[maemo-community] Fwd: Re: Site Proposal

[From: Andrew Flegg]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Dave Neary <dneary at maemo.org> wrote:
>
> Tim wrote:
>> We are now faced w/ a decision... Personally, I like Andre's 'better,'
>> but Glaubert's is very cool too (actually, I like certain elements from
>> both, but I think we're past the point where we can ask for any
>> conglomerations).
>
> Funny, I don't feel the same - if there are elements of Glaubert's
> design that we think could be really great in Andre's design, we should
> suggest that (but we should be precise, and we will always have the
> opportunity if we later realise we were wrong to retrace our steps).

Agreed. Although - no offence Tim - IME, designers are often stuck
down a certain path, very similarly to developers, once they've honed
in on a solution.

>> Anyway, as members of the redesign team, I'd love if both of you could
>> offer your opinions; I will either enforce or concede to the decision
>> and take up further advancements with the designer.
>>
>> Glaubert: http://wiki.maemo.org/Image:HOME_8.png
>> Andre: http://openbossa.andrecunha.com/HOME6.jpg
>
> Personally I prefer Andre's proposed design, but would change the orange
> buttons (the two Gos) to relate better to the text entries they're
> associated with (as in Glaubert's design).

Agreed. I like the higher contrast of Andre's design, however in some
ways prefer the layout (especially the news) of Glaubert's.

In particular, on Andre's design, I like:
   * The slightly more distinct areas of downloads/news/community.
   * The higher contrast.

On Glaubert's design, I like:
   * The increased, and less heavy handed, treatment of "News".
   * The consistent styling of the buttons in the header.

Both designs are showing the same information. I've not caught up on
all the discussions, but it seems we've gone back to areas based on
technology, rather than by use-case:

Top-level links of:
   * About
   * News
   * Downloads
   * Development
   * Documentation

(What gets highlighted in Bugzilla? Where is unofficial developer
documentation?)

Front page links to:
   * Downloads
   * News
   * Get Involved (community?) - what does this relate to in the top?
   * Get Help (bugzilla?) - again, see above.
   * People (how is this distinct from community)

I'd like to see some more explanatory text from both Glaubert and
Andre as to how their designs would actually be used in practice.

Thanks in advance,

Andrew

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