Re: [phoenix-dev] Homepage Prototypes

[Nick Boldt <codeslave@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree - the new prototypes are nice. Not sure which I prefer, but I like
the layout and pillar/role idea. As to the screenshot... a couple ideas for
your consideration:

a) animate it to cycle through a series of images showing a few snapshots
(no more than 3)
b) link it to a wiki/static page with larger versions and perhaps even
explanatory captions/download links. Could also be useful to show snaps of
the pillars/roles in action.

Oh, and I'm not yet a developer on Phoenix, just a lurker/bug-opener, so
feel free to ignore me. ;-)

Cheers,

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Tuesday, September 12, 2006 4:58 PM
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From: Denis Roy <denis.roy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [phoenix-dev] Homepage Prototypes


Nathan,

These look real good.  Here are some thoughts:

- I agree with Mike that the screenshots are small, but I disagree that
they aren't useful. Can we have only one screenshot, but bigger? Perhaps
  one screenshot that is the height of both combined?

- I sort of prefer the Roles page, as it contains fewer choices.
However, it leads to more clicks.

Thanks,

Denis


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Mike Taylor wrote:
> Hi Nathan,
> My two cents (keeping in mind I have no homepage design expertise) ;-)...
>
> Overall, I like the clean look. Navigation is much improved.
>
> I feel that there's a lack of visibility/navigation for EPIC on both
> prototypes. I'd like to see it as easy to get to as the download.
>
> I really like both sets of roles. Ideally there would be a way to make
> them all visible on the homepage, retaining their individual
> organizational integrity.
>
> The EPIC survey indicates a strong desire for direct access to "eclipse
> stuff", but less interest in "news stuff"...maybe we should take that
> into account for the homepage.
>
> The double screenshot on both samples seems like wasted space, too small
> to really be useful, not flashy enough to be really visually
> interesting...put the EPIC button there ;-)
>
> MikeT
>
>
> At 2:05 PM -0400 9/12/06, Nathan Gervais wrote:
>> Good Afternoon Phoenix committers,
>>
>> I've been banging away on the new prototypes for the www.eclipse.org
>> <http://www.eclipse.org/> homepage and have produced two version for
>> your feedback.
>>
>> This is the Pillars / Zones / Tracks / Communities implementation
>> http://phoenix.eclipse.org/homepage/
>>
>> And this is the Roles implementation
>> http://phoenix.eclipse.org/homepage/roles.php
>>
>> At this point we need to decide which of these versions we will move
>> forward with.
>>
>> Please reply to the list with any feedback / suggestions / ideas you
>> may have.
>>
>>
>> Nathan Gervais
>> Web Developer
>> Eclipse Foundation
>> [http://www.eclipse.org]
>>
>>
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