[maemo-community] maemo.org redesign

[From: Tim]

Andrew,

Great comments! I tend to agree (mostly), although, I started liking the
"dynamic" approach the more I got into the design -- which is why I removed
the main bug "nav" buttons from _our_ original designs. ;) Maybe I (or
someone) can come up with a good hybrid between the two.

> It proves, once again, you're a much better designer & pretty picture
> maker than me :-)

Actually, I really liked your first attempt -- it's what inspired me to do
something! :)

Tim


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> ----- Original Message -----
> Subject: Re: maemo.org redesign
> From: Andrew Flegg <andrew at bleb.org>
> To: "Maemo Community" <maemo-community at maemo.org>
> Date: 10/04/2008 2:20 am
> 
> 
> On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 7:00 AM, Tim <tim at samoff.com> wrote:
> >
> > Here's another one:
> >
> >
http://samoff.maemobox.org/maemo_redesign/samoff-maemo.org-redesign_idea_0007.png
> >
> > I've basically taken Quim's design, offered a little creative
rearrangement
> > (and some snipping), and tried to integrate most of Dave's comments.
> 
> TBH, I prefer the direction of your first mockup. I very strongly
> believe in an "information hierarchy" when creating a website - and
> it's most important on the front page.
> 
> Here there's no clear weighting between the news, downloads and
> community columns and so I'm forced to look at all of them to work out
> what I want. It shows a lot of content up front, but I think it
> exposes /too/ much.
> 
> (Yes, I realise my mockup did the same with its too many portlets -
> but it did have the same as your previous mockup in terms of the large
> icons to navigate someone away from the page to where they want to be
> more specifically).
> 
> This large amount of dynamic content shows an active community, but
> the immediate impression I get is of a chaotic and unfocused one :-)
> 
> > I think it's pretty self-explanatory, but let me know if you have any
> > questions. (Oh, and I've also added an idea for a new-ish tagline.)
> 
> I like the tagline for a homepage splash, but think it'd just add
> clutter to the header if it was on every page.
> 
> > Again, this is just an idea and I hope others want to ellaborate or
creat
> > their own! ;)
> 
> It proves, once again, you're a much better designer & pretty picture
> maker than me :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Andrew
> 
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