Timeline for maintaining superuser signal to noise for new users
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| Jul 22, 2010 at 17:56 | history | migrated | from meta.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Jul 16, 2009 at 16:23 | comment | added | Anonymous | I absolutely hate "noise" on a website. I'm a busy gal - I don't have the patience to deal with noise. If I'm coming to SuperUser for a specific purpose, I don't give a hoot what the most recent questions are. They're in my way. The front page should NOT include recent questions. It should only include a way to ask a question and a way to search for questions. Will people still be able to figure out how to ask a question and search with the current UI? Sure. But the current UI is less than ideal from a usability standpoint. And I'll take that pony. 8-) | |
| Jul 16, 2009 at 14:29 | comment | added | TheTXI | You cannot bribe me with miniature equine gifts. At least not on Meta. | |
| Jul 16, 2009 at 13:43 | comment | added | Rob Allen | Darn. And I was just going to bring you a new pony... | |
| Jul 16, 2009 at 13:38 | comment | added | TheTXI | I guess we're just going to have to agree to disagree then. I don't know how much more "easy" you need to make sites than "Ask A Question" being prominently displayed on almost every single page. | |
| Jul 16, 2009 at 13:34 | comment | added | Rob Allen | Those have historically been technical users. SuperUser will attract a less knowledgeable audience. | |
| Jul 16, 2009 at 13:25 | comment | added | TheTXI | We have new users come to all of the sites every single day and they still manage to ask their questions without getting lost in the list of questions (sometimes we wish they would try and get a little more lost because they like asking dupes). There is a big question called "Ask A Question" on the front, I don't think it is that hard for newbies to get their question out there to the public (again, some might say it's too easy at times). | |
| Jul 16, 2009 at 13:02 | comment | added | Rob Allen | Sure but imagine someone you know going to superuser.com for the first time after you told them to. What are they likely to see and do? The search box isn't salient enough to take your eyes away from the laundry list of questions and thats a good thing for anyone who has been there a bunch or is familiar with the layout. | |
| Jul 16, 2009 at 12:58 | comment | added | TheTXI | Shouldn't this be what the search box at the top is for? It's not great by any stretch of the imagination, but then again you can also do a custom google search as well. | |
| Jul 16, 2009 at 12:54 | history | answered | Rob Allen | CC BY-SA 2.5 |