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<p>A little "creative" rearranging:</p>
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<p><a href="http://samoff.maemobox.org/maemo_redesign/samoff-variation_on_andres_HOMEB.png">http://samoff.maemobox.org/maemo_redesign/samoff-variation_on_andres_HOMEB.png</a></p>
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<li>More work needed, of course, I just didn't have the time right now:
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<li>maemo.org logo needs more headspace (padding).</li>
<li>Login/Search might look better if they spanned the width of the right sidebar.</li>
<li>Didn't fix any of the typos, etc.</li>
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<li>Made the "footer" span the width of the page.</li>
<li>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.</li>
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<strong>Subject: </strong>Re: maemo.org redesign<br />
<strong>From: </strong>Quim Gil <quim.gil@nokia.com><br />
<strong>To: </strong>"List for community development" <maemo-community@maemo.org><br />
<strong>Date: </strong>10/15/2008 1:02 am<br />
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Andre's latest mockup http://openbossa.andrecunha.com/HOMEB.jpg shows a<br />
good evolution. Two concerns still before going into really the details:<br />
<br />
- Too thick header. The best benchmark for this is to load the image in<br />
your tablet. Any height we can save there is good.<br />
<br />
- Too many boxes. I think it gets distressing at some point. Help =<br />
Support and Join Us = Get involved, therefore I propose (again) to get<br />
rid of those duplicities. More background boxes can disappear just bu<br />
putting the elements on top of the background.<br />
<br />
A first step in that direction:<br />
<br />
http://wiki.maemo.org/images/d/d5/Homepage-proposal-4.png<br />
<br />
NO INTENTION OF SHOWING FINAL DESIGN! I just plaid with the existing<br />
elements doing cut, paste, scale, invert.<br />
<br />
The major changes are the move of login/register from the header to the<br />
People block (with some design love it can loook sensible and<br />
integrated) and killing (again) the thick buttons that (really, really)<br />
I don't think that useful just because they are big.<br />
<br />
Now there is a slimmer header (more can be done working on nav + help +<br />
search boxes) and some more clarity.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
ext Jussi.H Makinen wrote:<br />
> Hi,<br />
> <br />
> To my eye, Andre's first layout<br />
> (http://openbossa.andrecunha.com/HOME.jpg) has the best looks. Forcing<br />
> two big download banners to the front page does not seem like an<br />
> elegant solution compared to the original.<br />
<br />
They are not banners but pure information bits. When we get the karmna<br />
for applications - https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2179 - the HOT<br />
item will be refreshed automatically probably every 3-7 days just like<br />
the top news get refreshed, while the FRESH will probably change several<br />
times a day - http://maemo.org/downloads/updated/OS2008/25/<br />
<br />
It is the interest of everybody to raise the attention on these apps to<br />
get more downloads, testing, feedback and ratings. maemo.nokia.com is<br />
actually very interested on this since you will cherry pick from there<br />
what is considered most interesting and best, taking into account the<br />
feedback received on stability etc.<br />
<br />
> The main app promotion page<br />
> for users should anyway be at maemo.nokia.com and further down the<br />
> road I can see the application manger itself handling lot's of this<br />
> "most downloaded" "fresh" etc. stuff. So, why push it here? Not sure<br />
> who does it serve...<br />
<br />
"fresh" in maemo.org might be a lot more fresh than in maemo.nokia.com<br />
or even the application manager. maemo.org is the frontline where the<br />
first generation of feedback is received. Many fresh stuff in maemo.org<br />
will probably never show up in maemo.nokia.com or the application<br />
manager (aka extras).<br />
<br />
-- <br />
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