[libreoffice-website] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Website Redesign - Beta

I don't see any of my feedback addressed at current
https://newdesign.libreoffice.org/ :(

I sent my feedback in January and read on the list that current
version is close to release. Are you still going to have a
contents/marketing appeal round before release?


2014-01-21 15:23 GMT+02:00 Otto Kekäläinen <otto@seravo.fi>:
> 2014/1/21 Charles-H. Schulz <charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org>:
> > http://newdesign.libreoffice.org
>
> Wow, looks very good! I have nothing to add to the design/layout.
>
> About the contents I have some comments:
>
> 1) Screenshots, screenshots, screenshots!
>
> Immediately when somebody visits libreoffice.org to find out about
> LibreOffice, they whould be presented with screenshots. In the
> carousel the first image should include screenshots so that people get
> a sense about what it would look like if they ran LibreOffice. When
> features are presented and explained, they should have screenshots to
> visualize the description.
>
>
> 2) Free - but why?
>
> This is an old discussion, but free does not always communicate very
> well. I rather use the term open, but if you want to emphasize the
> American libertarian view and talk about Free/Freedom, the please add
> some text below each "Free Office Suite"  which explains "Why free?"
> clarify the usual misunderstandings.
>
>
> 3) More facts, less marketing
>
> For example the main page has a paragraph "LibreOffice comes with a
> host of new features for its users as well as several important
> changes and improvements under the hood." It looks very good and I
> agree with the content, but in my experience people don't respond well
> to this kind of argumentation even in a marketing context. Rather
> mention a few features and deliver some facts of what LibreOffice
> actually does. I know, writing short and good text is difficult..
>
>
> 4) Comparison to Microsoft Office
>
> I noticed the absence of any mentions of "the competitor". Is there a
> policy against it? I hope the marketing part of the site could some
> how state that LibreOffice is as good as MS Office and it is in most
> cases safe and sensible to switch. And if you need X, Y and Z, then
> LibreOffice is even better. Take inspiration from
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Feature_Comparison:_LibreOffice_-_Microsoft_Office
>
>
> 5) If this is so good, how come nobody uses it?
>
> Please add some list of famous users, e.g. the French Gendarmerie,
> City of Münich, Ministry of Justice in Finland etc.. LibreOffice is
> very popular, so show examples and figures. That should make people
> more safe to make the switch.
>
>
>
> Thanks and keep up the good work!

- Otto


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