Hi! Well there will always be lots of space for improvement and of course all things pointed out by Tim are correct .. Surely I did not mean to copy it bit by bit - but at least .. and that's the major point .. the new page is nevertheless an improvement over the last one. And .. there is some movement .. I am pretty sure that you cannot do it "right" for everyone .. but as long as we agree that there has to be something done with our page .. But I see Richard is doing great and I also like the style of bootstrap (have to test it on mobile devices too). So as long as there is some movement here too .. I am not complaining. It was just a glimpse to others to maybe bring some fresh ideas.
regards werner On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Barry Rowlingson < [email protected]> wrote: > Meanwhile the word on the osgeo-discuss mailing list is 'awesome!'. I > honestly looked at this new GRASS web site and thought I was still > looking at the old one (not that I go there much). Rounded corners, > wrong use of tabs, poor handling of narrow screens (the tabs wrap and > the content gets pushed down) - it was like 2004 all over again... > > For Qgis, +1 for anything using Twitter Bootstrap, but an immediate -1 > if it still looks like Twitter Bootstrap... > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:42 PM, John C. Tull <[email protected]> wrote: > > Given what the prior website looked like, it is a vast improvement. > > Nonetheless, I think Tim's points are spot on, especially regarding > > balancing white space, use of green, and the drop-down/tab disconnect > (the > > tabs themselves look disconnected to me, and the grey shade for the > active > > tab makes it look inactive from expected gui practices). > > > > Nonetheless, I congratulate the GRASS team for greatly improving from > what > > they had. I don't think QGIS should strive to replicate this look, > though. > > > > Cheers, > > John > > > > > > On Nov 13, 2012, at 2:54 PM, G. Allegri <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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. 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