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