Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-wiki (105 mails)

[Frank Sundermeyer <fs@xxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 02 August 2006 09:38, jdd wrote:

Hi,

> Rajko M a écrit :

> > I don't know how much work is to translate the
> > http://files.opensuse.org/opensuse/en/1/17/OpenSUSE-splash-003.png
> > to a working model, but I have feeling that this and some section
> > under the logo, like article of the month that will pull people to
> > visit en.opensuse.org can be the right thing to do, right now.
>
> I regret to have to strongly desagree. such modification is
> completely pointless on a _hub_ page. Even search box is
> questionable.
> this page is _not_ the usual page anybody must use, only a
> page one must go to the first time (yes, it can be used from
> time to time).
> In no way we should give the user the feeling it is the
> dayly entry point for openSUSE

I totally agree with jdd on this point - it's a splash screen that 
serves as an entry point for users coming to opensuse for the first 
time.
I do not like the idea of having additional content in English on this 
page - it would be unfair to people who do not speak English.

And BTW - having to logos (the tail and the complete openSUSE logo) on 
the page breaks design/layout. It looks somewhat awkward (IMHO).

Nevertheless:
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We need to call attention to the fact that English is the "master" 
language and that most of the content is not available in the localized 
wikis. IMHO this is a task for the localized starting pages. I would 
propose to add a short paragraph to the very first box on each 
localized page with something like:

"This is the XXX version of openSUSE. Not all articles have been 
translated to XXX, yet - so if you cannot find information on a special 
topic, please have a look at the <link>English version of 
openSUSE</link>."

What are the alternatives:
- wikipedia-like article count
  Well, we are in no way close to the numbers of wikipedia, so the  
  numbers might look a bit depressing ;-))
- making the English link more prominent on the splash screen
  Would this really make clear that there is more content in the English 
  wiki?
- add a disclaimer (such as the one above) to the splash screen
  People who do not speak English wouldn't have a chance to understand
  what the text is about.

> >> http://www.suse.de/~fs/opensuse/home.html
>
> I still think there are too many things in this page. on
> small screen the icon in the right column makes it unusable
> (I don't see the use o icons is this column)

I have removed the icons from the very right column now.

-- 
Regards
        Frank

Frank Sundermeyer, SUSE LINUX GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg
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