Le vendredi 31 juillet 2009 21:00:45, Matthew Toseland a écrit :
> On Monday 20 July 2009 17:08:50 [email protected] wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > Over the past couple months I've been speaking with Ian about your
> > fascinating project and recently, he's asked me to give feedback on the
> > new site design so I've included a previous email addressing that below.
> > Looking forward to more conversations with each of you!
> > -Brendan
> > p.s. Here's my brief bio: I am a digital product designer, interested in
> > interactive design, information architecture, user experience, business
> > strategy, and generally making life easier and more fun.
> >
> > //////////////
> >
> > Hi Ian,
> >
> > Overall, I think that this visual design is a nice step forward. The
> > navigation is clearer, and having a single column structure gives you
> > room for a left hand navigation down the road on lower-level pages,
> > should you need it.
> >
> > As far as color, do you have sense of what you want the brand colors to
> > be? It looks like the new release of the app, and the logo mark, are
> > blue. Perhaps consider having a blue-tone color theme rather that the
> > black grey theme. Having the header black makes it feel "dark". I would
> > be mindful of the connotations that "darkness" has (good and bad). Might
> > be interesting to see a lighter treatment. Perhaps blue and grey of
> > beige?
> >
> > (As far as information design and the presentation of the content on the
> > pages, see the comments below on structure and content. It makes sense to
> > address the larger questions prior to focusing the presentation of
> > page-level content.)
> >
> > That's pretty much my first blush on design.
> >
> > I think there are a couple quick-wins that are usability related, that
> > I've included below (1&2).
> >
> > PAGE: Home page:
> > http://amphibian.dyndns.org.nyud.net/freenet/newsite/index.html
> >
> > 1. Since you've opted to have the app installer automatically begin the
> > install after they click (instead of downloading first) Here are a few
> > preparatory steps you might want to include to prepare the suer. Make the
> > label on the button more descriptive and consider adding a few bullets
> > above the button to describe the installation process. For instance:
> > "Getting started is easy! When you install, you'll do the following:
> >
> > · Download and automatically open the installer
> > · Set your security preference and connection speed
> > · Explore the feature through the Getting Started Tutorial"
> > ["Install Freenet now" = button label]
> >
> > 2. Screenshots are great to have. Consider adding a trigger that says
> > "Click to View Screenshots" under the one on the right, and on the
> > destination page, add more screenshots and label what those screens are.
> > Currently the destination page is just a single larger screenshot. Add a
> > description telling the user which screen they are looking at and add
> > additional screens of other parts of the app beneath it on this page and
> > a link at the bottom to take the user back to the previous page, the home
> > page.
> >
> > I like the "Latest News" item. Feels like a 'heartbeat' on the site.
> > That's good.
> >
> > Here's some additional food for though regarding content and structure.
> >
> > Have a look at panic.com or http://www.panic.com/transmit/ and check out
> > how they have loads of features on the product page. Consider having a
> > "product features" page with iconography and a quick description of each
> > feature. This is a nice way to pay off your central product 'value
> > proposition' (Ex. "Share, Chat, Browse. Anonymously. On the Free
> > Network." - Then give a list of features somewhere on the site that
> > explains this in a bit more detail.)
> >
> > Here's a big structure idea. It looks like there are two main content
> > areas: Content related to the app: And, content related to the Freenet
> > Project. In the future, restructuring the site, and making a clear
> > distinction between these two types of content, could really help the
> > overall UX and usability of the site. This type of structure would also
> > help a broader audience to self-segment and get to their desired content
> > more easily.
> >
> > Best,
> > Brendan
>
> I have deployed the current website redesign, which is essentially Dieppe's
> work with much feedback from here. It is working, the only problem is the
> translation page is empty: http://freenetproject.org/translation.html
>
> Should we remove it for now?
>
Sure, I just wanted to put an howto for translators there, but well, I don't
know the translation process. And I'm too busy right now to do it.
> IMHO the new site is an improvement over the old one, especially with the
> big download button. However I'm sure we could further improve it.
Well, there's room for improvment, yes. I can start to work on that after my
internship, which ends the 18 september. I'll still have a report to do, so I
think I'll work on that in the beginning of october ; of course, if anyone
wants to improve it, don't hesitate. The most important thing to do being the
screenshots, which should be quite simple.
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