On Nov 26, 2014 2:33 PM, "Barrie Treloar" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 26 November 2014 at 18:55, Stephen Connolly < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I also think we should remove the side-bars (and perhaps switch to a top > > bar menu) as they hinder mobile accessibility. > > > I think the total number of people using a mobile phone to visit the maven > website would be zero. >
At least one anyway. I, myself often read docs on my phone browser, hence a strong proponent of responsive UIs. I can also confirm that the site doesn't work very well due to layout issues on my phone. > I think the left side bars is useful, but too cluttered. > The right side bar is also useful because it has all the related links but > takes up a lot of room. > > At the moment the focus is on a new user, which most people are once in > their Maven experience. > We should make it easy for the new user to find the landing page for > download and the new user tour, and then redesign the front page for the > most common purpose of using Maven. The develop Maven page should be > pushed onto another landing page too. > > This would allow the use of larger, more readable fonts as well as there is > less clutter. > I'm no web design guru, but all the online courses I've been reading over > the last 6 months have had the Maven site redesign in mind.
