On Monday 06 Aug 2012 01:08:40 Luke R. wrote: > It was per the following conversation: > ----------------------------------------------------------- > 2012-08-03 #freenet irc.freenode.net > [21:47:24] <Gaming4JC> I can still make graphics \o > ... > [21:48:38] <@operhiem1> Gaming4JC: Do you think you could make a download > button that doesn't look sickly? I don't like the "Download" button on the > front page. The gradient seems off. > ... > [21:49:12] <@operhiem1> I do like http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ 's download > button, though it might be a bit too dim. > [21:49:20] <@operhiem1> There's a UI to help with translations. > [21:49:32] <@operhiem1> Though IIRC I thought it required more clicking than > I'd like. > [21:49:42] <@operhiem1> Let me know and I can patch it. > ... > [21:50:03] <Gaming4JC> sure let me check :) > ... > [21:52:26] <Gaming4JC> hmm... The download box on VLCs button is kinda nice. > [21:52:55] <Gaming4JC> looks a little cutty pastie on the bottom though > ... > [22:01:39] <Gaming4JC> operhiem1: You want it in SVG for scalabilty? > [22:01:50] <Gaming4JC> the download button that is. > ... > [22:06:18] <@operhiem1> Gaming4JC: Sure! > [22:06:18] <@operhiem1> I think PNGs might render faster though. > [22:06:18] <@operhiem1> It'd good to have lossless source material. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > I think it adds more brand to the page, you can see the two attached photos. > One of the propsed button and one of VLC website. However, I do like the > height of the old button and the fact that it changes color on mouseover. > This is of course reproducible with the new button as well. > > I've also the SVG file if anyone would like to use it. I chose GNU Free > Documentation License for it since the main website also uses this license. :) > > --- On Sun, 8/5/12, Ian Clarke <ian at locut.us> wrote: > > From: Ian Clarke <ian at locut.us> > Subject: Re: [freenet-dev] Download button for new site > To: "Discussion of development issues" <devl at freenetproject.org> > Date: Sunday, August 5, 2012, 12:23 PM > > I appreciate the effort, however I don't think these are an improvement over > the current download buttons on the current site. > Was there something wrong with the current buttons that prompted you to try > to replace them? > > > > Ian. > > On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 6:26 AM, Luke R. <gaming4jc2 at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > So we were discussing in IRC a few days ago that a new button is needed for > the new Freenet site. I had originally thought of a rabbit hole with an arrow > pointing down it, but opted for the traditional box for the sake of > international awareness that a box with an arrow usually means download. > Although if you think I should do that or modify these images in some way > just let me know. > > > > Here's two test images I am proposing - > http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/7980/path4551.png <-- Colorful Box (used > for NewYears?) > > > http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/6945/path4552.png <-- Regular Box > > As all files are in SVG they are nice and scalable and with multiple layers. > Courtesy of InkScape! :D > > > Thoughts?
Any chance we could resolve this empirically via A/B testing, like everyone else does? I think the Google Analytics thing has some support for this but I guess we'd need to implement it ourself. I dunno how we could do that while still using static php at run time? Any sysadmin people have any ideas? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20120806/8d0700c6/attachment.pgp>
