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Kiwix
After months of hard work, our new Web site is finally online! https://kiwix.org. Share your impressions!
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Kiwix is a nonprofit organisation making free knowledge accessible where the Internet is not. We create and support open technologies that bring the world’s knowledge Offline via our own open-source software dedicated to providing offline access to free educational content, and more…

Kiwix
Mar 5 at 8:33amMastodon for Android
Show threaddesirable_dialogueMar 5

@kiwix
Some critique of the new webpage that come to my mind, while I view the page on mobile with java script turned off. I hope it's useful. Ty all.

- the localisation button for EN takes to much space in an area where text is written. Opening the landingpage, the EN symbol hovers over a word. I would suggest changing the place to an area where no text is shown, or hiding it entirely in the menu

- color theme has sometime low contrast. I'd increase that, so that visual impaired users have an easier time reading the webpage

- the first view of the landing page is missing some focus. What should be my first impression, on what should I look first? I find it a little to much objects that crap my attention and then my attention is scattered all around.

- on the landing page when I scroll down a little
after "providing offline access to free educational content, and more…" there is lots of empty space, in between that empty space there are 2 notices of copyright. I assume normally images would be shown there, but I see only empty space.

Show threadSarahMar 5
@kiwix

I had an impression that Kiwix was a system/app for storing and accessing data offline but after visiting your site I'm confused. Maybe my initial impressions was wrong.
Show threadKiwixMar 5
@sarah Your phrasing, with the word "data", is not wrong but a bit unspecific. Hope the Web site helps to clarify this. Otherwise glad to hear about which part exactly feels confusing?
Show threadSarahMar 5
@kiwix

After reading the website I'm not sure what Kiwix is anymore. Is it an app? Is it a service? Is it an organization? Is it a bit of both? It's easy to distinguish between Mozilla, the organization and Firefox, the product.

- Top rolling banner advertises four websites, click on it and I see links to three subdomains. Should there be four? Are there three other domains beyond kiwix.org?

- Further down, the four point like "Bridging the digital divide since 2006 - We ensure that everyone, everywhere, can access knowledge freely." and "Empowering education - A world where connectivity, or the lack thereof, no longer limits learning." feels like CEO buzzwords. What does it mean? Are there any examples I can see to understand what it means? If so, perhaps the four points could be links to more information and practical examples?

- What is Kiwix? Quite far down on the site there's "From our early days developing the ZIM format to compress and share content efficiently, to enabling offline access through the Kiwix Reader app" but also "we’ve continually expanded our mission to make digital knowledge available anytime, anywhere." - Does this mean that you've moved beyond an offline reader app? Have you done a Mozilla and deprecating the core service you're known for? Do Kiwix still even offer an offline app? I don't know.

- Kiwix_get - This might be where I see the "consumer" end products. What is the hotspot? Imager service? At least I see "All offline solutions available...". Click, go to get.kiwix.org. See select app. Click. Finally, Kiwix reader. That's familiar. Can't click? Oh, the text isn't a link - The graphics are. Unfamiliar. Click. Finally, download app! For linux? No, I want for android. Click (other platforms). Finally, a download link for Kiwix Reader!

In retrospect I see that the "Kiwi reader" is written on the Kiwix_get banner. Behind KIWIX HOTSPOT • IMAGER SERVICE • CONTENT BUNDLES • CATALOG • KIWIX READER.

While there's other stuff I find... less optimal as well, I think it points at a... less than optimal design philosophy.

I do commend you for offering a Goggle-free download possibility. I thought you folded half a decade ago when you stopped publishing your app on F-Droid.