I must admit that in the last couple of weeks (or so) I've found page 2 articles more interesting than page 1 articles (generally speaking of course). So I find it a little disappointing that page 2 doesn't always get the emphasis it perhaps deserves - and thus few discussions arise on page 2 articles than their page 1 counterparts. So I guess the point of my starting this thread was to:
a/ ask Thom / Adam if there's any ideas / plans to raise page 2's status on OSNews' home page? (again, not a moan as I appreciate everyone has their own opinions on layouts)
b/ remind people that there is some excellent articles on page 2 (though I do get the irony of posting this "reminder" on an OSNews section that's even less frequented)
If there's no plans / desire to emphasise page 2 articles, then is it worth "recruiting" more writers to type up a few paragraphs to compliment said articles, thus allowing them to be page 1 items?
Laurence
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We've been very active in trying to make page 2 more prominent, mostly because we want to avoid the idea that page 2 items are somehow "less important". They're every bit as important.
The idea is that in the future, we have more editors, so that page 2 becomes ever more empty.
The big massive problem is that finding editors is very, very, very, difficult. In all these years, only three people really stuck to OSNews and gave it their full commitment: Eugenia, Adam, and me. Adam is not as visible as Eugenia and me, but the amount of work he puts into OSNews is every bit as impressive.
Finding editors is the problem. It requires a big commitment that few are willing or able to give for something that doesn't pay. Very understandable.
I am open to ANY advice to make page 2 more prominent (including a name change. I've been thinking about better names).
In addition, as always: our readers control what makes it to page 1. Want something on page 1? Feel free to write a few more paragraphs 
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Perhaps, on systems identified as having a wider resolution (such as laptops / desktops), you could have page 1 and page 2 on the same screen but separate columns (much like a broadsheet columns).
Obviously this wouldn't work for users of large fonts nor portable devices. So perhaps it's not the best design idea?
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Dont know why
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I've already given my opinion on what should be on Front Page and Page 2, and Thom has given his. Naturally, Thom's opinion wins, and I can live with it.
One thing, a minor annoyance really, that would make Page 2 more browsable, the way it works with the browser Back button:
Say I'm looking at Page 2, the list of articles. I click on one of the articles to read more. When I press the Back button I'm not returned to Page 2, but rather the Front Page. Fixing that would make Page 2 more accessible.
Just wondering if else anyone had noticed that website behavior.
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