preparing websites content for Fedora 10

[Paul W. Frields]

On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 02:00:34PM -0400, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=E1ir=EDn_Duffy_ wrote:
> Paul W. Frields wrote:
> > New to Linux?  Unsure of      Do you know what kind of
> > your computer's hardware?     processor you have, or
> > Select this option.           what kind of Fedora you
> >                               want?  Select this option. 
> > 
> >        fedora			    fedora
> >    [FOR BEGINNERS] 	         [FOR EXPERTS]
> 
> the above looks like a splash screen :( splash screens inconvenience
> everybody... no matter which line you're supposed to stand in,
> you've got to click, and it absolves the designer from choosing a
> default audience to cater to and puts the work on the users of all
> audiences instead (both have to read the explanatory text and make
> an explicit decision rather than at least half getting right to work
> right away).
> 
> i think instead of a 'turn left for x, turn right for y' approach we
> should just cater to beginners by default because they're beginners
> and need it. so by default present the beginner's x86 desktop live
> cd download link front and center. then require an additional click
> to get to the 'experts' part. (this is the point behind
> http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/webdesign/get-fedora/)

Wow, that's a nice design -- completely different than what I had in
mind, but I love it!  I hadn't seen your other response when I posted
this, so I understand your reasoning.

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