I'd like to see a new forum. The current one is pretty lame :( Perhaps something a little more standard or as folks like to say, "Better". :)
Toma 2008/8/5 Ian Caldwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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 >> > 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 >> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > 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 >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > 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-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
