On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 15:15, Roman Muntyanu <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hello Caty, > Hi Roman, > > First a use-case of my first perception of the the page: > 1) quick glance at the items in the left > 2) distracted by the cube animation > 3) try to click the cube thinking it does something > 4) analyze what info is in the blogposts section > 5) quick glance at Community hearbeat and powered by > 6) scroll the page down and learn that there's nothing important for > me there > 7) scroll back to the top and study the connections > 8) try to hovering the mouse on the cubes and watch them animate > 9) (a lot later) notice that when I hover the mouse, description > changes > 10) (accidentally) click one of the buttons of the carousel and > surprised by the animation > 12) I thought that those screens were different options for new xwiki > home page so I tried comparing them. Finally I understood that those are > different info screens. > 13) Compared design of cubes on page 1 and 3 (3 seemed better) > 14) tried clicking on the cube with "+" on page 3 > 15) realized that I have a feeling of inconsistency with the colors > 16) never noticed "All projects" on the first page > 17) got frustrated how the animation starts for the cube on the page > 1. Then understood that it starts when mouse enters the slide area. Noticed > that cubes shiver like going to explode when reduce in size. > I really liked the way you presented your interaction with the proposal :) > > I have following major comments > * Fonts. Mix of different font types, different font sizes and > all-capital vs camel words makes it hard to understand which info is > important and which is not. > * Size as relevance. Object sizes on the first page MUST hint the user > what information he would rather look at next (e.g. > http://www.ibm.com/us/en/, even http://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/ ) . > There's a misbalance in it. E.g. Platform, Enterprise, Manager, XEclipse > and XOffice are the first candidates for the next browsing, but they are > represented as tiny cubes, more over they are "pushed" out of sight into > the left corner (1680x1050). > * I literally look at 3 dots and the empty space around while focused at > the center of my screen (1680x1050) > * Animation. > * Colors. I first got a feeling of deja vu about the cube colors. Then I > remembered where I saw similar: > http://www.xcomufo.com/ufo/battleship2.jpg > http://push.cx/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/xcom.png > > http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/421342-x-com-ufo-defense-windows-screenshot-entering-an-alien-base.jpg > > http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y143/Uberbucket/UFO%20Lets%20Play/62%20CydoniaSurface/24TenthSectoidDead.png > http://www.linuxsoft.cz/screenshot_img/1349-a.jpg > to name some ... I would agree that it brings extraterrestrial look, > and would agree that you can combine all those colors (pink-purple, green, > red, orange) in one page ( > http://echostorms.net/Resources/Items/diablo%202%20gems%20and%20jewels.png) > but I personally dislike mixes of some colors within one shape (I mean > gradient in the cubes Violer-Puple-Red, Red-Orange-Yellow-Pink etc). And > those colors do not match the header color. > * Mix of styles. The cubes are in simplistic 2D style, while the menu > bar has a Win-7-like bevel and glossiness. > > I know I'm not in the position to make suggestions however ... > * I like that your cubes if totally mapped to 2D turn into hexagons ( > http://www.clker.com/clipart-3d-hexagon.html ) . It's pretty common to > use cubes to show extensibility. But hexagons could be used for the same > purpose ( http://www.mcfunkypants.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Catan.jpg) , > leaving more place for styling: > http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=55704010 > http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=58237474 > > http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-70819066/stock-vector-vector-illustration-of-d-hexagonal-symbols.html(you > can put logo of the component inside) > * I like the concept of mapping Platform, Enterprise and Manager colors > onto animated cube to show their places in the system. But I think that > semi-transparent 2-d image on the back would better serve the purpose. The > info could be displayed in the following way. E.g. Platform hexagon as the > center, Enterprise, Manager, XEclipse, XOffice, More Projects hexagons > around it, then a bit detached hexagon highlighting extensions (those that > currently on the page 3 + "more" ). Then we can do the animation - > highlight different groups of hexagons and display relevant info side to > this "mind map". I can make a drawing later today if you're interested ... > > Regarding the graphics: your suggestion were very interesting (with lots of examples :) ) and yes, we can try alternatives to better suggest the projects relation. I just did what it was on my mind. I really liked the http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=55704010 suggestion. Now that I learned to work with css animation and transitions it will be more easily to experiment. Anyway although there are lots of things that could be improved, I really think this version is better than what we currently have. Thank you Roman, Caty > Regards, > Roman > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) > Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 23:03 PM > To: XWiki Mailinglist > Subject: [xwiki-devs] [Vote] New XWiki.org Homepage > > Hi devs, > > I've been working for a new XWiki.org homepage. You can find it live at > http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/XWikiOrgCode/WebHome > > Static screenshots at: > Slide1< > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/XWikiOrgHomepage/WebHomeV3S1.png > >, > Slide2< > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/XWikiOrgHomepage/WebHomeV3S2.png > >, > Slide3< > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/XWikiOrgHomepage/WebHomeV3S3.png > > > > Any feedback regarding this work is welcomed. > > I'm asking for your vote to make this proposal the default homepage for > XWiki.org. > This is my +1. > > Thanks, > Caty > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
