Comments on: Starting with the homepage is the fast lane to politico-hell http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2006/05/05/3162/starting-with-the-homepage-is-the-fast-lane-to-politico-hell Peter Van Dijck's weblog Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:26:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Twan van Elk http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2006/05/05/3162/starting-with-the-homepage-is-the-fast-lane-to-politico-hell#comment-59626 Twan van Elk Sun, 07 May 2006 13:50:54 +0000 http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2006/05/05/3162/starting-with-the-homepage-is-the-fast-lane-to-politico-hell#comment-59626 Heh... :-) Guess you're right, Peter. Very hypothetically, indeed... Heh… :-) Guess you’re right, Peter. Very hypothetically, indeed…

]]> By: Peter http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2006/05/05/3162/starting-with-the-homepage-is-the-fast-lane-to-politico-hell#comment-59581 Peter Sat, 06 May 2006 14:25:04 +0000 http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2006/05/05/3162/starting-with-the-homepage-is-the-fast-lane-to-politico-hell#comment-59581 I've just found that your discussions get much more productive if you don't talk about the homepage at first. Focus on other areas. The homepage is an area full of landmines, and I never find that very productive at first. After you've worked out a lot of the other issues on the site (a lot of low hanging fruit for sure - don't tell me there's nothing specifically wrong with it except for the homepage, that's like, statistically impossible, I'd be very surprised), the homepage discussion becomes much more intelligent. That's just been my experience. I’ve just found that your discussions get much more productive if you don’t talk about the homepage at first. Focus on other areas. The homepage is an area full of landmines, and I never find that very productive at first. After you’ve worked out a lot of the other issues on the site (a lot of low hanging fruit for sure - don’t tell me there’s nothing specifically wrong with it except for the homepage, that’s like, statistically impossible, I’d be very surprised), the homepage discussion becomes much more intelligent. That’s just been my experience.

]]> By: James Robertson http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2006/05/05/3162/starting-with-the-homepage-is-the-fast-lane-to-politico-hell#comment-59529 James Robertson Fri, 05 May 2006 23:59:02 +0000 http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2006/05/05/3162/starting-with-the-homepage-is-the-fast-lane-to-politico-hell#comment-59529 Hi Peter, that's the most passionate response to one of our articles yet! :-) Yes, the homepage can certainly be political, but it's generally tackled anyway as part of a complete redesign. Note that we're not suggesting necessarily removing anything from the page, but rather, to re-proportion how the space is used on the homepage... Anyway, I'm going to hell anyway... ;-) Cheers, James Hi Peter, that’s the most passionate response to one of our articles yet! :-)

Yes, the homepage can certainly be political, but it’s generally tackled anyway as part of a complete redesign. Note that we’re not suggesting necessarily removing anything from the page, but rather, to re-proportion how the space is used on the homepage…

Anyway, I’m going to hell anyway… ;-)

Cheers,
James

]]> By: Twan van Elk http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2006/05/05/3162/starting-with-the-homepage-is-the-fast-lane-to-politico-hell#comment-59502 Twan van Elk Fri, 05 May 2006 12:50:31 +0000 http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2006/05/05/3162/starting-with-the-homepage-is-the-fast-lane-to-politico-hell#comment-59502 But what if there's nothing terribly wrong with the other parts of the site? Iain Barker (who was the author of the original piece, btw) talks about 'addressing' the homepage. In other words putting it up for discussion and trying to figure out whether it's fulfilling its purpose. Is that wrong? But what if there’s nothing terribly wrong with the other parts of the site? Iain Barker (who was the author of the original piece, btw) talks about ‘addressing’ the homepage. In other words putting it up for discussion and trying to figure out whether it’s fulfilling its purpose. Is that wrong?

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