[osol-mktg] Re: [website-discuss] top-right jumble and other concerns

[Dan Price]

On Fri 16 Dec 2005 at 01:42PM, Glynn Foster wrote:
> > ...and hopefully we'll get a plan/process in place for a light evolution 
> > of the site to re-arrange some links, move things up more, etc. over the 
> > course of the next quarter. The key is keeping the site's recognition 
> > value high. We don't want to do redesigns that might inconvenience 
> > fellow surfers...and we don't want to mess up the front page too much 
> > because it will wreck bookmarks --
> 
> I doubt too many people will be bookmarking the front page ;)

Huh?  There are 185 del.icio.us bookmarks to it alone.

> I do think that we need a steady evolution of the front page though to
> push the community off into different directions that are hot. It's all
> about cheerleading, excitement and growing the community. How are we
> going to get them back after their first browse - is it a sense of
> technology, or community, or both? others? How do we get them back on a
> regular basis...then the $1,000,000 question, how do we get them to
> contribute? I think opensolaris.org has a powerful part to play in that.

I agree that interesting art to thematically replace our "open" thingy
would be great-- something to commemorate the ZFS launch, something for
BrandZ, etc.  But right now the only artist (AFAIK) we've had is
Chandan, whose real job is engineering.  So it seems a little unfair to
draft him continuously.

        -dp

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