maemo.org, website which ....

...sucks a lot.

Consider this real scenario:

1. You want to develope new application for OS2006
2. You need to update OS2006
3. You need to update maemo2.1 to maemo2.2

Maybe I am stupid , but clever guy do:

1. Open maemo.org
2. Follow "Maemo 2.2 'gregale' is released" link from frontpage
3. Follow one of these two links:

• The latest OS 2006 Software Edition is available here.
• For more info please see the releases page

1. Download latest OS2006 ( you completely hae no idea what to do with this OS )
2. Follow release page
3. Follow Maemo 2.2 'gregale' Release
4. Follow any link in 2.2 release section
5. Try to figure out what to do.
6. Count from 1 to 10 to calm down....
7. Imagine "I feel lucky"
8. Follow "wiki" link in main navigation
9. Dada! There's howto for developers!

There's 'Developers' link in main navigation. Why thi showto is not linked directly from developers section?

What does 'Wiki' means in main navigation? A Page that uses wiki? A tool? What? I wonder if I should create 'PHP' link on my website because website uses PHP...

Almost full quote from Vabank:

Q: Do you always keep money in a bathroom with your dirt panties? A: Yeah , sure! And I keep my toothpaste in my socks!

A good lesson for me being also a developer and release manager. Always use links and titles which describes what is the content they provide. Never use links with names which describe what is the tool they use.

I remember I lost quite some time few weeks ago when I wanted to find applications' catalog on maemo.org. Wiki page was the last one I selected.

A similiar scenario can be repeated on http://gnome.org website. This is impossible for end user to find anything. In the same time, my wife is trying to find some gnome application. Obviously, not being gnome developer, she has no idea that http://gnomefiles.org can be found at gnome.org > community > software map.