On Thursday 31 July 2008 02:31:12 Andreas Demmer wrote:
... openSUSE 11 has succeeded in becoming one of the best (if not THE best) distros around, but the website is optimized for users who already know what openSUSE. The website though should reflect much more the needs of new, interested users.
Therefore, we do not need to overthrow the existing design, but we need to add some informations more popular, such as screenshots, a "what can i do with openSUSE?" section and the like. The current text ("openSUSE is a project sponsored by Novell [...]") is quite gibberish for people who never hat contact to openSUSE. Even worse: In my opinion, its even not very obvious that openSUSE is a Linux-distribution and a very user-friendly one too.
At least this page should much more promote the product...
I agree, Andreas: openSUSE is considered one of the best Linux distributions. (In my opinion, it's the best.) But, most consumers would not consider the "Discover it" page of the openSUSE web site to be attractive or informative. It's "inaccessible" to the consumer, frankly. This condition isn't a problem, unless one has ambitions of openSUSE - or Linux - gaining significant market share at the expense of the only two consumer brands in this industry sector. Thanks, cserv300bc -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org