Re: [myhdl-list] myhdl.org website migration

[Angel E. <ang...@gm...>]

On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Jan Decaluwe <ja...@ja...> wrote:
> On 02/16/2014 07:08 PM, Angel Ezquerra wrote:
>
>>> Now we have the name and a tagline. I see the value
>>> of adding a one or two liner description, and perhaps
>>> the latest "News" item.
>>
>> For what is worth, I agree with Chris.
>>
>> My first thought upon seeing the new web page was:
>>
>> "This looks nice and modern"
>>
>> quickly followed by:
>>
>> "This looks quite empty".
>>
>> Personally whenever I go to a new web page, I like to be able to
>> understand what it is about by reading what is shown to me on the
>> landing page. I think a lot of people feel the same. Currently I just
>> see the "tag line" which is nice, but I don't really see how MyHDL
>> helps me go "From Python to Silicon".
>>
>> What is the point of the landing page if I _must_ go to some other
>> page to see what the whole thing is about?
>
> I don't understand your reply. I have just said that I
> see the value of more info, like a 2 liner description and
> the latest News item.

Yes, that is what you said and IMHO it may not be enough. I don't
think you can explain what MyHDL is in a couple of lines.

> *Of course* it looks empty now, this is work in progress,
> which has not been "released" yet!

I was referring to the feel of the landing page in particular. Your
comment led me to think that you did not want to put much more in
there. Maybe I was wrong.

> I was just warning agains my own tendency (as an engineer
> that doesn't know much about good visual design), to try
> to say or link everything everywhere.

That is a good idea, but it is also way too easy to go overboard with
the minimalism.

> I'm impressed by the
> bootstrap guys, both technically and design-wise, and
> I would like a landing page like they have:
>
> http://getbootstrap.com/

That it's great! You should definitely shoot for something like that.
That is exactly the kind of thing that I had in mind when I wrote my
previous email.

Cheers,

Angel