Re: Navigation Proposal

[Ryan Muldoon <rpmuldoon students wisc edu>]

> On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 03:38:28AM +0500, Ryan Muldoon wrote:
> 
> > About
> >     Press Kit
> >        Screenshots
> >        FAQ
> >        List of Contributors
> > Community
> >        IRC info
> >        GNOME roadmap
> >        Project of the Week 
> >        Developer Interviews
> >        Mailing lists
> >        Events
> >        News
> > Development
> >        Tutorials
> >        Whitepapers
> >        API Reference
> >        CVS
> > Foundation
> >        Charter
> >        Meeting Minutes
> >        Board Members
> >        Advisory Board
> >        Membership
> > Projects
> >        Localization
> >        UI Hitsquad
> >        Sound
> >        Documentation
> > Software
> >        Application List
> >        Bugzilla
> >        Download
> 
> I like this. I'm a little worried about "Press", "News" and "Download" not
> being top-level, but I guess they're prime candidates for "quick links". Hm.
> Not bad at all. I have a better gut feeling about this structure than my
> proposal, but I'd like to think about it a little to see if it can be
> improved further.

My rationale for your comments:
Press: Press kit seems like it would be "about" GNOME, and I don't know how 
many subsections it would have, and if they really need to be quickly accessed
in the general case.

News: What does this really include other than Gnotices?  I couldn't come up
with anything, so if it were a category, it would be empty.  Also, I would
imagine that the front page will have news as well, anyway

Download: It seems like a single action item, that I do with the category 
"software."  Download has a download page...what else?  Nonstandard GNOME
software would have download links in the Application List, I'd imagine.

I've been working on a quick mockup of a front page (without any graphics for 
now, as I really shouldn't be the one to make them) to test out some colors, 
and the navigation.  I changed "IRC info" to "Support", which seemed to make
more sense, as IRC is kind of specific.  Support would have that information.
Once I have a little more time to work with colors, I will post the mockup for
general critique.  It certainly isn't meant to express the final look of the
site - its point is to address whether the colors we are thinking about and the
navigation structure is usable.


    --Ryan