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Re: IAOC Seeks Community Input on IETF Website Revamp SOW

2014-03-20 02:38:06
On 20/03/2014 03:50, Kathleen Moriarty wrote:

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 19, 2014, at 4:13 AM, Brian E Carpenter 
<brian(_dot_)e(_dot_)carpenter(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:


I was concerned when I first heard of this that it would result in a
website that would call for flashy software on a gee-whiz device to
be able to carry on participating in the work of the IETF.  I note,
however, that while the SOW talks of getting the work done, the SOW is
limited to www.ietf.org.  Checking History, I find I last used that when
planning to attend IETF89 and before that, I cannot recall when.
I think you're overlooking that there is lots of informational
material at www.ietf.org/* for people who may not strictly be
newcomers but are still learning. I'm still learning, and use
much of that material frequently.

Of the ~50 links off http://www.ietf.org/content.html, I counted
only 6 links to the datatracker.

So if www.ietf.og was made gee-whiz and flashy, it would not affect me;
and 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..
That's the outreach mission. Different audience.

It might be useful to get feedback from newcomers to the past few IETF 
meetings to get their perspective.  Many of is are used to the interface and 
have adapted, even prefer it's simplicity.  I did get questions from a few 
newcomers in Berlin about the web site, thinking the IETF was a bit out of 
touch and behind the times.  This may make it difficult to attract newcomers 
and younger engineers.  


Maybe I should draft some text on "Why this website looks so boring" for
the newcomers' page? (Seriously.)

   Brian

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