I get your point regarding the need to feel credible.
Regarding the time visitors can spend on reading, it's true that on the first contact, they will have very little time. But then, once on the desktop, they can use the browser window to reach the organization website and take all the time they want to read it.
For the length, it's a question of balance I guess. Deb will integrate your text in the page and we'll see how it feels. The idea for me is that even if we shorten it on the home page, we can find other ways to communicate the rest of the text, through missions, etc... reinforcing the credibility without forcing the player to read long texts at once.
D On 03/01/2011 23:51, Alex Vachon wrote:
David, your concern regarding length of text is totally legitimate. But I like it long because it looks more "real", more legitimate, coming really from an organization, more credible. I thought that the visitors would not have much time to read it anyways and rapidly be thrown into the secret side of it... It's not a problem to shorten it, these are my thoughts. Alex On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 1:49 PM, david blanchard <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Alex, here is an option that I like for the design of the site, including your first draft of the text. Have a look :) My only concern is that the text looks quite long, especially becaue people usually don't love too much to read the home page. I did not realize before actually seing the attached design. What do you think ? So my advice while you rework the text would be to cut when possible. Another option is to have a short option and a long one for each part, and we'll display the short part on the home page and we'll definitely find some use for the long part somewhere else. Thoughts ? -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Farsides] [The Humanity Project][design] Site. Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 19:35:18 +0100 From: tartaruga feliz <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> here we go! _______________________________________________ Farsides mailing list - [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Wiki: http://farsides.com/ List: http://farsides.com/ml/ Forum: http://farsides.com/forum/ Ideas: http://farsides.com/ideas/ Chat: http://farsides.com/chat/ -- Best, Alex Vachon cartouchecreations.com <http://cartouchecreations.com> Follow me on Twitter <http://twitter.com/cartouchefilms> Follow me on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=602172865> Montreal Loves New York Loves Montreal <http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_135269469856078&ap=1> New York - Montreal - Vancouver _______________________________________________ Farsides mailing list - [email protected] Wiki: http://farsides.com/ List: http://farsides.com/ml/ Forum: http://farsides.com/forum/ Ideas: http://farsides.com/ideas/ Chat: http://farsides.com/chat/
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