whoops messed up on the link it's http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2008/126/3/0/Inkscape_Site_devel____front_by_duckgoesoink.png
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 12:17 AM, Toma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 04/08/2008, Ian Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > absolutely and I believe in redoing the navigation would involve redoing > the > > site. If anyone would like to share any other mock ups other than mekius > go > > ahead..... I personally like simple site designs like this: > > > http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2008/126/3/0/Inkscape_Site_devel____front_by_duckgoesoink.png(flame<http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2008/126/3/0/Inkscape_Site_devel____front_by_duckgoesoink.png%28flame> > > me if you want) > > minus the fact that I think the "inkscape in brief" section should be > just a > > wider news section and take the little news box off the side. but I like > > designs like that because they list all the links to the different web > > software. Songbird does this on their site too.... but their site is a > > little too busy http://getsongbird.com/ > > just my thoughts.... > > > > I like the Inkscape mockup. Looks professional and has all the content > at a place thats very easy to see. The icons help too for those that > dont know english and cant be bothered switching to their language > translation. Songbird one give me the idea of using some cool ajax for > the icons. Since EFL and all can do cool animations, maybe something > neat like that could make its way into the website? > > Toma > > > On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 9:06 PM, dan sinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > On 3-Aug-08, at 10:07 PM, Nick Hughart wrote: > > > > > > > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:33:34 -0500 Nick Hughart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> babbled: > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>> Ian Caldwell wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> Yup, I'd like to eliminate submenus completely One navigation on > > > >>>> all pages > > > >>>> that has links to pretty much everything. The goal of the new > > > >>>> site is make > > > >>>> it a lot more usable. With regularly updated news, and a lot of > > > >>>> static > > > >>>> content around it. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> This is bad design imo, it leads to overload. Having to dig > > > >>> through a > > > >>> ton of links to find the one you want is crazy, it's best to be > > > >>> able to > > > >>> filter towards your goal IMO. Much easier to filter then to try > and > > > >>> find a link among many that sounds like what you want. This is > > > >>> how my > > > >>> brain works anyway. > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> we don't need some new navigation system... we need to simplify > > > >> content, only > > > >> put up what we absolutely need on the e.org "brochure" site (it's > > > >> meant to be a > > > >> simple "couple of pages" brochure/flier like set of pages with just > > > >> the minimum > > > >> needed to find out what e is, who is involved, how/where to get it). > > > >> > > > >> the other bits (trac/bugzilla, wiki, docs etc. etc.) are what is > > > >> intended for > > > >> large-scale documentation and info - and those (the wiki > > > >> especially) is READILY > > > >> accessible to people to edit. > > > >> > > > > > > > > Yes, I realize this, most of the links in the submenus will just > point > > > > to the wiki/tracker/etc. But people found it hard to even find these > > > > things on the current site. So it would be nice to point them to > > > > where > > > > they need to look instead of them having to decode links that don't > > > > necessarily match anything they are looking for. So the changes to > > > > navigation are nothing stellar, just reorganizing the menu and making > > > > the submenu a little more visible so people immediately see things to > > > > click on. At least this is what I did with my mockup, haven't seen > > > > anyone else come forward with anything yet. > > > >> > > > > > > I'm with Mekius. The number one complaint that I get about the website > > > is that the navigation sucks. If we can do something to make it easier > > > for people to find stuff then it's a win. > > > > > > dan > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > > > challenge > > > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > > > prizes > > > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > > > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the > world > > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
