New BBO Home Page
#1
Posted 2016-January-19, 17:47
However, I do wish that the development team could instead devote just a little bit of their valuable time, to addressing the suggestions, complaints, and bug reports, put across by users of this forum....
#2
Posted 2016-January-19, 18:03
But better than that prior page that looked like it was circa 1997 Netscape.
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#3
Posted 2016-January-19, 18:22
#5
Posted 2016-January-19, 23:31
#6
Posted 2016-January-20, 03:21
It says "Casual games, ACBL tournaments, Solitaire". Given that I view it from a non-NA IP address you can estimate the probablity that I have no clue what "ACBL" means, so I may get the impression that it is something similar to Yahoo Bridge. What about:
View top-level bridge (with commentary) in real time.
Serious tournaments (ACBL accredited).
Casual games with friends or with pick-ups.
Practice alone, or with your partner, against robots.
Meet new bridge-playing friends from your own country and every other corner of the World.
Yes I know it is long but BBO covers many things and that is the message to get across imo.
#7
Posted 2016-January-20, 06:39
#9
Posted 2016-January-20, 07:54
#10
Posted 2016-January-20, 11:35
mila6452, on 2016-January-19, 18:22, said:
As far as we're concerned, the client download link isn't needed any more. It's not being updated, and new users can't use it.
If you to to the home page using a mobile device instead of a PC, the Login button is replaced with a link to download the mobile app appropriate for your device. This way, we don't clutter the page with links that aren't relevant to the platform you're using.
#12
Posted 2016-January-20, 11:52
paulg, on 2016-January-20, 06:39, said:
The button is black with beige text, set inside a background that's mostly blue and light green. Is that a problem for color-blind people? My understanding is that total color blindness is rare (and even then, the black-white distinction should be visible), and the common forms are red-green and blue-yellow, neither of which should be a problem with this scheme.
#13
Posted 2016-January-20, 12:32
barmar, on 2016-January-20, 11:52, said:
I'm not colour blind, it just didn't seem to stand out as much as the 'Just play bridge'. Possibly just me, but thought it worth a mention.
#15
Posted 2016-January-22, 19:37
#16
Posted 2016-January-22, 19:45
barmar, on 2016-January-22, 19:37, said:
Oh,yes,yes, now I got it
#17
Posted 2016-January-23, 02:31
But the point is that the page and its design effort is not directed at me, but at those who have never wandered into BBO before. it is the candy in the window to entice you in.
In this regard I expect to be typical of the vast majority of the established BBO membership. I also reckon that anyone who has commented on the page, in this thread and in the thread on BBO news page (which include somre pretty negative comments) are established members, and I have doubts about whether they have successfully done so with the mind-set of the target audience.
I don't have an artistic bone in my body and certainly no aptitude for marketing. So I would have great difficulty evaluating the page with the eyes of a newcomer. If I were forced to guess, I would say good job.
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#18
Posted 2016-January-23, 07:11
barmar, on 2016-January-20, 11:35, said:
Isn't it still needed by vu-graph operators?
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#20
Posted 2016-January-24, 14:56
barmar, on 2016-January-20, 11:35, said:
I just found my old link to the download site and and the download of the bbo-exe seems still to work. ( I hope you will not delate it completely)
https://www.bridgeba...ide_for_bbo.php