'd like to solve that
> issue with you, Ivan and all the other guys here. And by the way, I've
> asked Ivan if there is an easy solution to "tweak" the highlighting.
> Unfortunately ... not :-\
>
> > We have other things to get done urgently to get the site properly
> > ready, and I'm afraid I just don't have time for this.
> >
> > It is not the right time, mate, sorry. :-(
>
> > We need to be happy that the site exists, and that it's looking clean,
> > and that there is valuable information and content for our users.
>
> True :-)
>
> > And I'm sure that you also have more important things to focus on:
> > icons, the new design team members, etc...
>
> Oh, it is like in the blog posting by Florian - it's hard to find the
> right priority for all these tasks :-) Here, I'd like to make sure that
> most people are not only happy with the content, but also with the
> navigation. The more users can effortless navigate the pages, the more
> downloads, the more supporters, the more ...
>
> > Anyway, I hope you understand my POV and don't feel badly about it.
>
> Concerning the latter: no. Since I know that you also have to focus on
> several things at the same time. But I feel free to bother you again
> very soon, since it's still an issue :-) Okay?
>
> Cheers,
> Christoph
>
>
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