[General] "4 static pages": What about screenshots?

[Ted Leung]

+1

I frequently just click the screenshots links or jump to those  
sections.  Making it easy for people to do is a good idea.

Ted

On Jul 11, 2007, at 1:48 PM, Katie Capps Parlante wrote:

> My argument is that there is value in having a "just the  
> screenshots" link directly from the landing page. Something like this:
> http://colloquy.info/screenshots.html
>
> Some folks will look at that kind of thing first before deciding to  
> invest in reading anything.
>
> Perhaps "whirlwind at the top" will cover it though, if people have  
> access to visuals right away without diving into reading.
>
> Cheers,
> Katie
>
> Mimi Yin wrote:
>> I think I was imagining the Getting Started Guide would serve this  
>> function. Perhaps a 3 second whirlwind overview section at the  
>> top? Pieter, do you have any thoughts on this.
>> I'm leery of adding pages / destinations. There's already:
>> + Vision
>> + Features
>> + Getting Started Guide
>> + FAQ
>> On Jul 11, 2007, at 1:28 PM, Katie Capps Parlante wrote:
>>> Sheila Mooney wrote:
>>>>> * The screenshots page ("big page lots of images")
>>>> I believe these are simply just part of the Getting Started  
>>>> Guide but Pieter is a better person to answer that since I don't  
>>>> know how he is planning on working these in. My understanding is  
>>>> that they were just part of the guide and there wasn't some  
>>>> separate set of pages for this.
>>>
>>> Given that we know screenshots are very popular, would it be a  
>>> good idea to create an additional page that has the same  
>>> screenshots from the Getting Started Guide (or a subset, or some  
>>> other set)?
>>>
>>> It seems like it would be not that hard to do. Screenshots play  
>>> an important role for someone looking and just getting a sense of  
>>> the app -- perhaps go ahead and make this easy?
>>>
>>> It could be a static or wiki page.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Katie
>>>
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