Comments on Python Redesign

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.1062969251.5905.python-list at python.org>,
Tim Parkin <tim at pollenation.net> wrote:
>Aahz:
>> That said, there likely will be a subsection of python.org that is
>> aimed at managers, with a more designed look and more graphics;
>> someone trying to convince a specific manager could point zir into
>> the subsection.
>
>Fernando:
>> A visible 'corporate' link, along with a single-level url
>> www.python.org/corporate, perhaps even aliased to
>> corporate.python.org) can satisfy the PHBs with minimal effort.
>
>Please don't consider this, the majority of corporate users will find
>the site themselves or through links in articles magazines, etc. so
>they will still get first impressions from the main home page. If
>anything we could provide a developer portal page which may be used
>as a bookmark. Personally I think this is a bad idea also. What is
>wrong with the information architecture / navigation on the page
>proposal. Please could we move this discussion to one of the
>appropriate lists aswell. I suggest python-marketing to begin with.

No.  If we're talking about the web site, it should be pydotorg-redesign
(and the list you're referring to is marketing-python).  Please don't
clutter too many mailing lists.

As I noted earlier, I'm the Lynx champion; I'm not looking at any
designs until they're in HTML.  I'm also not particularly inclined to
look at every single design until we come up with some metrics for
choosing.  (You originally posted your design alongside a flood of
others when I was busy -- website look is not one of my primary
interests.)

Finally, any design I vote for *will* be usable for a large
cross-section of the community.  It may include design elements that
appeal to managers and/or corporate developers, but they will not have
primacy over other groups.  OTOH, I'm in agreement that managers won't
be second-class citizens, either.
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