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bonndan:
I've been following this remarkable project for quite a while now and feel compelled to give an advice concerning the project's communication strategy to end users.

1) The "home" page should be targeted more towards players. You have lots of interesting media and the fascinating story on the "about" page. So maybe link the gallery to the screenshot and copy the first sentence from "about" to the "home" sidebar. In my opinion the translation status is not useful information (except for some developers) and might give the impression that development is hardly going on (sorry for that).

2) It is difficult to estimate where the project is going. You have a lot (technical) information like the TODO in the wiki, but there is no document/post etc. that says in five lines "we are going to do a,b,c in 2.2. and maybe d,e,f in 2.3" (or it is hard to find). A brief roadmap document in the wiki could be helpful for both players and contributors.

3) The monthly reviews are fine, and I am longing for them every new month, but
a) the frequency is a bit low in the times of twitter - I guess it takes more efforts to write a review covering the whole month's development at once than writing more shorter posts
b) they are far too technical ("A bit more threading in various components." says nearly nothing). You could use "New UFOpedia images and textures" as headline for a smaller post instead.

Conclusion: Few changes can render UFOAI much more attractive.

Kind regards

Dan

BTAxis:
We don't really have anyone who maintains the website, apart from the news updates. If you think you can help in that area, drop by on IRC and talk to mattn.

bonndan:
I contacted him on ICQ, thanks. You can also pm me or preferably email to bonndan (at) gmx.de

Depending on the CMS you use I can support the project more or less.


Regards

Dan

Duke:
Very good proposals imho :)

shevegen:
I like the news updates, however maybe someone could make a short summary what is happened... been some time since the last update by now, maybe next week someone can put in some news? Or are you guys doing holidays finally :P

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