Re: Area cover sheets and site structure progress

[Joshua Eichorn <jeichorn joshuaeichorn com>]

Don't have tons more to add except that i didn't mean to knock the 
plastic idea in general i just think it looks out of place when compared 
to the other sections.  I'm not sure what sets it apart, but when i saw 
it i really didn't look it belong.
-josh
digitect mindspring com wrote:

> From: "Joshua Eichorn" <jeichorn joshuaeichorn com>
>
> > > Home/user:
> http://www.mindspring.com/~digitect/gnome/v2/ia-2-0-2-user.html
>
> > I like the image you picked for the top theme gives the homepage a
> nice
>
> > clean inviting look.  The left nav looks fine to me but we might want
> to
>
> > split About and the press kit up (unless they are really just the same
> > thing)
>
> Thought about that, too. Let's see how the structure works out first.
>
> > My only concern with the top nav is using Shop for a link to
> information
>
> > on where to buy Gnome stuff, i don't know of anything better, but it
> > might be confusing for some people.  (we can use the title attribute
> on
>
> > the link to give a longer description, ie and mozilla use it as a
> tooltip)
>
> Yeah, we're all struggling with this one, maybe because there isn't
> anything like it now. I'm thinking about it as much as a place holder as
> anything, but we really should do a better job of creating merchandice.
> For example, I'd love to have a GNOME t-shirt, but there are none to buy
> that I've found.
>
> > Your notes about the main body content seem fine to me.  I think there
> > should also be a link to screenshots from here, maybe thumbnails
> > depending on room/load times.
>
> Definitely agree. We also need to do some one-sentence pointing to
> Developer, Foundation and the like, too.
>
> > I like the news box its spiffy, my only suggestions would be to use
> > brackets around the date like so [2 January 2002]
>
> Agree.
>
> > > Developer:
> http://www.mindspring.com/~digitect/gnome/v2/ia-2-0-2-developer.html
>
> > again i think the theme is a good pick
> > my only suggestion would be to add a getting involved link on the left
> > nav, or at least some more indepth text on the front page
>
> Agree.
>
> > > Search/Map:
> http://www.mindspring.com/~digitect/gnome/v2/ia-2-0-2-search.html
>
> > i don't really like just the plan blue top bar it looks out of place
> > compared to the other sections.  Also the two items on the left nav
> look
>
> > really lonely.  Also i don't like the purple for the the search box.
> We
>
> > might want to provide a google search link with domain set to
> gnome.org
>
> > besides whatever search engine we setup.
>
> Agree, generally. This scheme was really just an experiment with the now
> fashionable "Aqua/XP clean/clear" look. I call it plastic, because I
> have an opinion about this particular aesthetic. ;)  No problem making
> it look similar to User/Home. Like the google idea, too.
>
>
> Steve Hall  [ digitect mindspring com ]