Re: [boost] [home page] Marketing?

From: Olaf Krzikalla (krzikalla_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-03 08:32:01

Hi,

in addition to the things others already mentioned here (and I agree 
with most the points made by them) I have some remarks regarding the 
ordering of the top page:

1st: IMHO the 'Participation' section isn't necessary at the top page. A 
first time visitor is interested in the 'whats', not in the 'hows'.

2nd: The 'Latest News' should move near the top of the page. That means, 
  the news have to be shortened. I would go with something along:

07/01/2005: Version 1.33.0 released. It includes some new outstanding 
libraries improving the handling of streams, hash functions (aso). 
(a)Read more...(/a)

Just some sentences are enough. Whoever is interested in a in-depth 
description, will follow the link. For all the others the date will be 
more interesting since it indicates a living product (as long as the 
last entry isn't outdated ;-).

3rd: 'The Boost web site provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source 
libraries.' As far as I understand english, the site doesn't provide the 
  libs. The boost community provides them.
'The emphasis is on libraries which work well with the C++ Standard 
Library.' I wouldn't emphasize on that any longer. Working well with the 
C++ SL is rather a precondition now.
Maybe rewriting these crucial first sentences would be the best.

Best regards
Olaf Krzikalla