Re: [Revampers] Revamp of the www.ietf.org website - next steps

Ben Campbell <ben@nostrum.com> Tue, 01 August 2017 15:30 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Revampers] Revamp of the www.ietf.org website - next steps
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> On Aug 1, 2017, at 10:21 AM, Barry Leiba <barryleiba@computer.org> wrote:
> 
>> A. Provide a landing page dedicated to current IETF participants
>> 
>> That page will include links to:
>>  - items on the left-side at www.ietf.org (or a subset thereof)
>>  - information about the next IETF meeting
>>  - links to functions at datatracker.ietf.org
>> 
>> Ideally this would also be:
>>  - viewable in a single screen on a desktop/laptop display
>>  -  reachable via a short, memorable URL
>>    without images
>> 
>> A draft is currently posted at https://beta.ietf.org/links/
> 
> A good start.  One first comment:
> Please, please, please get rid of the pale-blue-on-grey colour scheme
> and stick with full-black on full-white.  This is for frequent fliers,
> so let's make sure we can all read it clearly on all devices, and no
> fall into the insane low-contrast trend that too many web sites are
> using.

+1, both on “good start” and “low-contrast trend”.