Requirements for the new kde.org website

[Jason Bainbridge]

Firstly apologies for the cross posting but I wanted to get the attention of all potential stakeholders, so if I have missed any important groups please forward this on or alternatively if you have gotten this mail and aren't interested in the re-design of kde.org please ignore it.

As many of you are already aware there have been several prototypes floating about for a new design of the kde.org website, the main ones of which are listed below:

http://kde.org/testing/

http://www.kde.org/testing/modified-2/index.html

http://usability.kde.org/newdesign/

It is becoming more and more apparent however that none of these designs come close to meeting everyone's requirements as the discussions on how they should be modified seem neverending.

I am hence proposing that a proper Requirements Specification be drafted so a design can then be implemented that best meets everyone's needs and wants. Some may see this as an unecessary delay holding back implementing a new design but I think it is a step backwards that will ultimately reap many benefits. 

To complete this document I will be trawling through all of the previous posts and I also ask that if anyone has any input that they would like to add that they reply to this email to the kde-www list (please don't reply to whichever list you receive this from as I don't wish to pollute the other lists, if you are interested in following the discussion then you can join kde-www :-)

I will be storing these requirements on http://usability.kde.org/newdesign simply as it is a convenient place for me to do so. I am also contemplating on drafting a survey to better guage the collective needs and wants of all, but will do this once the requirements have been gathered.

Again if you have any thoughts on any of the above please reply to kde-www or if you want to reply off list for some reason please email me direct.

Regards,
Jason Bainbridge
(not signed as I'm at work using webmail whilst the boss isn't looking)