Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Chris Kennedy <chrisken@×××××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] website images and comments
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 11:44:04
Message-Id: Pine.LNX.4.33.0208051117060.6564-100000@bladnoch.cs.utexas.edu
1 Hey, for gentoo.org I think it would be a good idea to host the images
2 (the logo, the purple heart-shaped image, etc.) on the gentoo.org server
3 itself, instead of ibiblio.org or qksrv.net. The reason for this is that many
4 linux users enable Mozilla's "accept images from the originating server
5 only" preference option, with the intent of disabling many ads.
6
7 On the left sidebar, I think you should put some sort of bullet image,
8 because the links run together. This would help differentiate each
9 individual link.
10
11 For the color scheme, I think that red should be removed. The red "(new!)"
12 on the left sidebar and the red gentoo logo on the front page should both
13 be green imho. The blue links should also be replaced with a color in the
14 purple/green/white/back color scheme. I think this would result in a more
15 professional-looking design. Alternatively, if you want to keep the blue
16 and red in the color scheme, they should be better integrated. That is, it
17 should be obvious what the website's color scheme is, instead of a
18 primarily purple/green/white/black color scheme with a few bits of red
19 text, and blue links.
20
21 For the top interface, there's a huge amount of wasted black space doing
22 absolutely nothing, which I think looks bad. I think it would be better to
23 switch from a 2 rows x 3 columns table layout to a 1 row x 3 columns
24 layout, where the gentoo logo is better integrated with the design,
25 instead of being a different shade of purple and sticking out somewhat.
26 Then, the top interface wouldn't need to be aligned with the logo and
27 wouldn't have to waste all that space.
28
29 Thanks,
30 Chris Kennedy