Re: RFC: My suggested improvements to start.fpo

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On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Misha Shnurapet <zayzayats@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 21.03.2011, 19:11, "Elad" <el.il@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Elad <el.il@xxxxxxxxxx>; wrote:
>>
>>> ÂHello everyone.
>>> ÂCurrently, start.fpo looks like this [1]. I don't like that all
>>> Âcontrols are in one line, So I made this[2].
>>> ÂI told about it to another Fedora user, and he suggested that we add
>>> Âan option to search in Fedora Package Database and Fedora wiki. I've
>>> Âimplemented this. screenshot [3].
>>> ÂPlease note that in the third screenshot, the header height is 146px,
>>> Âand there is a reason for that: Jef said he wanted the header size to
>>> Âbe the same in all fedora website. In fp.o, the header is 116px high,
>>> Âand the menu is 30px high, and looks like part of the header. In
>>> Âstart.fpo there is no menu, so the header height can be 116+30, and it
>>> Âstill looks constant when going from start.fpo to fp.o.
>>>
>>> ÂMore screenshots: Hover over the search button[4], Package Database is
>>> Âselected[5].
>>>
>>> ÂWhat do you think? any suggestions/ideas for more improvements?
>>>
>>> Â[1] http://elad.fedorapeople.org/start.fpo.now.png
>>> Â[2] http://elad.fedorapeople.org/start.fpo.png
>>> Â[3] http://elad.fedorapeople.org/start.fpo-wiki-and-pkgdb.png
>>> Â[4] http://elad.fedorapeople.org/start.fpo-search-hover.png
>>> Â[5] http://elad.fedorapeople.org/start.fpo-pkgdb-selected.png
>>> Â--
>>> Â-Elad.
>>
>> New mockup [1], Because I think start.fpo is too messy right now. We
>> need to reduce visual clutter. My mockup is largely based on this one
>> [2].
>> Those "help pandas" â are mainly intended for new users. The first
>> thing users usually does after installing Fedora is opening the web
>> browser, and those pandas are there to welcome them in a friendly way.
>> I forgot to add it to the mockup, but we could provide a small X
>> button that will hide them if the user no longer need them (who would
>> want to do that?!). I think the pandas are awesome, but we could
>> replace them with a "Help" link in the top (next to wiki | planet |
>> documentation) if you don't agree with me.
>>
>> The pkgdb/wiki search is already implemented in my computer, but I'm
>> not pushing it because it will make even more visual clutter, and I
>> think we need to keep things clean and simple.
>> Anyway it will need some server-side python "magic" to work without JS.
>>
>> [1] http://elad.fedorapeople.org/start.fpo-mockup-elad.png
>> [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/File:Vinz-startfedoraproject-v3.png
>
> I think Fedora logo is way too large. But I like the rest of it. :)
>
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Thanks, but it seems to me that that's not the direction we are going to go in.
More information: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Start.fpo_redesign

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