I agree such a reorganization would be desirable. I can't volunteer to do it though :(
On 2007-June-20 , at 13:06 , microUgly wrote:
Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
[...] 2. "Showcase" page should be removed and become a link to http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Galleries. The Galleries wiki page should be reorganized (more on this later)
[...] 2. I don't know that I would replace Showcase with the gallery wiki page. The gallery page is perhaps a little overwhelming for someone wanting to get a taste for what Inkscape does. A small selection of key works might help better sell the product.
I agree the showcase section needs to be improved: stuff there is quite old now and, because of that, is not the best advertisement for Inkscape (the screenshots pages, in particular the one for 0.45, has a much stronger "wow" effect in my opinion). In addition the map demonstration is just one screenshot and the webdesign one is not in english even in the english version of the site. In fact, I think it would be better to have a single place for Inkscape "show off" (just as it is necessary to have a single place to contain or link to all Inkscape documentation). This would mean a single link on the front page to a page with screenshots, more elaborate (updated) usage stories and links to external galleries (with some sort of categorization). I would be in favor for a wiki page to hold all that because it would allow easier access to add new stuff and ensure the page is updated regularly enough to suit its purpose. This reduces the possibility for internationalization but none of these pages are translated currently anyway and much of the content will be very illustrated which should allow non english speakers to get the point (and the wow effect).
As a side note, if the wiki is to be relied more on (which seems to be the current rend) it would probably benefit from a small re-lift 1. to match the visual aspect of the website, 2. to be easier to read (font a bit smaller, page width reduced, better formatting of <code> blocks inside the page). I guess all this is just a bit of CSS work and, with access to the CSS for the main website, it should not be really difficult. Currently it feels a bit odd to be redirected to a wiki page from the main page.
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