Hi all!

So I'm at a point where we can start looking more seriously at the copy text on the front page, a "Features" page, and a "Screenshots" page.

Copy Text & Features ================

The copy text on the four sections can desperately use a re-write. These are the old placeholders I put up a long time ago to have some content and idea in those locations (see the phrase: "High Quality" to see what I mean). I don't think the Photo section is too bad, but the others are honestly just placeholders... Does anyone have some ideas? Even just what should or shouldn't be mentioned in those sections?

They are also supposed to be short on purpose. My original intention (which I still think might be a good idea), was to have each section contain a link to a page that would further explain/demonstrate how GIMP can be used for that topic (Photo, Design, Art, Algos). This is the page where some nice screenshots and focused feature listing that applies to that task could be built.

I was imaging that each topic section would contain an offset text/link that would say something along the lines of "See how ->" or "See more ->", etc...

So the thought I'm having is a total of 5 new pages to the site that will be one link deep from the front page:

1. Features An overview page of various features we would like to highlight. I know that Alex had some thoughts around this, and possibly even already started something? If not I'll put the skeleton of the page up soon and maybe try to list a few thoughts of mine about what we should show off. (We do have an existing "Features" page: http://www.gimp.org/features/ but I'm not sure if it's something we want to keep?)

2. HQ Photo Features 3. Art Creation Features
4. Graphic Design Features
5. Programming/Extensibility Features (Algos?)

Each of those sections will focus on features of GIMP that are helpful to those workflows. I like the idea of focusing on workflow related tasks vs. individual features in isolation. I think it tends to showcase how things get done/created with GIMP (vs. devolving into a feature comparison table...).

These links would live on the existing sections in some way.

Screenshots ==========

The old screenshots page was ported over with the old site content:

http://www.gimp.org/screenshots/

I have a few more to add thanks to Alex. Does this page still look ok to everyone? Are there other screenshots or views that we can (should) add? Please consider either listing them here, or even better, attaching them!

Should I add a section on the front page pointing users to a "Screenshots" page? Or would a more complete "Features" page fulfill what we want to accomplish + more? I feel like a more complete "Features" set of pages will accomplish the same thing as screenshots, but I've been known to be really, really wrong in the past.

If I were to add a specific "Screnshots" section on the homepage, any thoughts about where? Before or after the core values?

pat

I agree about scientific imaging, and it might be a good place to consider possibly including talking about some other plugins?

I also am not sure what we might need screenshots for initially, but I can understand where it might be helpful/useful/interesting for newcomers that have no idea what things might look like. (I personally find it strange, as with free software the only thing stopping you from _seeing_ the software is actually installing it, as opposed to something you'd have to purchase to actually see).

My thought at the moment is this:

1. Just under the news/intro section, and before the "HQ Photo" section, to include a new section with a nice big view of (single window mode?) a workspace. Possibly with a link/text that leads to the screenshots (or feature) page. (assuming we keep a screenshots page - which seems like folks may want).

2. A single Features page with an overview of various grouped features we want to highlight.

3. A features page that coincides with each of the core values sections, that looks at or highlights tools specific to those workflows. These sections are all workflow oriented vs. general feature overviews. On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 6:11 PM Alexandre Prokoudine < alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 6:45 PM, Pat David wrote:

1. Features
2. HQ Photo Features
3. Art Creation Features
4. Graphic Design Features
5. Programming/Extensibility Features (Algos?)

I'd probably throw scientific imaging in the mix, although some relevant features are only available as 3rd party plugins/scripts.

The old screenshots page was ported over with the old site content:

http://www.gimp.org/screenshots/

I have a few more to add thanks to Alex. Does this page still look ok to everyone? Are there other screenshots or views that we can (should)

add?

Please consider either listing them here, or even better, attaching them!

Actually, I'm struggling to understand why a dedicated screenshots page should exist.

Alex
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