| Re: [phoenix-dev] New website design: a call for participation |
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There's a nice chicken-and-egg situation here. Of course we have a
diverse audience (even Firefox has a diverse audience ranging from
users like my parents to developers and hackers). However, there is a
causality link between the website and the audience, thus if we define
the website by what the current audience likes, then we will never grow
beyond our current audience. I see no risk in asking for two different designs: a "tweak the current" design and a "envision a great new future" design. In fact, I think that is the way to solid mediocrity: a solution that satisfies everyone is sure to be dull (look at the Microsoft websites). Maybe we need to have a home page that directs readers to different "landing" pages and each of those pages has a common yet distinct look? User downloads, Additional plugins, Members, Committers/Contributors, ... ?I think that the biggest challenge we face is catering to all of these different user types at the same time. They can't all be equal and the time has come where we need to decide which of these users are the most important. At that point we can then design a page that satisfies those requirements. - Bjorn --
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