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

[Sheila Mooney]

I like this idea as well.

On Jul 11, 2007, at 1:56 PM, Ted Leung wrote:

> +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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