[maemo-community] maemo.org redesign

[From: Tim]

	All, 

	A little "creative" rearranging:  

	http://samoff.maemobox.org/maemo_redesign/samoff-variation_on_andres_HOMEB.png[1]
 

     	*More work needed, of course, I just didn't have the time right
now:     

         	*maemo.org logo needs more headspace (padding).        
	*Login/Search might look better if they spanned the width of the
right sidebar.         	*Didn't fix any of the typos, etc.     

          	*Made the "footer" span the width of the page.    
	*Jussi, I put the other site banners on the bottom as you suggested,
but it just didn't look right -- so they stayed where they were. 
	Tim 
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 ----- Original Message -----
 Subject: Re: maemo.org redesign
 From:  Quim Gil 
 To: "List for community development" 
 Date: 10/15/2008 1:02 am
 Andre's latest mockup http://openbossa.andrecunha.com/HOMEB.jpg
shows a
 good evolution. Two concerns still before going into really the
details:
 - Too thick header. The best benchmark for this is to load the image
in
 your tablet. Any height we can save there is good.
 - Too many boxes. I think it gets distressing at some point. Help =
 Support and Join Us = Get involved, therefore I propose (again) to
get
 rid of those duplicities. More background boxes can disappear just
bu
 putting the elements on top of the background.
 A first step in that direction:
 http://wiki.maemo.org/images/d/d5/Homepage-proposal-4.png
 NO INTENTION OF SHOWING FINAL DESIGN! I just plaid with the existing
 elements doing cut, paste, scale, invert.
 The major changes are the move of login/register from the header to
the
 People block (with some design love it can loook sensible and
 integrated) and killing (again) the thick buttons that (really,
really)
 I don't think that useful just because they are big.
 Now there is a slimmer header (more can be done working on nav +
help +
 search boxes) and some more clarity.
 ext Jussi.H Makinen 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.
 They are not banners but pure information bits. When we get the
karmna
 for applications - https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2179 - the
HOT
 item will be refreshed automatically probably every 3-7 days just
like
 the top news get refreshed, while the FRESH will probably change
several
 times a day - http://maemo.org/downloads/updated/OS2008/25/
 It is the interest of everybody to raise the attention on these apps
to
 get more downloads, testing, feedback and ratings. maemo.nokia.com
is
 actually very interested on this since you will cherry pick from
there
 what is considered most interesting and best, taking into account
the
 feedback received on stability etc.
 > 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...
 "fresh" in maemo.org might be a lot more fresh than in
maemo.nokia.com
 or even the application manager. maemo.org is the frontline where
the
 first generation of feedback is received. Many fresh stuff in
maemo.org
 will probably never show up in maemo.nokia.com or the application
 manager (aka extras).
 -- 
 Quim Gil
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