preparing websites content for Fedora 10

[Máirín Duffy]

Paul W. Frields wrote:
> 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.

Yeh, I still haven't received Max's message. I see it on the
archives though. I think that mail delivery for some of the lists is
messed up.

~m