From: Viktor Rosenfeld <listuser36@googlemail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Refresh of http://orgmode.org
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:54:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111214125403.GA60844@client195-35.wlan.hu-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zkewm7rp.fsf@gnu.org>
Hi Bastien,
Bastien wrote:
> > - The old screenshot conveyed what org-mode was all about. Outlining
> > and project planning. The new screenshots take a lot longer to load
> > and even if you click on them, their content is not always
> > accessible.
>
> I agree. Feel free to contribute to Worg with relevant screenshots
> that we can select as "featured on the index page." Also add title
> and caption for these screenshots.
I think the old screenshot was good enough. A link beneath it to the
screenshot page on Worg would be useful.
> > - I don't like this particular type writer font. On a Mac it's very thin
> > compared to the serifless font that makes up the normal text. But
> > that's just aesthetics.
> >
> > - I don't like the fixed top bar with the Org-Mode motto and the random
> > quote. It takes up about 20% of vertical screen space of my laptop. A
> > complete waste in my view. The black background also does not cover
> > the text behind it -- one or two pixel of the text are visible above
> > the bar.
>
> Can you make an alternate .css with non-fixed top bar and a better font?
Maybe on the weekend, but I can't promise anything.
> > - The old homepage had all the easily accessible information on one
> > page. So you could go to the homepage, search for "manual" or "mailing
> > list" and go on from there. (I sometimes work like that.) The new
> > homepage only contains screenshots (that don't convey a lot of
> > meaningful information) and the org-mode mission statement. Useful
> > information is available but the links are somewhat hidden in the
> > description of what org is about and some are hard to find. (E.g. the
> > manual is linked with the text "documented extensively".) I believe
> > that people quickly scan web pages for relevant information and the
> > current format makes that hard.
>
> I somehow agree that it was good to have everything in one page, but I
> don't think that page was *that* readable. In any case, you can always
> pull the website (it's just a git repository) and you have everything
> in "one directory".
I agree that the old page wasn't very readable as it did contain a lot
of information. I just don't feel that the new layout is better, on the
contrary.
Cheers,
Viktor
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-14 12:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-12 23:39 Refresh of http://orgmode.org Bastien
2011-12-13 17:25 ` Achim Gratz
2011-12-13 19:27 ` Bastien
2011-12-13 19:32 ` Nick Dokos
2011-12-13 20:27 ` Achim Gratz
2011-12-20 23:23 ` Bastien
2011-12-13 17:39 ` Samuel Wales
2011-12-13 18:39 ` Eric S Fraga
2011-12-13 18:59 ` Samuel Wales
2011-12-13 19:35 ` Bastien
2011-12-13 19:51 ` Samuel Wales
2011-12-14 8:49 ` Eric S Fraga
2011-12-13 19:33 ` Bastien
2011-12-13 21:50 ` Viktor Rosenfeld
2011-12-13 22:22 ` Bastien
2011-12-14 8:53 ` Eric S Fraga
2011-12-14 12:54 ` Viktor Rosenfeld [this message]
2011-12-14 17:40 ` Bastien
2011-12-14 18:15 ` Bastien
2011-12-14 22:10 ` Viktor Rosenfeld
2011-12-14 22:17 ` Eric Schulte
2011-12-14 1:19 ` Eric Schulte
2011-12-14 10:07 ` Bastien
2011-12-14 18:45 ` Eric Schulte
2011-12-15 4:11 ` Eric Schulte
2011-12-15 14:03 ` Bastien
2011-12-15 15:10 ` Eric Schulte
2011-12-15 15:18 ` Bastien
2011-12-15 15:26 ` Eric Schulte
2011-12-15 15:44 ` Bastien
2011-12-15 14:10 ` Bastien
2011-12-14 13:17 ` Stefan Vollmar
2011-12-14 2:30 ` Scott Randby
2011-12-15 13:10 ` Martyn Jago
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-07-07 18:58 Functions in SBE blocks Viktor Rosenfeld
2011-11-16 15:27 Question regarding remote references in tables Viktor Rosenfeld
2011-10-19 16:21 Export an org file from the command line in the background Viktor Rosenfeld
2011-10-19 16:27 ` Jambunathan K
2011-10-19 20:14 ` Viktor Rosenfeld
2011-10-18 13:20 [babel] Verbatim output from SQL command Sebastien Vauban
2011-10-18 16:15 ` Eric Schulte
2011-10-19 9:19 ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-10-19 18:08 ` Eric Schulte
2011-10-20 8:03 ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-10-19 16:29 ` Viktor Rosenfeld
2011-09-22 7:36 [Bug] local variables definition at beginning of file is ignored Viktor Rosenfeld
2011-09-22 9:48 ` Viktor Rosenfeld
[not found] ` <listuser36@googlemail.com>
2011-09-22 14:43 ` Nick Dokos
2011-09-22 14:58 ` Nick Dokos
2011-10-19 16:47 ` [babel] Verbatim output from SQL command Nick Dokos
2011-10-19 17:31 ` Viktor Rosenfeld
2011-10-19 17:34 ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-10-19 21:12 ` Export an org file from the command line in the background Nick Dokos
2011-10-19 22:28 ` Viktor Rosenfeld
2011-10-19 21:22 ` Code block evaluation export bug ? (was: Re: Export an org file from the command line in the background) Nick Dokos
2011-10-21 1:57 ` Code block evaluation export bug ? Thomas S. Dye
2011-10-21 2:42 ` Nick Dokos
2011-10-21 4:37 ` Nick Dokos
2011-10-22 23:51 ` Nick Dokos
2011-11-09 21:13 ` Eric Schulte
2011-11-09 21:55 ` Nick Dokos
2011-10-19 22:37 ` Export an org file from the command line in the background Nick Dokos
2011-11-16 15:52 ` Question regarding remote references in tables Nick Dokos
2011-11-16 16:40 ` Nick Dokos
2011-11-16 17:43 ` Viktor Rosenfeld
2011-12-13 22:16 ` Refresh of http://orgmode.org Nick Dokos
2012-07-07 20:02 ` Functions in SBE blocks Nick Dokos
2012-07-08 0:55 ` Viktor Rosenfeld
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