[Zope-dev] Re: Let's fix the damned website

Jens Vagelpohl jens at dataflake.org
Mon Apr 7 03:51:40 EDT 2008


On Apr 7, 2008, at 00:20 , Alexander Limi wrote:
> - Try not to be too clever with the "Taste"/"Get" and other links.  
> People actually scan for links that are similar from other projects,  
> and having to interpret/understand them is confusing.

+1


> - The list of companies using Zope includes several examples that  
> look very out of place (i-Gift?), and even some that went bankrupt 7  
> years ago (Storm Linux). Try to narrow it down to either global  
> brands that anyone will recognize (Red Hat, NASA, GE), or — where  
> this is not possible — go for a market leader in that particular  
> area (plone.org for example lists Oxfam — while not necessarily  
> known by the average person, everybody in the non-profit space know  
> who they are).

I believe the dev team copied what's on the current zope.org, which  
has a list of companies from 1999/2000 which has never been updated.  
It's definitely way out of date.


> - The icons for the "Key Features of Zope" look very out of place.  
> Underwear for standards? Donuts for community? Makes no sense to me,  
> at least. :)

Yes, that's very true. I didn't want to say anything, I'm just glad  
something is happening.

jens




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