Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Usability/Main Page/Draft/Vote6A

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1. There's too much work involved with redoing the second feature, and we don't even HAVE a sixth feature. The page takes way too long to load and bogs down old machines. Remember the KISS principle. Ultimately, there's no need for those extra features, but everything else is fantastic.--HereToHelp (talk • contribs) 02:25, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
   1. The second feature being the combined Did you know (on weekdays) and Today's featured picture (on weekends) will be easy to redo, and can be split off into two fully supported features with no problem. The picture is already produced daily, while the Did you know team has reported that they are ready to support weekends anytime we're ready for them to. --Go for it! 20:34, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
2. I agree with everything that HereToHelp wrote, and I'll add that we haven't even begun to discuss the logistics of expanding "Did you know..." to the weekends (let alone creating a brand new feature). —David Levy 02:32, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
   1. The Did you know team has informed us that expanding to weekends would be no problem, and they look forward to the additional exposure. So, limiting the Main Page to 4 features is unnecessary in that regard. --Go for it! 20:15, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
   2. I think we've kind of painted ourselves into a corner. I like the POTD on the main page, but its too long with 6 features. I'd like to see POTD remain but to shorten the page we would have to remove something. The community section is a great idea as newbies need a lot more help/introduction than they've been getting, so i think the only other option is to remove DYK. Again, too many people are heavily invested in that feature to just chuck it, so I don't know what to do. I think if we want the other features of the new page we'll have to accept the loss of the POTD for now. - Trevor MacInnis (Talk | Contribs) 17:31, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
3. It's not too different from the current main page, but the improvements it has are good ones.  Run!  19:50, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
4. I think it's the best out of the choices presented. I'm not a big fan of the section titles though, slightly misaligned and the bright aqua blue coloring doesn't fit with the rest of the page.   freshgavin TALK    23:43, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

   If you're referring to the misalignment of the "Today's featured picture" and "Did you know..." section titles, that's a temporary technical glitch (caused by the manner in which the features are being transcluded). This would be corrected in the final version. —David Levy 23:56, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

5. Per Run!, plus this version wastes the least space. --James S. 01:12, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
6. Picture of the day would be a nice addition. --Rohit 03:51, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
7. Support. Draft A keeps things simple and straightforward. The formatting of the columns is even, and overall I just find that most of the other drafts look cluttered. However, I think we should replace the aqua with the yellow from Draft C, or something else to make it 'pop' better. LordAmeth 12:01, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
8. Like this draft best. Keeps things simple; rather lightweight compared to the others. Ikh (talk) 15:26, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
9. I'm a big fan of Draft A. It's small and still has the nice "highlighting" of feature names. Of course, small comes with a price - no featured picture that I noticed. (I noticed a reference to featured picture above. If so, where would it go? There's already four features on the draft.) Kimera757 15:34, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
10. Support. Draft A uses the least space, is thinnest and readable, and doesn't have the spread out and wasteful pics for the sections. We don't need them, and the site flows much better without them. David 23:24, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
11. Looks like puffed up (B) is favored by more as between the two. Inclusionism makes load time important and modesty best, which is Draft A. Metarhyme 21:36, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
12. Support. Easy access, light. --Gogino 05:35, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
13. Support, looks the best of the choices to me, has everything that I think is important to include on the main page. - Bobet 05:02, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
14. Support, I like this one best. --michael180 23:49, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
15. Support. My favorite of the bunch, if not by much. The only thing I don't much care for is the wording "948,593 articles that anyone can edit", which seems to indicate people can't make their own. Sarge Baldy 09:23, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
16. Support --Tone 11:35, 9 February 2006 (UTC)