Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 10:54:43 -0700 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time for a fresh start, it's time folks Message-ID: <CAF6rxg=8dbpL=-5ODwE2sR1o38WoPgfPLKMVSzqTZx46qKisQA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4FE73F2D.9020704@cran.org.uk> References: <20120608083519.GA8252@lonesome.com> <20120608113104.GA1720@night.db.net> <20120612221505.GA77335@night.db.net> <4FD7C615.2020209@FreeBSD.org> <CAF6rxgnGNCZ=HpyzD-h4TS3gKYPgLD4w1%2BNB54q%2BRXVtL9jT6g@mail.gmail.com> <CAF6rxgmxA5W-NgYfcjXr805Q=JjO=vig73DanH659WgchZjnVQ@mail.gmail.com> <4FE4BCAE.3020405@FreeBSD.org> <4FE73F2D.9020704@cran.org.uk>
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On 24 June 2012 09:24, Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> wrote: > On 22/06/2012 19:42, Benedict Reuschling wrote: >> >> These things take time, but the webpages are not broken at the moment, >> just outdated. Hence a replacement should not be our top priority (at >> least, it's not mine). However, I would be interested to see some design >> studies if someone is interested in doing them to see what can be done. > > > Something we should consider during any redesign is whether we want to > continue using hover menus - > http://uxmovement.com/navigation/why-hover-menus-do-users-more-harm-than-= good/ > argues against them. > > Also, this can probably be easily fixed on the current site but the > Developers hover menu is out of sync with > http://www.freebsd.org/projects/index.html (which appears if you click th= e > Developers title) - the Repository links aren't available other than from > the hover menu. =C2=A0Also, "Release Engineering" is linked to from the "= Get > FreeBSD" menu but is on the "Developers" page. Agreed, but I think getting to this level of detail in the discussion may result in many bikesheds. Overall one of our requirements should be usability (of the "don't make me think" variety). --=20 Eitan Adler
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