[Bioperl-l] a Main Page proposal

[Brian Osborne]

Mark,

Really nice, and a significant improvement over the existing.

You've gotten good feedback, you've considered these thoughts and  
incorporated them - is it time to move the beta to Main? Yes. In my  
opinion your 'beta' is far superior - just do it.

Brian O.


On Sep 21, 2009, at 1:45 PM, Mark A. Jensen wrote:

> 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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