Re: www.gnustep.org should change screenshot

[Banlu Kemiyatorn]

On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 9:38 PM, Riccardo Mottola <multix@ngi.it> wrote:

>
> I don't think this is a heresy. But it shouldn't go on the homepage, but in
> the correct place of the demo.
>
> Videos are invasive, they require plugins, they require bandwidth and slow
> doesn't loading times (even if not played directly), so it is better to put
> them in specific, well known places.

The video doesn't have to play and there could also be a fallback
static image for the missing plugin. And people without resource
probably have some form of flash blocking themselves.

Anyway, just some ideas, which I don't really like it myself but
someone may do so.

> Our website - and perhaps the most important thing is the homepage - should
> be readable by the widest audience. GNU gives some guidelines for GNU
> project websites. I think some of them are too restrictive, however they
> should be source of inspiration. During the restyle of the website, I'm
> doing trying to do that.
>>
>> I can make something like this one below which take 2 days (but for
>> this I can work on this much longer), nothing related just to give
>> some inspirations and showing my capability so you don't expect a
>> fully commercial grade advertisement, or may be we can?
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT2yQcrEpMA
>>
>
> I think making videos of different aspects of GNUstep can be interesting.
> Be it theming, GNOME and Windows integration, be it development or certain
> key applications, we could offer quick previews of the interested.
>
> Currently, perhaps the best place is to integrate them in the Wiki.
>
> We need to consider that we don't have many resources on our Website. We
> didn't have in the past either. This is fine and usual for an open source
> project, but that means also that we need to try to make our website "valid"
> for a longer term, so that it doesn't get out-of-date too quick.
>
> Many things which I find in the website aren't generally wrong, they are
> "leftovers".
> The wiki *should* mitigate that because its effort is more distributed, but
> as far as I can tell currently it is not. Actually, having more information,
> the problem is even more acute.
>
>
> Riccardo

I think may be we can also use some free services with ads, may be
like Wikia? Only as a community wiki. Coz it's like they have 24/7 pro
wiki administration to deal with spams, extensions and most wiki
issues, more open to edits too.


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