[SciPy-User] Main Site Design Questions

[Christina Lee]

As both people are realizing scipy.org needs a design overhaul and
discussing doing so, I'd like to start a discussion clarifying aspects of
SciPy that would drive design choices.

These might seem like annoying and weird questions to someone used to a
different type of thinking, but this is still problem-solving. The code
itself gets more useful if there is a lower barrier to entry.

* How should the typical user* feel* about SciPy?  What gut-level
impression should the website leave?  How do you* feel* about SciPy?
         For example: reliable, dependable, cutting-edge, fast, novel,
exciting, ... These will influence aspects like colors, fonts, images,
spacings, etc.

* What is the most important thing for a user to do?
       Fairly certain the answer to this question is "Install".

* What is the most important thing for someone to learn about SciPy?
      Assume they know absolutely nothing and you have 10 seconds to catch
their interest.

* You have more than 10 seconds: Anything really cool about SciPy?  Done
anything amazing with it? Any cool plots?

* Do we have information about both the typical SciPy user, and the typical
person visiting the website? If most people have barely touched Python the
first time the come across SciPy.org, that changes presentation and wording.

Happy Sunday,
Christina Lee
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