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On Monday 21 November 2005 12:27, Aaron Shi wrote: |
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> I've been stressing these points since day one, finally someone gets |
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> it! If we don't enhance the underlying design of the site (i.e. the |
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> "substance") in order to remedy some of the problems with the old |
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> design, the redesign would more appropriately be called a "face lift." |
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> I don't know what actually goes under the hood with all the xml etc., |
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> but to me, as it appears, it's simply a face lift. The functionality |
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> hasn't changed one bit. Navigation is still a nightmare. On a site as |
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> complex as Gentoo's, users -- especially those new to Gentoo (who also |
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> happens to be those who are critical to the growth of Gentoo) -- will |
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> be easily lost. They will have a hard time finding the information |
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> which they seek to make their decision to use Gentoo or to make their |
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> Gentoo experience successful. |
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I agree with you too. Especially the homepage is too full. Please look at |
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what could be moved, done different etc. Of course the information should |
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still be reachable, but how it is reachable should be improved. |
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> Christopher, we've gone a ways since the preview images. A newer proof |
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> of concept / early prototype is here: http://www.aaronshi.com/gentoo/ |
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Looks great. Unfortunately I don't have the time, but else I'd help to get |
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the current wwwredesign.g.o more into that direction. Including |
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redesigning the contents and xml structure. |
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> Quirks: |
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> - The front page news area seems really out of character (the lines, |
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> the styles, the indentation, etc. seems "off") |
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> - General spacing is messed up, i.e. lots of white space where there |
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> shouldn't be |
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100% agreed |
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> - Table borders don't quite fit into the theme |
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Yeah, http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org/proj/en looks awfull |
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> - I thought the 3 jump pads are only supposed to appear on the front |
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> page? |
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Probably looks better, especially when the news area doesn't push it |
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offscreen. |
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> I don't think the bolding or whiter shade is necessary for my credits |
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> at the bottom. Thanks for thought though, but such credits should be |
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> as unobtrusive as possible so that users can better focus their |
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> attention elsewhere on what's important. It's probably better left as |
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> before -- unbold, dark shade of purple (see bottom of |
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> http://www.aaronshi.com/gentoo/guidepage.html). |
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Indeed ;-) |
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Paul |
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ps. On your page, I find the XHTML and CSS links to the verifiers |
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confusing. Better just leave them out. |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |