On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Elena Petrevska
<
elenapetrevska77 gmail com>
wrote:
> Brett, at first, thanks for the encouragement and for
the contribution. I
> will comment as I go through the mail.
>
> On 06/09/2012 07:53 PM, Brett Legree wrote:
>
> Good day Elena,
>
> Just a few more ideas to add to the mix, and sort of
build on what Sri
> suggested.
>
> I attached a GIMP-edited version of your original
image (should I
> instead be posting a link to an online site for this?
Not sure of the
> protocol for the mailing list, if I should please let
me know).
>
> I actually like the changes a lot. It is not a
problem in both ways, you are
> fine with this method.
>
> As I am new, I am trying to get a feel for the
purpose of the page, so
> I did a bit of cut & paste to try and group
things together or make
> things flow a bit. I put Search up at the top right
so it is above the
> fold by default, for new and more experienced users,
and I suggested
> moving the User Login part a bit lower in the
hierarchy (since someone
> with a login would be familiar with the page).
>
> You really did some very useful changes. thanks !
>
> I thought it was okay to have Join GNOME at the top
(not sure where
> the link goes - to another page with all of them
listed, or to the
> bottom of the page where they are spread out?) as
well as at the
> bottom, as it would seem logical we want people to
join the various
> projects.
>
> Or, we could try to have only one link to each topic,
to simplify
> things for both users and coders (just something I
picked up in my
> studies of UI/UX, I believe there are 6 or 7 ways to
print a document
> in Microsoft Word, for instance, via shortcut keys,
icons etc., some
> of them do the same thing, and some of them do not
work exactly the
> same way).
>
> We will talk about this on the mailing list and I
will (in the mean time)
> take care of implementing them in a design.
>
> You could experiment with that spread out list of
links to the
> different Teams, perhaps with justified/non-justified
arrangement of
> the text, alphabetical ordering maybe, or perhaps
some kind of logical
> arrangement based on what is most important to the
project as a whole
> (though I think they are all important - hence the
suggestion for
> alphabetical ordering).
>
> I will certainly try it.
>
> Anyway, just some suggestions of course and apologies
for hacking your
> image apart (!) my GIMP-fu is still not as strong as
it could be, so
> the boxes in my edited copy do not always line up the
way they could
> or might.
>
> Hope it helps in any case - keep up the good work -
Brett
>
> It was very helpful Brett, thanks again !
> Elena
