2010/7/30 Máirín Duffy <duffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > The making the page super grey/white neutral to make the blue pop was my > compromise. But maybe it makes the page too lifeness / not blue enough. > If the slideshow automagically changes, maybe there is less harm in > detracting from the download button's pop if only one or two of the > slides is blue. (And the mockups you did, Jef, are gorgeous. I like the > 3rd and 4th best!) > I do agree that too much grey/white sorta makes the pages look bland. Having the accent color being blue is fantastic but i would warn against overusing it. I think using more of the secondary colors (as in the Branding Guideline) would be good.. but maybe just using pictures/images that aren't blue-centric would give the page enough color. > >> * The slideshow buttons >> >> >> http://schendje.fedorapeople.org/fpo/fpoSlides.png I like the square one on the top left for 2 reasons 1 - its big enough to click on 2 - it tells the user how many screens there are Browsing around several tv/network websites (as they all seem to have a variation of a slideshow), i saw some that were vertical and others were on the corners of the screen. It just something to think about. > >> * Screenshot >> I really like the Alternative Slideshow banners in the Mockup #1 (http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/fedoraproject-org-front-page-redesign-mockup-1/). I think it really shows off Fedora and its capabilities and features. I do agree that Desktop screenshots are kinda boring. > >> * The grey gradient all the way at the top >> >> I'm just wondering why it's there. Could you shed some light on this, Máirín? :) > > I know Sijis doesn't like it from the fedoracommunity.org mockups, we > talked about it before. :) Should i say more?? I understand the idea of starting a page with softly.. but its grey and i honestly don't think it would make a difference. I like simplicity. Jef - you've done a great job doing those mockups. Please keep them coming. Mizmo - you are the best! Although not truly related but i love the Fedoracommunity mockups because of the awesome use of color (http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/webdesign/fedoracommunity.org/fedoracommunity.org.9.png). Overall, i think the mockup for fp.o is awesome. Leaps and bounds better than we have now. Sijis Sijis -- websites mailing list websites@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/websites
