[Bioperl-l] a Main Page proposal

[Mark A. Jensen]

A nearly completely minimal solution is at Main Page Beta
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Messina" <David.Messina at sbc.su.se>
To: "Mark A. Jensen" <maj at fortinbras.us>
Cc: "BioPerl List" <bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org>
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Bioperl-l] a Main Page proposal


> Hi Mark,
> Thanks for taking on this (much needed) refresh.
> 
> I think your current version is substantially better than what we have now.
> Still, I'd argue that something much more concise like the Biopython page
> would make a bigger impact on visitors' ability to find what they're looking
> for.
> 
> It's not that the details you have under each section shouldn't be
> available, but rather that they could be clicked through to instead of being
> on the front page.
> 
> The About section is a good example. I would bet most visitors to the
> BioPerl website skip over the About section because they already know what
> BioPerl is, and that section has the most valuable real estate on the page.
> Those who don't know and are curious will probably be able to find it (the
> word About on the front page of a website has become an idiom for "click her
> to read the details about this").
> 
> 
> 
> Dave
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