Re: Redesign of downloads (Websites meeting reminder)

[Ricky Zhou]

On 2009-07-30 01:51:40 PM, Paul W. Frields wrote:
>  One of the issues the Board has been discussing recently is the
> state
>  of our various download pages for Fedora.  This topic springs directly
>  from the process of getting to the heart of Fedora's goals.  Along the
>  way we've determined that one of the steps we can take is to improve
>  the clarity of how we present the Fedora distribution.  The way many
>  people come into contact with that presentation is through our
>  download site, which needs to provide a first-rate experience for
>  everyone who uses it.  This topic clearly falls into the Board's
>  domain, because it's to do not with the production of the Fedora
>  distribution, but rather with the way it's presented, and with the
>  design of one of the essential public-facing pieces of the project.
>  
>  A good, user-centric design must be simple and easy to follow, and
>  provide a route for all users to reach what they want.  The most
>  effective route for new users of the website is usually very different
>  than for experienced ones, but all routes must be attractive and
>  effective for the people using them.  The experience we currently
>  provide for both these groups on our download site is not terribly
>  attractive or effective, and needs revision.  Thanks to some dedicated
>  community members, there was some work done to redesign these
>  experiences in the past, but for a variety of reasons those efforts
>  didn't fully succeed.  The Board and I want to see them back on the
>  front burner, so that we are providing the best possible presentation
>  of the many faces of Fedora, whether that presentation is more of an
>  introduction to free software, or intended for experienced users. 
Hey, this would
be great to discuss at tomorrow's websites meeting if
any of you can make it - it'll be at 17:00 UTC in #fedora-websites on
Freenode (unfortunately this is at the same time as the FESCo meeting). 

For those on fedora-websites-list, the full message that I mercilessly
trimmed here is at
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory-board/2009-July/msg00088....
:-)

Thanks,
Ricky