Some notes on the website from a friend of mine who does usability work: i'd remove the cup image from the store because it becomes the most prominent element on the page next to the logo itself. I'd make the what is freenet bolder and at the top. maybe even pull it out as a quote FREENET -- share, publish and browse files anonymously that's all I need to know to know if I am on the right page or not. then you can have the expanded "what is freenet" section. i think the quote is great but needs to go on an about page or something because it's the reason "behind" the software not the software itself.
the other thing i'd do is make a very prominent download button with a version or something. let me find a good example of what i mean http://jquery.com/ it's easy to find the download and i know without downloading if I am already current the last thing i'd mention is that you should fix the maximum width of the text on the page. when you expand it too far then it becomes unreadable i still very much like your logo, i wish that it played a more prominent roll somehow. the site does look more "clean" than it did which is great i just think that at this point you need to start adding content back in and starting to organize whats most important to the user. take this for example http://skitch.com/heavysixer/bwcxd/firefox this is for the bank ally i think they have a similar structure to freenet in terms of getting people to understand the product and move to the next step. i've overlaid what i'd do if I were designing the site for you on top of what they have now. it seems more expressive and clear to me but not sure if that's what you think ignore my horrible grammar too it's a sketch! -- Ian Clarke CEO, Uprizer Labs Email: ian at uprizer.com Ph: +1 512 422 3588 Fax: +1 512 276 6674
