From: Alex R. <sh...@al...> - 2004-05-16 01:04:38
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Mitchell, On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 06:29:50PM -0700, Mitchell F wrote: > I've uploaded a basically complete version of the new site. Please have > a look around and comment on anything you think needs fixing or could > use improvement. The site looks great! Below are minor nitpicks I noticed: 1. Download page: MacOSX link is followed by an extra "<" character. 2. Translations page: the second heading reads "Traslations" (missing "n"). 3. Documentation page: links in the Manuals table are dead. Hopefully this will be corrected by moving the page over to gramps.sf.net, let's= =20 just keep in mind to check it when it is moved. 4. All pages have Copyright 2003 line. Let's either switch it to 2004 or to 2001-2004 (I would prefer the latter). 5. Front page: I would capitalize Linux, and add BSD to the list (Don did run gramps on FreeBSD).=20 > The things I would like to work on a little more are features list (see > below) and the download/installation page. I think it needs to be > reorganized to make it easier to find things. For download/installation page: would it make sense to make a sidebar (either left or right), much like the one on the front page, which would have links to sections (via "#debian", "#solaris", etc anchors/tags)? That way one can jump to his/her favorite distro and see the status. As for the feature list, how about the following (this does not mean to be complete, please feel free to correct and/or contribute): * People, Family, Pedigree, Sources, Places, and Media views. * Wide variety of reports: Text (including pictures), Graphics (charts and graphs), Web page, Book, and View reports. * Reach set of tools. * Plugin architecture: enables user to create their own tools and reports. * Support for multiple calendars and date ranges. * Custom filter editor: user can create their own filters with infinite=20 flexibility. * Relationship calculators in four languages. * GEDCOM import and export support: GEDCOM5.5 standard and most flavors (extensions) of GEDCOM used by commercial software. * Exports to Web Family Tree, CD, and gramps package. * Clean intuitive interface. * Fully internationalized interface and reports. Translations exist=20 for 14 languages. New translation can be easily added with no additional= =20 development effort.=20 * Full unicode support: your character set is guaranteed to be supported. * Support for all media types known to your computer: images, sounds, movies, word processor documents, spreadsheets, etc.=20 * Support for many report output formats: 8 text formats (AbiWord, HTML, KWord, Latex, OpenOffice.org, PDF, Plain text, and RTF), 4 graphics=20 formats (OpenOffice.org, PDF, PostScript, and SVG), and direct printing. * Support for privacy options. * Free/open source development and active community involvement: features are added and bugs are fixed based on user feedback.=20 Releases are made numerous times a year (11 during last 12 months period). Alex --=20 Alexander Roitman http://ebner.neuroscience.umn.edu/people/alex.html Dept. of Neuroscience, Lions Research Building 2001 6th Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Tel (612) 625-7566 FAX (612) 626-9201 |