Re: new website: draft 3

[Tim McNamara]

On Jun 28, 2009, at 2:55 AM, chip wrote:

> I think there is obviously far too much white space, also the same  
> on the Downloads page.

I disagree and find that most web pages have too much stuff crammed  
into them, usually so much that it's hard to find the information one  
is looking for.  I like the simplicity of the page and I don't even  
think the separator lines are necessary.  If you want to see the  
mother of layout nightmares, look at the GoDaddy.com pages.  Jeebus,  
those suck.

I thing it's also important to minimize the use of Javascript (unless  
you're doing Ajax), drop-down menus, etc.  Most of that stuff can be  
done with HTML which loads faster and works with more browsers more  
predictably.  Avoid cute for the sake of cute.  Usability is the  
thing of key importance and not how nifty people will think the code is.

As for the "Advertizing" (sic) tab, how about "Is LilyPond for you?"   
Or is that too long?  If it is, how about "Using LilyPond"?  Or even  
somethng bland like "Overview"?