On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 01:39:56PM +0100, Matthew Toseland wrote:
> 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?

Yes, you do it in javascript... just like google analytics does it.

Florent

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