On Fri, 12 Oct 2007, Matt Hyclak wrote: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 04:49:40PM +0200, Dag Wieers enlightened us: > > > What do you think about this structure: > > > http://wiki.centos.org/FrontPageProposal?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=wiki-structure-5-en.png > > > > It is definitely an improvement over what we have now, but in my opinion > > there are too many blocks. And the documentation block looks like it is a > > permanent menu, while it is not. > > > > Again, I believe we need a left-handside permanent menu that helps > > navigate the content. And the content is the first people need to see. So > > I would move the screenshot to the right, put a small introduction on the > > left, and immediately show not more than 7 sections. So that people in a > > glimp of an eye, can see what choices they have and make a choice. > > > > The importance of not more than 7 links is that people can remember > > and return to those 7 choices. Too many links on a frontpage trembles that > > structure. > > > > Not to mention the 7 +/- 2 rule[1] of how much data we can hold in short term > memory to process. No, I'm not taking Educational Psychology classes this > quarter, I swear! Hey, that's interesting. I don't know how I came up with 7, but I felt that more than 7 would probably be too much. Funny that this actually has been part of a psychological study :) PS That obviously means that I have an average capacity :/ -- -- dag wieers, dag at centos.org, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]
