[oe-sync] FW: OpenEdgeComputing - Website Feedback

[Ashlee Young]

Hi Guenter and Marco,

Thanks for the feedback. I will see what I can do :)

With respect to the black background, the issue I ran into was that the hover text in the menu are white and I can’t seem to find where that is set. It doesn’t matter what I change in the CSS, I couldn’t get the values to change at all. I even went so far as to change ALL white values in ALL stylesheets to black and I couldn’t get the hover color to change. I then tried the same thing in the javascripts. It’s like voodoo magic or something. But I do agree with you and will take another look, perhaps see if I can get some outside help from the creator of the template. 

Best,

Ash

-Ash

> On Oct 9, 2015, at 6:00 AM, Klas, Guenter, Vodafone Group <Guenter.Klas at vodafone.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ashlee, all,
>  
> Here some comments  from me and Marco to help improve the OEC website.
> From me:
> ·         I like the logo. Just great!
> ·         We need a crisp elevator pitch for the first page that explains what this website is all about, I think all agree, just need to text snippets. I’ll give it a thought.
> ·         The open edge computing vision image to the right needs polishing. One of us could do….
> ·         I wonder whether the black background is good in the area found by scrolling down. Wouldn’t white work better, as the picture were all designed to work on white background?
> ·         The menu link “About OEC” currently leads to content that explains motivation, vision, technology. I wonder, whether people expect to find information about “the organisation” or “the initiative”, i.e. who is part of it, why was it set up, since when in existence etc.
> We could have a section that explains who we are, the goals of OEC. Here some proposed bullet items:
> 
> Who we are:
> Carnegie Mellon University pioneered early work on Cloudlets for cloud computing at the edge. Various research partners got exposure to this work.
> In summer 2015, a few parties joined efforts to accelerate and leverage this research under the banner of Open Edge Computing. For now these are CMU, Intel, Huawei and Vodafone.
> 
> Main goals:
> ·         Leveraging Cloudlets as enabling technology.
> ·         Driving the necessary technology and technology improvements as derived from various use cases that involve low latency and computation at the edge (e.g. extensions to OpenStack, KVM, QEMU).
> ·         Driving prototyping of applications that leverage edge cloud computing, pushing the boundaries and demonstrating benefits.
> ·         Driving the eco system development for Open Edge Computing. In particular socialising the concept of Open Edge Computing and benefits with the IT and application software industry.
> ·         Engaging with target service industries/sectors through demonstrators and joint projects.
> ·         Engaging with the relevant developer communities, seeking feedback and driving acceptance of edge cloud computing.
> ·         Synchronising work with other efforts incl. ETSI ISG MEC and OPNFV.
>  
> So far my bits. Below ideas + thoughts from Marco with his Picasso-style of illustration attached ;-)
>  
> From Marco:
>  
> This are my thoughts on the OEC website and possible feedback to take to Ashley for its improvements.
> <image003.jpg>
>  
> As far As web design goes (see the sections A, B, C scribbled on top of above picture):
> ·         Spacing:
> o   Section A could have smaller height. Navigation links on top right should be closer to A’s bottom section than top of page.
> o   Spacing in section B should be a lot smaller. This in combination with the previous point will create valuable space for information placeholders (mentioned further below).
> ·         Colour scheme should be more neutral. Using the colours of the OEC logo can be maintained for the relevant areas.
> I’d try:
> o   Section A with white background
> o   Dynamic information area should have a maximum of 2 colours (alternating). For this we can use both colours found on OEC logo.
> o   Section C should have white background
> ·         Section C would have more space has per initial spacing recommendations:
> o   I advise a division into 3 column sections within section C;
> o   Social Networks links should be placed together (vertically on top of each other, see attachment for example) and on the far right;
> o   Should include a short description about OpenEdgeComputing;
> o   Should have a Latest News/Events (possible link to Blog or Twitter widget) feed, to be placed centrally.
> ·         Areas below the initial visible screen should be scrollable and reached through navigation on the Dynamic pane.
> o   Should follow a business/direct language showing the value proposition for Edge Computing in a ‘pitch’ format: Example is attached.
> o   Technical language/terms such as: Handoff, Offload, VM, etc should be avoided and only placed on the pages that further detail the mechanisms of Edge Computing.
> ·         Top Menu should include relevant links to: Home; About OEC;  Developers; Discussion/Forums; Resources; Contact Us;
> ·         Section below C should have the relevant value proposition in non-technical terms:
> o   An example of possible approach in terms of language and message is in the attachment.
> ·         Couldn’t come up with a better key catch-phrase then: “A Cloud so close, you’ll feel it’s Yours.”
>  
> END
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