On 22 Dec 2009, at 3:15 am, Jonathan Lange wrote:
> You say "obviously", but it might go down better than you think.
>
> FWIW, we'd love to have a more dashboard-oriented view for almost
> every part of Launchpad. I think we could improve a great deal without
> providing the level of configurability that you & Ian are talking
> about.
>
> jml
Well, to give an example of the level of different I'd suggesting, here's a
quick mockup I made (that actually led me onto thinking about doing a
cappuccino interface): http://dropbox.mcubedsw.com/skitchpics/overview.png
Excuse some of the naff icons, I'm not really a graphic designer. But it's
basically changing the overview page from being an overview of the project
status to more of a "marketing" page for the project. You just give the
absolute essentials: description, screenshots (if relevant), announcements and
how to get built versions and source code.
This is only a half finished mockup, but typical of what the theme would be,
which is that a large chunk of what is on most pages isn't relevant to most
people, so should really be moved away. It's basically redesigning it with the
philosophy that is used all over the Mac for interface design: "Put only what
is absolutely essential on the screen by default, and hide any advanced stuff
away (but within easy reach) until needed".
What I hope is that doing this project from scratch as a completely separate
thing, it will offer some interesting ideas for features and designs which
could potentially be transferred back to the main site.
Martin
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