[Bioperl-l] a Main Page proposal

[Mark A. Jensen]

Cheers, Brian-- I am becoming swayed now by Chris' whack 
at it, on his talk page. My thought is that we'll hammer out the 
final version after the release, then pull the trigger-- Your thoughts?
MAJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Osborne" <bosborne11 at verizon.net>
To: "Mark A. Jensen" <maj at fortinbras.us>
Cc: "BioPerl List" <bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org>
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Bioperl-l] a Main Page proposal


> 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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