There is soooo much """"remakrs"""" that I dont know where to begin.<br>In summary:<br>There is two way to see a website:<br> 1- You live in 80's<br> 2- You are in 2009<br><br>
WARNING: don't be put off by these remarks... hahaha are you kidding me ?<br><br clear="all">M. Farzad Sehat<br><a href="mailto:farzad.sehat@gmail.com">farzad.sehat@gmail.com</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/12/2 Mildred Ki'Lya <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ml.mildred593@gmail.com">ml.mildred593@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<br>
(WARNING: don't be put off by these remarks. I'm not saying the website<br>
is bad, just that it could be improved)<br>
<br>
I did not took part in the conversation about the wallpaper but I think<br>
there is a point here, that I feel from some time about the Lisaac<br>
website. To put it simply, I think there is too much Javascript in that<br>
website, and it is too much animated.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
First, I think Javascript should NOT be required for the Lisaac website.<br>
Why ?<br>
<br>
Because some people (like me) don't allow JavaScript globally and only<br>
allow websites from a whitelist. The main advantage of doing so is that<br>
you get away from most of the advertisement and nasty things found on<br>
modern webpages.<br>
<br>
I don't say not to use Javascript, just not make it mandatory for the<br>
website.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Now, if I do enable Javascript, I find the front page too much animated.<br>
All those effects are nice but get in the way of the user in the end.<br>
And it also from my point of view it gives a childish appearance to the<br>
website. It makes me remember of all those website that included too<br>
much JavaScript (back when JavaScript was a novelty).<br>
<br>
What I think should be removed:<br>
<br>
- The logos scrolling. You really don't care about them most of the time<br>
and it draw your eyes to this area.<br>
<br>
- The animation on the menus is pretty disturbing to me. i much more<br>
prefer to have the menu popping open. And with the animation, it makes<br>
me wonder if my computer is slow when I focus on "Downloads" since it<br>
doesn't have a menu. Again, it draw your eyes to the expanding corner of<br>
the menu where there is nothing interesting instead of the content of<br>
the menu. So, for a millisecond, you are busy trying to focus on a<br>
moving menu.<br>
<br>
- About the fading news on the front page. This is not as much of a<br>
problem as the two points I mentioned above. But without Javascript,<br>
it's like mess. I think it would be much better to create a bullet point<br>
list allowing the user to see what happened. Fading news are nice but<br>
you don't know which is first, which is last. And you end up not reading<br>
them at all. Also, when yyou click on an arrow to show the next/previous<br>
news, you have to wait for the news to appear, and the impatient visitor<br>
won't wait for that long. And, is that normal the news always end with<br>
"..."?<br>
<br>
- In comunity -> Team, I don't think we should have a fancy view at all.<br>
Especially if it plays sound (that's annoying) and especially if it's<br>
the only way to access more detailled information about team members<br>
(photo, CV, ...). Again, this doesn't help with the professional image<br>
of the website.<br>
<br>
<br>
Now, other things:<br>
<br>
- The poll, is that really useful? I don't say it's not, but...<br>
- Why cares how many people are visiting the website? This is not a<br>
comunity website (like a forum) where we might want to out friends online.<br>
- If you ask me, the second wallpaper shouldn't be on the official<br>
website. I understand why guys might like it, but please, not here. Your<br>
personal website is fine for that.<br>
- Documentation -> Library. There should be a note to tell people<br>
they're not going to stay on the website. They don't except to be thrown<br>
directly in the library browser.<br>
- The top of the webpage says "The power of simplicity at work for you".<br>
The reflection is a bit too much I think and doesn't help reading the<br>
text. Perhaps it could be softened.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Now, i do realize this email might sound like a lot of critics, and<br>
please excuse me for that. This website is a wonderful initiative (even<br>
if I do prefer on a personal level static webpages generated<br>
automatically). I don't say it's not good. I just say it can be<br>
improved, and hopefully my remarks are constructive.<br>
<br>
<br>
If I should ask for a feature in that website, I would ask for the<br>
ability to add pages using a markdown syntax (or similar, I don't really<br>
care). Preferably, without having to use a web interface (I just hate<br>
web interface). I do prefer plain old protocols like ssh or rsync.<br>
<br>
Mildred<br>
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