[maemo-community] maemo.org redesign

[From: Tim]

Jussi,

As a designer, I completely agree. But, as this discussion has
played-out, others have weighed-in with other opinions -- which Andre
and I have tried (brilliantly ;) )to accomodate.

Intoyour opinion, is it worth a little more debate?

Tim



On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:50:13 +0300
"Jussi.H Makinen" <jussi.h.makinen at nokia.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> To my eye, Andre's  first layout
> (http://openbossa.andrecunha.com/HOME.jpg) has the best looks. Forcing
> two big download banners to the front page does not seem like an
> elegant solution compared to the original. The main app promotion page
> for users should anyway be at maemo.nokia.com and further down the
> road I can see the application manger itself handling lot's of this
> "most downloaded" "fresh" etc. stuff. So, why push it here? Not sure
> who does it serve...
> 
> Also the right hand side gets ugly with two big boxes, people thing
> and the bulky banners. Again Andre's first mock-up serves a much more
> elegant solution. And the download and people counters could be again
> implemented much more nicely to the tabs.
> 
> Jussi
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 11:03 PM, ext Andre Cunha
> <andre.cunha at openbossa.org> wrote:
> > Hello guys,
> > here's another proposal: http://openbossa.andrecunha.com/HOMEB.jpg
> >
> > Andre Cunha
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Tim <tim at samoff.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Some modifications with the idea that the right sidebar stays:
> >>
> >> Logged-out:
> >> http://samoff.maemobox.org/maemo_redesign/samoff-maemo.org-redesign_idea_0009b-loggedout.png
> >> Logged-in:
> >> http://samoff.maemobox.org/maemo_redesign/samoff-maemo.org-redesign_idea_0009b-loggedin.png
> >>
> >> The "Maemo description area disappears for logged-in users
> >> I added "Documentation" to the global nav
> >> Since the sidebar is retained, "Get Involved" is the global
> >> "Community" link
> >>
> >> Tim
> >>
> >> ---
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> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> Subject: Re: maemo.org redesign
> >> From:  Tim <tim at samoff.com>
> >> To: "Andrew Flegg" <maemo-community at maemo.org>,"List for community
> >> development" <maemo-community at maemo.org>
> >> Date: 10/14/2008 6:40 am
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Sorry... Time-zone deficiencies here. ;)
> >>
> >> > we *need* to re-introduce -
> >> > there's no "Documentation" link
> >>
> >> Sure. This could be placed in the global nav in the header -- I
> >> think I just forgot. :p
> >>
> >> > Also, this design (unless the sidebar
> >> > is permanent) has no scope for the search box[1] and log in
> >> > information being part of the permanent navigation structure.
> >>
> >> The search/login could be left in the right sidebar (globally),
> >> while changing other content, etc... Just a thought. We _could_
> >> make the search/login area appear to be more "attached" to the
> >> header if need be.
> >>
> >> > In my opinion, I really want to have a good search box.
> >>
> >> I agree... Time and resources. ;)
> >>
> >> > I disagree on both counts - "bugs" shouldn't be a top-level
> >> > link, it belongs in both "Community" and "Development".
> >>
> >> I agree that I disagree (er, I mean, I side with Dave!). These are
> >> things that can be located eleswhere -- for those _brave_ enough
> >> to enter the fold, so to speak.
> >>
> >> > Fine. The wider point still stands: there's no global
> >> > "Community" link.
> >>
> >> This could also be placed in the header nav (with "Documentation").
> >>
> >> Thanks for all of the feedback!
> >>
> >> Tim
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Weblog ~ http://tim.samoff.com
> >> Kidblog ~ http://kc.samoff.com
> >> Photography ~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/timsamoff
> >> Film ~ http://www.youtube.com/timsamoff
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> Subject: Re: maemo.org redesign
> >> From:  Andrew Flegg <andrew at bleb.org>
> >> To: "List for community development" <maemo-community at maemo.org>
> >> Date: 10/14/2008 2:35 am
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Dave Neary <dneary at maemo.org>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I disagree on both counts - "bugs" shouldn't be a top-level
> >> > link, it belongs in both "Community" and "Development".
> >> > Documentation shouldn't be a top-level link, it belongs in
> >> > "Development", "Get help" and "Get involved".
> >>
> >> Fine. The wider point still stands: there's no global "Community"
> >> link.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Andrew
> >>
> >> --
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