- From: Giovanni Tummarello <giovanni.tummarello@deri.org>
- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:25:13 +0100
- To: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Cc: site-comments@w3.org
Hi the old one is the "old one" :-) so you're shielded. I can indeed tell that the new one is volunteer work. I am just not sure it is in the best interest of W3C to be looking like that. i do know that the financial situation of w3c is what it is, but i think this would pay itself almost immediately end of advices, thanks for listening. cheers giovanni On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> wrote: > > On 16 Sep 2009, at 10:52 AM, Giovanni Tummarello wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> i truly care about w3c role and activity, so please take my feedback >> positively. I think the beta site is very uninspiring. >> Sorry geek time is over, you want to get corporate sponsorship you >> have to have a reasonable look that makes you want to belong to it. >> Apparences are very important. >> Ideas on graphic themes, images etc should abound given the cardinal >> role w3c had in making the web what it is today. >> >> Please do spend some money on some good quality, inspired web designer >> and/or PR agency > > Hi Giovanni, > > I appreciate the message that the W3C site deserves to have an interesting > visual appearance. I think that the beta site is a significant improvement > over our current site. We have relied heavily on volunteers who have offered > their services to get us to this point. I expect that this framework will > allow for continued improvements. I would like to finish this version of the > site as soon as possible because of the new features and improvements. Then > we can turn our attentions to the next round of improvements. > > _ Ian > -- > Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/ > Tel: +1 718 260 9447 > >
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