> > > * What do you think of the general idea of redesigning lenya? > A redesign would be great - but a templating system similar to that available in other cms systems would surely be better?
Whilst we can create xhtml templates or hack the lenya xsl files - it would be much more elegant to be able to create a template and import it into the authoring environment. > * What do you think about the idea of a design contest? A critical > question here is certainly, if we have enough resources to organize > the contest and if lenya has sufficient visibility to attract web > design pros to take part in the process. This would also be a good idea but if we had a templating mechanism, then the design output could go some way to creating a number of default templates - would this be a better use of resources? Just my 2 cents! Regards Vik Juergen Ragaller wrote: > Hi Lenya devs! > > > Last year (on IRC) we discussed an iX (german it magazine) article > where the lenya design (Authoring gui) was critizised as not so > appealing (don't have the exact wordings at hand). This opinion was > widely shared by the participants of our meeting in Freiburg, and we > decided to bring up this subject in the mailing list, and to propose a > redesign - possibly by organizing a design contest. > > > There are three candidates for a redesign: > --------------------------------------------------------- > > 1) The Authoring GUI > 2) The default publication > 3) The docu publication - currently in a «raw» design > > 2) and 3) could be merged, with the idea, that the default publication > is replaced with the docu publication (minus one publication to > maintain and to style). > > Ideally the GUI and the default (=docu)-publication share a certain > «lenya» look - which aside from the logo and some round corners, is not > the case ATM. > > > Possible considerations/requisites for a design contest: > -------------------------------------------------------- > For such a design contest, we will have to establish the description > of the process, the jury, rules and timelines. > But first of all we will have to ensure the feasibility of such a > contest. > > I think to provide a "design jumpstart package": > - Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Fireworks templates with named layers for > different gui screens that would have to be redesigned to give > designers an easy start and to unify the process. > - For the default pub (= docu pub): static html (and PS/ Fireworks) > templates. > > To get a sense of the feasibility of a contest, I experimented with a > GUI-redesign myself. I found that we can easily provide the required > material for a redesign of the default publication and the docu > publication. Redesigning the authoring gui is more difficult - it > possibly involves some usability / workflow considerations. My > personal opinion is, that since the current GUI is quite functional > and has a good usability, we should evolve the design rather than > designing it new from scratch - eventually exclude it from the design > contest and do it ourselves. > > > Discussion: > ------------- > > * What do you think of the general idea of redesigning lenya? > > * What do you think about the idea of a design contest? A critical > question here is certainly, if we have enough resources to organize > the contest and if lenya has sufficient visibility to attract web > design pros to take part in the process. > > * Besides the looks of the GUI, what aspects of the user interface > with respect to usability should be considered while redesigning (use > of ajax, changes in the workflow process etc.)? The design contest > might be restricted to the current screens but could include a section > for suggestions about changes. > > > Thanks a lot for your feedback! > > Jürgen Ragaller --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
