On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 04:49:40PM +0200, Dag Wieers enlightened us: > > What do you think about this structure: > > http://wiki.centos.org/FrontPageProposal?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=wiki-structure-5-en.png > > It is definitely an improvement over what we have now, but in my opinion > there are too many blocks. And the documentation block looks like it is a > permanent menu, while it is not. > > Again, I believe we need a left-handside permanent menu that helps > navigate the content. And the content is the first people need to see. So > I would move the screenshot to the right, put a small introduction on the > left, and immediately show not more than 7 sections. So that people in a > glimp of an eye, can see what choices they have and make a choice. > > The importance of not more than 7 links is that people can remember > and return to those 7 choices. Too many links on a frontpage trembles that > structure. > Not to mention the 7 +/- 2 rule[1] of how much data we can hold in short term memory to process. No, I'm not taking Educational Psychology classes this quarter, I swear! Matt [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven%2C_Plus_or_Minus_Two -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263
