<quamaretto>
1. Put what the site is about right on the front page, in big letters.
<Smerdyakov>
There's a link to a document about that.
<Smerdyakov>
(First link under title)
<quamaretto>
2. Give a much stronger sense of how to find the important stuff on the front page.
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<quamaretto>
Right. You click it, and get a table of contents that could help you form a GUESS what the site contains
<quamaretto>
And then if you read 6 or 7 paragraphs, you get a pretty good idea.
<quamaretto>
I've got a better idea: Just tell the users, on the front page, what the site is about for their purposes.
<quamaretto>
Oh, and... There's no search. So even if I knew just what I was looking for, I can't find it without some amount of digging that isn't known to me.
<Smerdyakov>
There, Mr. Picky. I gave ya a message.
<Smerdyakov>
Something tells me you've overestimated the stage in its lifecycle that my little web site inhabits now.
<quamaretto>
Vincent Flanders Presents:The Biggest Web Design Mistakes of 2004 (Part 1 of 2)
<quamaretto>
1. Believing people care about you and your web site.
<quamaretto>
You seem to be planning around the idea that people will want to flock to your web site and fill it with content.
<quamaretto>
And THEN you'll make it look snazzy. That won't work.
<Smerdyakov>
It seems more to me like I'm trying to get even a single non-me person to have some basic interaction with it before proceeding.
<quamaretto>
You get points for some sort of honesty, but you would be better off trying to fool people into thinking the site is *already* popular.
<quamaretto>
Um, that said, I have to go wrap some presents, since Christmas is like... now.
<Smerdyakov>
You tease.
<quamaretto>
I'll add some crap to your site later if I have some time.
<quamaretto>
100 points for not pulling the "confirmation email" crap, though.
<quamaretto>
Did you write the app yourself?
<Smerdyakov>
Yes. I'm curious as to where else you think I would have gotten it. It's not like you can go buy Microsoft PL Showdown at Best Buy. :P
<quamaretto>
Okay, problem. Some languages will be in more than one category.
<quamaretto>
Is that supported?
<Smerdyakov>
Yes.
<quamaretto>
Okay, NVM.
<quamaretto>
I really have to go do shit now, like pants and wrapping.
<quamaretto>
BBL.
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<_JusSx__>
i'm trying to install smlnj but i get some compile error. does anybody here can help me?
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