On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Ben Boeckel<mathstuf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> The challenge for the adventurous 'all-choice' population is to >> realize that they aren't the lion share of people. >> > > Good point. Kevin said on IRC earlier today that we may > be looking at it from different viewpoints as well. The > current mockups assume new-to-Linux while in the KDE > SIG we are looking from a new-to-Fedora-but-familiar- > with-Linux viewpoint. Maybe this is a part of the root of > the problem behind how we see these mockups? It may be. That's why we set out a set of audience precepts to show for whom these pages are intended. I think the assumption that people looking for a specific set of tools, or for a specific spin they've either seen or heard about, are going to blindly look for the general download page, especially if we present better options for them. If I'm in the KDE SIG, promoting Fedora at a show, or pointing out our spin to someone in person, over email, on IRC, or elsewhere, if I have a place to point people directly such as "get.fp.o/kde", that is where I'll send them. Why would I send them elsewhere on a goose chase when I can put them right where they'll see what I work on every day? It is bad design and the wrong strategy to force that goal onto the get-fedora page, which has a very different set of objectives. That's why this fixation on making the general get-fedora page more complex and choice-laden seems very counterproductive to me. It assumes that we should have a goal for that page of diverting people who don't know how to make an informed choice, to force them to make that choice. As we've laid out previously, the purpose of this page is to cater -- not exclusively, but primarily -- to people who are not looking for a panoply of choices. We're providing *other* pages to cater to people looking for either specific choices, or a large menu of options. The get-fedora page *does* need to provide for the relatively small portion of people who end up there by accident, giving them a way to find the things they were looking for. Those people are incented to read the whole page to find what they want, and the "route to choice" area prominently displays a number of the most popular things they'd be looking for. Paul _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
