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Higgins home page project plan

Revision as of 00:59, 30 April 2008 by Paul.socialphysics.org (Talk | contribs) (Here's how it works)

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About

This page focuses only on the http://eclipse.org/higgins page and a few other things that we could get done by Friday the 19th. For a complete list of what we'd like to get done someday on the wiki/site see: Website and Wiki Backlog.

Problems to Address

Even after the work that went into improving the Higgins website/wiki prior to the feb release of 1.0, we continue to get feedback that the site is:

  1. Lack of "integrity". It is confusingly mixed in with the rest of the Eclipse site. Most folks think Eclipse site is about IDE enhancements/plugins. We get comments like "that purple stuff isn't helping the Higgins cause". In reality that "purple stuff" helps Higgins enormously in various ways. But the Higgins website isn't one of them. Folks think that a project of the size and importance of Higgins should have its own site. Should be perceived of as standing on its own. They hear about Higgins, come to the site and then think "oh I must be mistaken, this looks like an IDE plugin. I wasn't looking for an IDE plugin".
  2. The http://eclipse.org/higgins home page is not professionally designed. It is critical that AT LEAST the home page be well designed and communicate well
    1. Part of the problem is the highly constraining Eclipse "phoenix" look and feel
    2. Part of the problem is our lack of concise, clear text and imagery

The Plan (as of 4/25)

In progress

  • Dan Beard is working on new look & feel. We will use Tim Nihoff for all illustrations.
  • Paul is leading the work to develop the new Scenarios content. Will involve Tim creating the scenarios buttons.
  • Jeesmon will help Mary implement Dan's new look & feel.

Done

  • Mary will do a next iteration of the left hand nav and apply it to the "real" site (and gather feedback)
  • Mary will get a quote Dan Beard of Dan Beard Design (508) 358 7627 (dan@danbearddesign.com) http://danbearddesign.com.
  • Paul has completed another pass at the home page content (on this page)
  • Paul has created the scenarios page concept. The 6-7 scenarios will be linked from the home page (as i-card shaped buttons) and from the Scenarios page that will be listed as a new top-level l.h. menu item "Scenarios" when ready.


New Home Page Content

Higgins logo 76Wx100H.jpg

The following is a proposal for the exact content of the home page. Images to be rerendered.

<begin page content>.................


Higgins. Creating a user-centered identity bus for the Internet

sketch: Identity-bus-sketch.PNG

Why a bus?

  • The bus is a new layer that cuts across website data "silos" and puts you in control of your personal data and your networks of friends
  • For the first time it gives you the ability to reach across the web, get hold of data about you, and give it to a friend or a trusted business.
  • With it you can manage all of your online identities in one convenient place

Here's how it works

  • Every conceivable kind of information about people from their preferences, favorite songs, employee id numbers, drivers licenses, affiliations, to their blood type can be stored on an information card.
  • You get all kinds of cards from web sites. Or you create your own.
  • The identity bus carries these cards from site to site and from friend to friend.
  • You install a wallet-like software application called a selector that lets you see and manage them.
  • By simply clicking cards you can log into sites, express yourself, and buy things. No more passwords. No more filling in forms.
  • You can share cards with friends and businesses that you trust and in doing so build permanent connections with them.

How to get on the bus

Higgins provides end-users with a state-of-the-art card selector application which is all they need to get on the bus. And it provides web developers with all of the other bits and pieces needed to make their sites compatible with the bus.

Higgins and...

<several i-card shaped beautifully illustrated buttons go here. See Scenarios for a description of each>


News and Events

  • Blah blah blah blah
  • Blah blah blah blah

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