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Redesign of the www.rockbox.org front page
Llorean:
Yes, current users will know to look for SVN activity on some other page if we remove it now. New users on the other hand may not even be aware it exists.
What exactly is the harm in having an updating activity log visible to users?
GodEater:
There isn't any harm in it - I just fail to see why it needs to be on the front page.
Llorean:
At a glance it shows any new person that we're a very active project.
The other alternative is having someone manually update news often enough that we're never more than a week without at least something on the front page to show work is going on.
It may not be meaningful to the majority of users, but it *does* have a recent date and they can at least infer there's a lot of activity going on without any real technical knowledge.
GodEater:
My fear is that now that we have a "friendly face" to Rockbox, with the Utility for doing nice easy installs, and release versions that are actually up to date - we risk scaring new users (especially non-technical ones) with what they will likely see as a constant stream of techno babble on the front page.
At least with it hidden in the drop down as it is currently in macku's design it's still available to those too lazy or in someway unable to bookmark a specific svn activity page, but it's hidden from a new user in a way which keeps this new friendly face of rockbox intact.
Llorean:
I think if you just called the table "Development" rather than "Subversion" it's not likely to scare too many people away. Especially if it's down at the bottom.
I imagine the casual response by those who don't know what it is would be to see the word development, and pay it no further attention.
I don't really buy that extra information is "scary" even if it is development related, as long as there's not an overwhelming amount of it. Just the SVN table, presented as incidental information (maybe even dropping the touched files so that it's just a date and a comment) is, in my opinion, a good way to show people development is very active.
I think a list of recent changes has varying degrees of positive value to all users, including potential ones.
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