Hi Max,

thank you very much for your nitpicking feedback, which is more than welcome.
I must admit that I havent understood everything you suggested (because of some terminology), and I will get back to you after the 28.05 when everyone will have inserted his feedback in the form I created.

We prefer to gather your feedback in the document located here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BNsJZFTZLtp6QrfPSb3ejNSHR8SymntrOBQu0hdH1X4/edit
as otherwise is hard for me and my IT team to keep track of all the suggested changes for the website. We prefer to collect all this information in a single document, which will be our basis for the next editing session. I hope this is ok for everyone.

Many thanks once again!
I am looking forward to further comments in the coming days!

Best,
Katerina

On 15 May 2018 at 10:00, Max Mehl <max.mehl@fsfe.org> wrote:
Hi all,

I had a closer look at the FOSS4SMEs website and would like to leave and
share some feedback. Sorry in advance for nitpicking ;)

- The title could be changed to something different than a "welcome
  to...". What about "FOSS4SMEs - Increase digital competency in small
  and medium-sized businesses with FOSS"? This involves both the website
  title and the orange text in the slider.

- foss4smes.eu/the-project on "Why FOSS":
  - I would add the argument of vendor independence a.k.a. decreasing
    vendor lock-in
  - change "hardware" -> "technology", the control includes more than
    just the silicon ;)

- foss4smes.eu/what-is-foss/:
  - open source was rather created as a marketing term for Free
    Software, not as an "alternative".
  - I don't quite like that Free Software is described as an
    alternative. Actually, all software has been FOSS until the 80's.
    But I see that most readers don't know this nuance.
  - Regarding the confusion about the different terms, this article [^1]
    explains it quite well. This "interpretation" is equal to OSI's by
    the way.

- foss4smes.eu/the-consortium/:
  - It could be good to add some short descriptions of the partner
    organisations to this page, next to the individual logos.
  - If that's too much work, make the links of the logos go to the
    partners' websites instead of the larger version of the image.

- foss4smes.eu/category/latest-news/:
  - All news are from 19 April which doesn't really make much sense.
    Could you please change the dates to fix the order?

- Technicalities
  - The website should be accessible via HTTPS, so with an SSL
    certificate. Otherwise visitors will see security warnings, and
    search engines may downgrade the website
  - The website includes external resources from google.com, vine.co and
    twitter.com and therefore leaks visitors' data to those companies.
    In the light of GDPR and our visitors' privacy, can we disable these
    external inclusions?
  - The menus sometimes lead to blank pages. For instance, a click on
    "FOSS4SMES" and "FOSS BUSINESS USER" in the navigation bar.

I hope this helps :)

Best,
Max

[^1]: https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/basics/comparison.html

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