Posted by member 378001 on 2007-07-29 20:51:01 link
uhm... write *what* up and send it to you? you want me to author your front page for you? Sure thing, send me a proposed fee schedule.
Not to be an *** or anything, but this is the kind of snide remarks that I expected in the first place.
Screenshots are not what I was referring to when I said "the front page of this site could use a little more info on it." I was referring to something that actually says what LiteStep is... something along the lines of "LiteStep is a replacement shell for Windows(tm) Operating Systems that allows you to customize the background, menus, window decorations, and other items to improve the look and feel of your computing experience."
This would allow people to have some clue as to what goes on here, rather than forcing them to sign up before they even get a taste. Screenshots, great. I'm not saying to remove those. Just give the people who came here with nothing more than a friend/colleague saying "LiteStep is great, you should check it out" a little something more than "Sign up here for LiteStep", ya know?
I came here with nothing more than a name, and was forced to sign up before I could get more than that from this site. Admittedly, there are other sites out there with information, but I came here, to the *home* of LiteStep... and was confronted at the door with a palm to the face, and a shouted "MEMBERS ONLY, JOIN OR LEAVE".
Forgive my ignorance, but this is not the friendly atmosphere I would expect a community-driven idea to thrive in. Perhaps a brief explanation of *why* someone must sign up to view the forums and download stuff would not be amiss. Something akin to "Forgive our apparent arrogant elitism, it's not what it seems. We have to restrict access to anything more than the front page to members, in order to comply with the contract with our web host. Here's some brief info and a screen shot or two to whet your appetite. When you're ready, sign up and see what we can do with LiteStep, and learn how to do it yourself."
To keep this post from getting any more monstrous in size, I'm going to cut it off now. Sorry for wasting your bandwidth with my huge text.
Not to be an *** or anything, but this is the kind of snide remarks that I expected in the first place.
Screenshots are not what I was referring to when I said "the front page of this site could use a little more info on it." I was referring to something that actually says what LiteStep is... something along the lines of "LiteStep is a replacement shell for Windows(tm) Operating Systems that allows you to customize the background, menus, window decorations, and other items to improve the look and feel of your computing experience."
This would allow people to have some clue as to what goes on here, rather than forcing them to sign up before they even get a taste. Screenshots, great. I'm not saying to remove those. Just give the people who came here with nothing more than a friend/colleague saying "LiteStep is great, you should check it out" a little something more than "Sign up here for LiteStep", ya know?
I came here with nothing more than a name, and was forced to sign up before I could get more than that from this site. Admittedly, there are other sites out there with information, but I came here, to the *home* of LiteStep... and was confronted at the door with a palm to the face, and a shouted "MEMBERS ONLY, JOIN OR LEAVE".
Forgive my ignorance, but this is not the friendly atmosphere I would expect a community-driven idea to thrive in. Perhaps a brief explanation of *why* someone must sign up to view the forums and download stuff would not be amiss. Something akin to "Forgive our apparent arrogant elitism, it's not what it seems. We have to restrict access to anything more than the front page to members, in order to comply with the contract with our web host. Here's some brief info and a screen shot or two to whet your appetite. When you're ready, sign up and see what we can do with LiteStep, and learn how to do it yourself."
To keep this post from getting any more monstrous in size, I'm going to cut it off now. Sorry for wasting your bandwidth with my huge text.