[R] www.r-project.org

[bogdan romocea]

I agree it would be worthwhile to make some cosmetic changes to
r-project.org (nothing fancy though - no javascript, Flash etc). The
general public may not be fully aware of how R compares to other
statistical software, and I doubt that a web site which looks like it
was put together 10 years ago helps bend the perceptions in the right
direction. (Also, can someone finally change the graph on the first
page??)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of roger bos
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 1:09 PM
> To: Romain Francois
> Cc: RHELP
> Subject: Re: [R] www.r-project.org
>
> While there is nothing about the r-project site that I would
> consider fancy,
> it is pretty functional.  I would be interested to hear more
> about what you
> hope to accomplish by re-doing the web site.  Fancy graphics
> may just slow
> down the experience for those not on broadband.  After all,
> the r-help list
> doesn't even like HTML in email, so it may not like too many
> fancy stuff on
> their website either.
>
>
>
>
> On 4/25/06, Romain Francois <francoisromain at free.fr> wrote:
> >
> > Dear R users and developpers,
> >
> > My question is adressed to both of you, so I choose R-help
> to post it.
> >
> > Are there any plans to jazz up the main R website :
> > http://www.r-project.org
> > The look it have now is the same for a long time and kind of sad
> > compared to other statistical package's website. Of course, the
> > comparison is not fair, since companies are paying web
> designers to draw
> > lollipop websites ...
> >
> > My first idea was to organize some kind of web designing contest.
> > But, I had a small talk with Friedrich Leisch about that,
> who said that
> > I shouldn't expect too many competitors.
> > So, what about creating a small team, create a home page project and
> > then propose it to the core team.
> > It goes without saying it : The core team has the final word.
> >
> > What do you think ? Who would like to play ?
> >
> > Romain
> >
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