Too many layouts!!!
...so I got an idea that there should be a poll, showing all of the previous layouts, and maybe a few new ones, where the Instructables community could vote and pick their favorite one.
Leave a comment on what you think about this, or give some other suggestions...
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This is the 21st century. Change happens.
Whining at the staff is one thing, doing something's another.
Instructables isn't a democracy, it's a business. You can create whatever poll you want, and I'm sure the results will be very interesting and perhaps informative (though people tend to like whatever they used most recently). They are quite unlikely to change anything, however.
I'bles collects a tremendous amount of data on "click throughs" (how did people get to page X?), and use that data to improve the top-level layout. If you recall several months ago, when the "Answers" link was taken off the masthead, the reason was simple: a very small percentage of accesses to the Answer section came from that link. Most of them came from the "Answers" boxes in the right column of I'bles pages. If a link isn't being used, it doesn't need to exist. That's just one example that I happen to remember.
...which is why I brought up the idea for a poll. Just I don't quite know how I should make one. Maybe contact Eric W. to make it in the form of a contest?
I've also gotten the impression that the front-page isn't necessarily intended for existing members (clever users will create bookmarks to the pages they want to access), but rather as a way to entice newcomers into the site. The feedback about what existing members want is not necessarily consistent with that goal.
Ultimately, for a regular reader who knows their way around the site the layout isn't nearly as important as a first-time visitor. We know where the good stuff is!
I'm a bit slow. :-\
:P You're cold as ice!
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