Maybe it's time to say goodbye to start.fedoraproject.org?

[Josh Boyer]

On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Benjamin Kerensa <bkerensa at gmail.com> wrote:
> Why not something like this:
> http://start.ubuntu.com/current/?sourceid=hp
>
> Fedora logo at top, Google Search (Fedora could take revenue itself or
> share it with Mozilla or whatever it wants) and a few important links
> below with icons.

Because of the way Fedora is set up, it's difficult for it to do
anything directly with revenue.  That isn't really a viable option.

> One option and I would encourage Fedora to do this is to add a survey
> asking what users want to see on your current start page and provide
> some mockups and different ideas and go with what your users want.

Except the start page should also be useful for new users.  If they're
new, they have no idea what they want yet.

(Aside: please don't top post.)

josh

> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Matthew Miller
> <mattdm at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 10:53:01PM +0300, Elad Alfassa wrote:
>>> Generally, the start page was designed to somehow be a gateway for
>>> Fedora to encourage people to participate and contribute. But I'm not
>>> sure if it really works.
>>
>> The web stats for Fedora Magazine show start.fpo as our top referrer after
>> search engines (in aggregate) and fedoraproject.org itself. It looks like a
>> lot of people are using it and I'd hate to cut that off.
>>
>> I think a redesign might be in order, though.
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