I would like to help out, especially since I think so highly of the Sword Project, but I have to admit that I'm quite busy at this time. I will give as much input as time allows.
In Christ, Chad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Troy A. Griffitts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 6:18 PM Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Re: OSIS Web tool > Andrew, > Both (pretty, and expressions of what confused you) are very valuable. > I've demo'd it to a number of people and watched as they pondered what > to do. It makes you want to yell, "Just click on....!!!". But I don't > know how to visually lead them to the controls pertinent for each > screen. We've had suggestions, for example, on the passage study page, > to surround: "Passage Study", the current Bible and where to change it, > current verse and verse navigation, with some kind of swoosh graphic-- > kindof saying, "On this screen, these are the important pieces of > navigation" > > But I don't know. I don't think anyone would say that I'm a very good > UI designer. > > So, please suggest! And any contributions would be greatly appreciated. > There are a number of us with 'sandboxes' set up so we can play with > the pages and show our ideas. Let me know if you're volunteering to > have a go at some stuff. > > -Troy. > > > > Andrew Vardeman wrote: > > I think it looks decent (nice and clean, maybe not flashy but certainly not ugly). I agree it can be a bit confusing on first use. Which was their priority--colors and graphics or functional UI improvements? > > > > I can do pretty, but slower than any "real" designer. If they're thinking more functionally, I could at least express what confused me and offer suggestions for improvement. > > > > Andrew > > > > > > On Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at 03:00PM, Troy A. Griffitts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Just what should be an obvious correction: > >> > >>-and are not looking for people to make it look pretty > >>+and are now looking for people to make it look pretty > >> > >> > >>Troy A. Griffitts wrote: > >> > >>>Hey guys. We've finished up about 80% of the functionality for the web > >>>tool and are not looking for people to make it look pretty / work more > >>>intuitively. > >>> > >>>ABS is happy with the functionality, but they are about to go out and > >>>pay someone to redesign the user interface. I'd hate for us to have > >>>spent so much time on the real meat of the project to offer this as a > >>>free gift to them, and then they have to go pay someone to add colors > >>>and graphics. > >>> > >>>Any volunteers would be greatly appreciated by ABS and me, as well. > >>> > >>>Here's the link: > >>> > >>>http://www.crosswire.org/sword/biblenew/ > >>> > >>>Thank you for your consideration. > >>> > >>> -Troy. > >>> > >>> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>sword-devel mailing list > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > sword-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > > _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel
