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[Nav - EOWG] Title prefix for specific issue pages #85

Closed shawna-slh closed 6 years ago

shawna-slh commented 6 years ago

The WAI site currently has three pages that were created to address specific narrow issues:

Please skim those pages to get an idea of their scope.

To help communicate that these are narrow topic pages, I propose we categorize them. This would also help with navigation skimming, see prototype navigation with shortened titles

These were brainstorms from 1 Sept telecon and all of them had some -1s

What other brainstorms can you come up with?

shawna-slh commented 6 years ago

What about: "On Point:"

We could have one of the home page middle boxes (in prototype navigation with shortened titles currently with dummy placeholders Audit, Design, Develop, Laws & Policies) be something like:

On Point

On Point articles answer questions on:

In Context of nav:

Accessibility Fundamentals

VivienneConway commented 6 years ago

+1 from me

iamjolly commented 6 years ago

"On Point:" sounds like a good preface for the narrow topic pages.

I just thought of a similar one: "In Focus:"

I believe either might work and would be happy with On Point. Curious if other folks have alternatives that would accurately reflect the content being about a more narrow topic.

yatil commented 6 years ago

“On Point” feels like it would perpetuate the myth (?) that our other resources are not on point. I’d like to avoid it. What about: “Focus on Mobile Accessibility” etc. instead? I do not have strong feelings and as long as we are consistent, it shouldn’t be a big problem.

(I am unsure on having them in the boxes on the front page as they are backgrounders and not hands-on information. For example I’d prefer the “Developers’ Intro to Mobile” to the Mobile FAQ for that prime position on the home page. But I don’t feel strongly.)

nitedog commented 6 years ago

I like "On point". It is immediately clear that it is discussing a specific point related to the overall topic.

ghost commented 6 years ago

+1 with narrowing the perceived scope in navigation by categorizing them. and +1 with 'Focus on" by @yatil (sorry for my terse style, y'all said relevant things and I don't have anything to add to them.)

bakkenb commented 6 years ago

+1 to "on point" Definition (Merriam Webster): relating very well to the subject that is being discussed.

vmmiller commented 6 years ago

+1 for "In Focus:" or "Focus on:"

shawna-slh commented 6 years ago

I appreciate the idea of "focus" -- it's good to get multiple ideas to consider.

-1 for "Focus on Standards Harmonization is Essential", "Focus on Accessibility, Usability, Inclusion", "Focus on Mobile Accessibility at W3C" because it becomes imperative (expressing commands, direct requests), that is, we are telling people: "You should focus on this.", but these things are not what we want most people to focus on. We want them to know about them, but not focus on them above other resources.
(@yatil, I see your point about the home page box)

In Focus: ... does not have that same issue: "In Focus: Standards Harmonization is Essential", "In Focus: Accessibility, Usability, Inclusion", "In Focus: Mobile Accessibility at W3C"

I mildly prefer "On Point" to "In Focus" because "focus" is a more complex word and also it relates to vision.

James-Green commented 6 years ago

I really think the additional words are unnecessary and add words without value.