dev.peerpad.net does not have the home page

[jbenet]

dev.peerpad.net jumps you straight into a new pad. that's super nice, but the front page of peerpad.net is a bit important to describe what the product is, why we built it, etc.

Maybe:

• make the "start" button more prominent in the homepage
• make a page like peerpad.net/new which does what dev.peerpad.net does right now (make a new document). power users can learn it and use it, instead of the home page

[jbenet]

@jimpick not sure if you intended to remove the front page in the final, or just the dev version. documenting this just in case you meant to kill the front page for good. (if that was the team decision i can live with it, dont hold too strong of a view, but we then probably need an "about" link that takes you to what's on the front page now)

[parkan]

@jbenet this was a deliberate decision, see historical basis here: ipfs-shipyard/pm-peer-pad#35

the TL;DR is that the front page had gone out of date and was not providing a lot of value, especially given that most of usage has been internal

my view is that it's easier to add an About link with up-to-date info (possibly even just pointing the github README) than attempt to maintain a good looking landing page, especially w/o a designer in the group

[parkan]

there are also related discussions about future trajectory of DDC and how products we build are positioned on the experiment to competitive market product spectrum, stand by for a deliverable on that (though I am happy to update you on where thinking is now)