The ReactOS website frontpage content has remained the same for several months and it has lead to some confused visitors who has asked a lot questions in the forums.
We need a high quality text for the frontpage which need to be reviewed by native speekers. The current text is good, but not brilliant. There is for example no single line where it states that ReactOS not using the linux kernel. Or the following sentense is not optimal: "Finally, a FOSS operating system for everyone!". End-User does not need to know what "FOSS" is nor any other technical slang. This are just a few example which shows some downsides of the current frontpage content.
I am talking about the following page: http://www.reactos.org/xhtml/en/index.html
... to be exactly, the main part, starting with "ReactOS Project" and ending with the "W3C" icons.
Please take some time and review the text and post your suggestions here (ReactOS Mailing List).
The text does not have to have the same length or same structure/layout. It would be great to have a longer text splitted up into several sub-topics suitable for a website frontpage.
Visit other website's and compare the content.
To sum up, we need a lot of volunteers (with good english language and grammar knowledge) who want to help ito improve the ReactOS website. Even if you are not a native speaker and/or not good in english, you are welcome to post your suggestions/ideas/etc.
I hope this email will get a lot of response and I am looking forward to an efficient conversation.
Klemens Friedl ReactOS Dev & Website Admin http://www.reactos.org
Klemens Friedl wrote:
We need a high quality text for the frontpage which need to be reviewed by native speekers. The current text is good, but not brilliant.
I have been thinking the same thing for a while now too. The current info doesn't read very well. I'm busy this week, but would be able to help next week. Perhaps Alex could assist here too, as he as pretty clear and concise writing skills.
Ged.
How do you plan to translate the 5 green buttons on the main page of
the support >database (two of them appearing on the homepage)?
Do you plan to make an image-set for each language, or will they be
replaced by >standard plain text links in the future?
I will create buttons with text overlay, so that it can be changed according to the users language in near future. The same thing applies for the "Download ReactOS" banner.
I'm busy this week, but would be able to help next week. Perhaps Alex could assist here too, as he as pretty clear and concise writing skills.
Would be nice if some more will be able post/costribute new/improved content or just take part in the discussion.
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Klemens Friedl