Re: "Packages Search Page" design
On Mon, Jan 28, 2002 at 11:18:49AM -0800, Joe Cancilla wrote:
> As a big fan of the Debian distribution, I want others to be able to
> easily find all the latest packages listed on your site. Unfortunately,
> this "Packages Search Page"...
> http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
> ...has a very poor layout. You'll notice that at the top of the page is
> a bar with "About", "News", "Distribution", "Support", "Development",
> and "Search". I'd guess that many people unfamiliar with your site
> will just press this "Search" link and try to find packages with this...
> http://search.debian.org/ (ugh!)
> You'd be surprised how many web surfers will not bother scrolling down
> the packages page to find the "Search Package Directories" box. I find
> this search box to be very useful, and if this page...
> http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
> ...is the main "Packages Search Page", then I believe that the actual
> search box should have prominence over the other information on this page.
I'll put links to the search boxes right at the top of that page.
(I'd rather not split it up because I don't know how I'd name the new
pages :)
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