[haiku-web] Re: R1/Alpha 1 release tasks

  • From: "Remi Grumeau" <remi.grumeau@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-web@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:24:03 +0200

> So, what about:
>  - give this alpha a name: Firefox has its "Deer Park", Flash Player its
> "Astro", BeOS R5.1 its "Dan0"  ...
>  - a welcome prompt window at startup
>  - an "alpha release, for developpers" mention in the About window
>  - a "Report a bug ?" icon on the workspace or Deskbar
>  - a contact@xxxxxxxxxxxx / support@xxxxxxxxxxxx / bug-report@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> in People

 Those are interesting proposals, but I was specifically referring to
> the website (hence the message on this list), not Haiku itself. Maybe
> you can send a message to the [haiku-development] list for possible
> addition to the alpha 1 release wiki in Trac.


I will.


>
> Back to the website, what I had in mind visually was something a bit
> like thinkgos.com, (perhaps not as flashy), with a shorter intro than
> what we have now, and links such as Download it, Install it, Test it,
> Report bugs, etc., followed by the existing "What's New" area of the
> front page.



Huge difference between thinkgos.com homepage and the haiku homepage.
So what you see is a big visual to put on top of the content we have on the
homepage ?
Want a muckup ?

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