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Re: IAOC Seeks Community Input on IETF Website Revamp SOW

2014-03-19 12:37:44
On Mar 18, 2014, at 1:42 PM, t.p. <daedulus(_at_)btconnect(_dot_)com> wrote:

perhaps that website, which is what the innocent browser would most
likely stumble across in a search for the IETF, should be gee-whiz and
flashy to advertise better who we are and what we do, to give us more
street cred..

Street cred that can be purchased with "gee-whiz and flashy" is street cred I 
don't want. (My own reaction to such is generally to downgrade my opinion of 
the organization behind the site, though I'm sure you can find as many 
reactions as you can individuals.)

I agree with Brian's long note of March 17, with the sole exception of not 
completely accepting that there's nothing to be improved in the site's 
navigability, as implied by

On Mar 17, 2014, at 7:17 AM, Brian E Carpenter 
<brian(_dot_)e(_dot_)carpenter(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:
a. Improve ease of navigation,

Why? What is hard to navigate at the moment? I am very suspicious of this;

The landing page is pretty busy. However I do go back to agreeing with the very 
next line:

I've almost never experienced a website revamp that made navigation *easier*;

i.e. just because I think it *could* be improved doesn't mean I have any 
confidence it *will* be :-(

Also: hey! you kids! get off my lawn.

--John

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