Hi, Ivan wrote in reply to Graham: >> The thing that concerns me is that thee seems to be more and more >> "Stuff" >> getting onto the page. > > That's why this message was posted here - to determine just how much > stuff is needed. I think the navbar would be useful for more frequent > visitors. It would also ensure consistency with other pages that will > be using the same header graphic - pages where a navbar would be > necessary.
That's also where I stand. And I think that is also what the poll showed us, that most believe minimalism is good, but do add some basic navigation for the advanced users/site consistency (although to be fair nobody, including me has taken the time to add the splash_prop of ooogear, to the proposal pages, so I don't think anyone considered voting on that one) If the issue however is that the action statements don't get the desired amount of focus, some adjustments could be made. Even though I believe Ivan has done very well in translating his initial design to HTML, we could maybe improve the following aspects: * Reduce the height of the top banner. On low resolution screens this banner consumes probably quite a significant part of the screen. * Reduce the contrast in colours for the top headers (maybe the tabs should be more blueish. Not promoting accessibility of the links in the top banner, but it does turns it less into an attention grabber * Reduce the contrast introduced by the footer by making it in total lighter. Also all text can be made lighter (again reduced contrast), to direct focus to the action statements (high contrast). * Reduce the content of the footer (can anyone inform us about what legal stuff is required?) >> I must admit that I'm partial to the explanatory subtitles as well, >> however >> they have to be informative but short. More of a subheader than an >> explanation. Think of it like a "Positioner" for the page that it's >> aimed >> at. It has to "sell" the link. The current 'subtitles' don't do this? > > This could work well - could you try writing up with a few of these > subtitles so we have a starting point? > > "OOo Oldie? Upgrade or update, right here, right now" Along with which action statement would you put this? The one about download? Aren't we neglecting the first timers then? As Ivan emphasized: > ALL text and content on that page is up for debate. Please change the text here, Ivan or someone else can later merge this content with his design: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Website/Content g., Maarten --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
