On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 02:54:51PM +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > Dave Page wrote:
> >> I was reading the recent Slashdot thread on MySQL earlier and once again
> >> saw a number of people saying they would use PostgreSQL except for the
> >> lack of replication. This seems to me to be the widespread FUD about
> >> postgres these days.
> >
> >> It seems to us (me and the guys in the office here) that there is
> >> nowhere on the front page of the website to see why we're the world's
> >> most advanced open source DB - in fact, you have to dive in to the About
> >> section and then find a bullet pointed list of features at the bottom of
> >> the Advantages page.
> >
> >> In addition, the About page is very wordy, and describes a few features
> >> (including GiST - no mention of GIN), whilst the Advantages page has a
> >> more comprehensive list of features, but is mainly concerned with
> >> non-technical 'market speak' reasons to use postgres.
> >
> >> So, we had a couple of thoughts on how that can be improved to show
> >> people quickly why they should choose our technology over anyone elses:
> >
> > May I humbly suggest than instead of the below, we remove the book of
> > text that is /about with what you suggest? :) We really provide entirely
> > too much info in about that could be better put in something like
> > /about/extended or something.
>
> Yes, I'd be happy with that, but I still think it should be more
> prominently linked form the front page. IF we can get some of the detail
> there as well, even better - I'm really sick of hearing that we have no
> replication!!!
I think that sounds like a good idea - replace the page under /about with
something better *and* stick a more prominent link on the frontpage.
//Magnus