Wow. This is fantastic, Mark - thanks to you and Hiemanshu for taking
the time to go out and get a ton of data! Comments inline.
> User 4
> - fedora main site
> -- "I've been able to find everything I need on the websites."
I wonder how experienced this user was. :)
> User 5
> - fedora main site
> -- posibly more of a note that its based on the comercial Red Hat distro
...hm, that's a thought, if somewhat backwards - if anything, RHEL is
based on Fedora, not the other way around (as I understand it, anyway) -
not sure how the current way of showing the Fedora <--> Red Hat
connection was chosen (it's currently in a tiny little sponsorship-note
footer at the bottom of
http://fedoraproject.org/) but I'm sure there's
a good reason for it.
> User 6
> - fedora main site
> -- if I'm new to linux and need help, do I click docs, wiki, get help, or what?
+infinity
> - get.fp.o
> -- and it lacks consistancy
> -- if you have several options, display them in a consistent manner
> -->that page has a couple different options in the middle, other
> options in a different style on the right (well, i think they are
> different) and then other, alternat eoptions at the bottom
> -->could it not list all the options in one consistant list,
> explaining what each is, with the different download options?
Man, this person gives good, concrete feedback.
> - fedora main site
> -- and it should probably have a better link text
> -- I mean, imagine reading it; Get Fedora 11 Desktop Edition Now
> INSTALLABLE LIVE CD!
YES
> -- one last thing; the layout breaks on a small viewport
(4-500px wide)
> -- should have some minimal width limiter
> --
http://w-wins.com/images/brokenlayout.png
Great point - do we have any heuristics that we're evaluating our sites
against, any standard tests we run for sanity? (Making sure it works on
a certain list of screen sizes, a certain set of browsers, that kind of
thing?)
> -- if i didn't know what fedora is i wouldn't immediately
know what it was
This is *incredibly* important.
> -- most people who visit your site won't want a tour. They
want a
> download link.
Really? I wonder if there is a good way we can empirically prove this.
--Mel