Once again, thanks for the detailed response :)
Maxim Nikulin <maniku...@gmail.com> writes:
- innovative :: does 'new' and exciting things that similar
products don't
This is the most "offensive" word for me. Minor issue is that
2003 means 17 years ago, not new, but really I consider the age
as an advantage. I admit that the word could be must have for
startup fund raising but it is so general that usually I
consider it as an alarm that it could be used just to inflate a
phrase when nothing particular could be said fairly. It could
increase rating only if reputation of person who mentioned it is
known. It seems it is not only my perception:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=innovative
- intuative :: despite doing a lot, it isn't complex to work
with, but
thoughtfully designed to be easy to use
Actually, I do not mind against "intuitive". Frankly speaking, I
have not noticed it at all. "Innovative" caused a kind of
temporary blindness. Do not take the following seriously. Every
forum/wiki/bug tracker engine has its own peculiarities in
markup requiring a special kind of intuition (even before
introducing of WYSITYG feature). Old joke: ... with intuitive
interface has been automatically upgraded, please, download
upgrade your intuition from the site ... It is unrelated to
org-mode, I consider its markup syntax as mostly convenient.
Thanks for putting this to me this way, looking at these terms
beyond their literal meaning, considering their use as buzzwords
makes me re-evaluate my impression. It's unfortunate, for I
believe that Org does truly embody these terms, but I would hate
for the page to appear as a pile of buzzwords.
Let's change this to something else.
There is a mix of em's and rem's, My complains are for desktop
version only. Text size of 1.2em below the banner is OK for me.
4em for "Org-mode" is excessively huge for me. 3rem=2.7em for
"An innovative" is too large as well. 2rem for a couple of
paragraphs in the banner ("Designed to...") is too heavy in
comparison to 1.2rem=1em in the banner bottom line.
I see. I'll try some other sizes one I've done the layout
reflowing at large sizes. While I'd like to tweak the content
(with what exactly to being something that I have yet to work
out), I do somewhat like the overall look - including the big
fonts.
I am comparing with widely used yellow "donate" paypal button.
On the current site the block is more noticeable due to
"irregularity" of its placement. In new variant small text is
smoothly put to the banner bottom line somewhere after other
text.
Ehhh, I can't say the current one jumps out at me at all, for a
few reasons
- it's positioned away from the body of the text, and where the
eyes are drawn to - it uses the same colours as the dody text,
failing to differentiate itself in
this regard
- the background colouring is quite subtle, nowhere near enough
to make it
stand out
- There are no icons. Icons as non-letters stand out from the
text around them,
helping to draw attention
To give my thoughts on the redesighed version:
- There is colour to draw the eye - The position is around the
main design elements, and thus the path of the eyes - Icons, for
the reason outlined above - A more contrasting background -
Movement, as the page scrolls, they move across the middle of the
screen
Hence, while they may not be as /in your face/ as some donation
promts, I'd be surprised if someone who looked at the page for
more than a few seconds didn't notice them.
However, this is just my thoughts on it - let me know if my logic
makes sense, and if anybody else would like to chime in that would
be great.
I see 3 category of users requiring content different to some
extent but should be easily recognizable:
Mmmm. This is a good point. The essential details are
communicated by the current large banner IMO
I am trying to say that most of the points should be addressed
outside of the banner. My personal opinion is that the banner is
overloaded already.
Mmm. A bit of slimming down wouldn't hurt I think. I'd just quite
like there to be enough in the banner to interest and engage most
viewers ---prioritising people giving Org a first look---
If you have any ideas for alternatives, please let me know :)
Once again, thanks for taking the time to communicate this - it's
much appreciated :)
Timothy.
