RFC: Home page design

[Martin Pool]

2009/9/4 Todd Densmore <tdensmore at gmail.com>:
> I agree with Timmie.
>
> From my experience:
>
> 1. Simplicity is king (which includes removing redundant information from
> the page)
> 2. The design should make non techies feel comfortable (information should
> be easily to find / understand)
>
> So, my 2 cents:
>
> - Remove the redundant "Download" section below the main banner image. The
> green "Download Bazaar 2.0 now" has become the universal quick download
> icon. If a user needs to drill down to find a previous release, they can use
> the topmost "Download" menu item. Having Three download links on the main
> page is not the best use of page real estate.

Good point.

>
> - Remove the image of the terminal (Bash command line) from the main image.
> This image does not promote 'ease of use' for the average user, although
> experienced devs will certainly argue otherwise. I have no suggestions about
> what to replace the bash terminal image with, if it should be replaced at
> all...

It's just a placeholder.  We'd probably replace it with an image of
bzr explorer wagging its tail.

-- 
Martin <http://launchpad.net/~mbp/>