Quim wrote:
> ext Tim wrote:
> >
> > I mentioned this in the IRC meeting yesterday. There's no room left in
> > the Nav bar (especially on an 800px screen!), but I think this is
> > important as well. We might consider another prominent sidebar item
> > (like Get Involved/Get Help). I can create this button if it's the way
> > we want to go.
>
> In the short term, we could get rid of Community since Get Involved
> points exactly to the same place.
>
> Intro ("Get started"?) and Development could be next candidates if we
> need more room.
"Community" and "Development" are both sections which contain disparate
applications and content. "Intro", however, is an anachronism (the use case of
"follow a deep link to maemo.org and want to know about the site you're on").
There are probably better ways of doing that now (if nothing else, clicking on
the top-left logo is pretty standard) so moving this to a sidebar link makes
sense.
> This way we might end up having a nav bar full
> of action:
>
> Downloads - Talk - Brainstorm - Wiki - News
This worries me for two reasons.
Firstly, "wiki" is a technology/application; not a part of the site. It is a
means to an end and has entry points in both "Community" and "Development". It
was a *very* conscious choice to leave it out, and have the nav bar items
usecase-, rather than technology-, oriented.
Secondly, although I think the brainstorm needs to be promoted, I'm not
convinced it fits in the nav bar. A sidebar button on the front page and
prominence under "Community" (i.e. "Get Involved") seems to make the most sense
to me.
> ("School" being a candidate there if it happens)
Agreed. This fits into the broad categorisation and use-case design (by adding
a use-case).
> And a top right block for the one-time or niche interesting spots:
>
> Get Started
> Get Involved
> Development
>
> ("Get Help" could stay there or be absorbed as part of "School". Just
> talking.)
We've just completed a comprehensive user-centred redesign of maemo.org. It
seems odd that the convdersation has so quickly turned to doing it again
because of a desire to promote one activity.
Cheers,
Andrew
PS. I'm reminded of when I was webmaster at a large
multinational (which shall remain nameless):
everyone closely involved with a project thought
that their link/application/news item deserved top
billing.
--
Andrew Flegg -- mailto:[email protected] | http://www.bleb.org/
Maemo Community Council member
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