[Bioperl-l] a Main Page proposal

[Peter]

Peter wrote:
>> We had some similar discussions about the Biopython wiki
>> based homepage - although our old one was nowhere near
>> as busy as the current BioPerl main page, it was still not as
>> welcoming as our current version *tries* to be.
>> ...
>> I can dig out links to our mailing list archive if anyone is
>> interested in the discussion.

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Mark A. Jensen wrote:
>
> I'd appreciate those links, Peter- thanks
> MAJ

OK, here you are - this was most of it, I'd have to dig though
my old emails to see what else I can find:
http://lists.open-bio.org/pipermail/biopython-dev/2009-April/005867.html

Remember Biopython went from a very minimal home page, to
something aiming to be more newcomer friendly. BioPerl on the
other hand seems to want to move away from the current very
text heavy information rich page to something more focused and
newcomer friendly. To me at least the current page is too dense,
intimidating, and the important bits get lost in all the content.

[My apologies if any of this feedback come accross too blunt.]

If you haven't already looked at them, you should checkout the
other OBF project pages for ideas. The BioJava homepage is
also using the wiki - in my opinion it is a bit cluttered, but is
still more accessible than the current BioPerl page. Also,
the BioRuby page is very nice - although not wiki based.

Regards,

Peter