Sadly, I must agree with Tim. Sadly because I know the effort made by the GRASS team to have the new site out, but I cannot object Tim's points...
giovanni PS: @Tim, I wasn't aware of the ongoing work to switch to a boostrap based sphinx theme. What are you using for it? 2012/11/13 Tim Sutton <[email protected]> > Hi > > Yes I have seen it. With no disrespect to the GRASS folks I think it has > enough problems that I would not like to copy it on our site. My > (hopefully) constructive criticisms: > > * its very busy > * it doesnt have good whitespace balance e.g. module of the day box with > screenshots box floating to the right > * I love jquery but jquery css is looking old already > * there are too many underlines [ ] >> > and other characters that > distract attention and make it look not so friendly > * the panels on the left (search, latest news, map) should have been put > to the right > * there is too much white space in the heading area > * the logo really needs a refresh > * the heavy green bars distract your eye away from the content > * there are too many different font sizes and font styles > * the drop down menus feel visually disconnected from the tabs the spring > from and menus from tabs just feels kinda wierd > > In short it could really use a designer to introduce balance, correct > emphasis and remove distractions > > As such I would not be supportive of using it for our site I suggest to > wait for the sphinx theme based on bootstrap to come out and then start > moving our web content into that. We will do some customisations for the > QGIS front page and Richard has been making awesome progress in getting a > well put together bootstrap based sphinx theme in place for us when we can > then skin using any bootstrap theme (e.g. checkout some of the themes at > http://bootswatch.com/). > > So -1 from me > > Regards > > Tim > > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Werner Macho <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi there! >> >> Anyone seen the new GRASS Webpage? >> I really like the clean and intuitive style with lots of information >> presented clearly on the top page .. >> Probably we can adapt it to "our" new webpage? >> It even looks good on mobile phones .. >> >> Opinions on that? >> >> kind regards >> Werner >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-developer mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> > > > > -- > Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member (Release Manager) > ============================================== > Please do not email me off-list with technical > support questions. Using the lists will gain > more exposure for your issues and the knowledge > surrounding your issue will be shared with all. > > Visit http://linfiniti.com to find out about: > * QGIS programming and support services > * Mapserver and PostGIS based hosting plans > * FOSS Consulting Services > Skype: timlinux > Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net > ============================================== > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > >
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