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: ------------- 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.
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 Tel: +49-911-74053-0, Fax: +49-911-7417755; http://www.novell.com/ "Reality is always controlled by the people who are most insane" Dogbert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki-unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki-help@opensuse.org