Website & download

Sat Jun 9 18:13:37 UTC 2012

Hi Rafael,

Whilst the discussions go on, how far have you gotten for the artwork for
one of the secondary download sites? I'd be delighted if it was a 'page'
and not just a basic listing.

Leaving all the 'politics' aside, can you spend some time to design
http://thesii.org/iso/ so it actually looks nice to your eye? You have a
blank canvas, go and do what you do best... create. That site does need to
reflect the fact we have older / alternate releases; but Go and Design a
nice page for Lubuntu. You will have the final say, it is YOUR page.

Regards,

Phill.

On 9 June 2012 18:46, Geoffrey <computergeoffrey at zoho.com> wrote:

> **
> Yes it's great. :)
> If we make download buttons it will indeed look nicer. Maybe the artwork
> team can do this?
>
> *karl: "*If you remove the stuff about EHX64 or whatever that intel
> specification is called, I'll use your descriptions in my page.  also, i'd
> like to see the descriptions side by side with the download links.
> this is a MINOR point, but it would make there no chance of all of people
> thinking the descriptions are associated with the download above them
> instead of associated with the download below them.*"*
>
> *Reply @ karl:* Good idea to place it next to the download links. We
> shouldn't use download links, download buttons are way better.
>
> Smile4ever
>
> ---- Aan Sat, 09 Jun 2012 13:46:16 +0200 *紳癒礁湖 <rafaellaguna at gmail.com>*schreef ----
>
>  Okay, now have a look on this: http://www.linuxdeepin.com/download
>
> I think it's near perfect. You go to the "Get It" page and see the
> download button immediatly. ust like ours. And there's no accessory "fluf",
> or bullet lists, that is very 80s style. Using a disc metaphor is a very
> direct message.
>
> El dv 08 de 06 de 2012 a les 21:21 -0600, en/na kelly va escriure:
>
>  On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:14:07 +0200 紳癒礁湖 <rafaellaguna at gmail.com> wrote: > By alussions. "Less is more" is a great phrase used by Mies van der > Rohe, but used out of context, by non-designers, means nothing. Sorry > for being so radical in these terms, but in the real world doing the > design practice, LESS IS LESS, just it. I have no time or desire to > explain this (it's a really extended worldwide topic used by art & > design prophans). --  The "less is more" as I used it was not used out of context.  You should truly read up on reading for the web, usable web design and usability testing.  It might surprise you but people do not want a lot of 'fluff'.  "Just the facts ma'am" is all they want and preferably in a bullet format.  http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.html is an excellent place to start. >  > The reason to keep the page simple (not minimal, we're not doing a > BlackBox fiesta or a CrunchBang Linux page) with the pictograms is > because we're a flavour of Ubuntu, and it's better to keep the same > artwork guidelines. I'm really unsatisfied with the result of the page > (I'm sorry for being so honest). I know the people who uploaded it > made their best, but  > such product like a webpage, a very delicate marketing element, need a > designer for being created. --  Using that logic, Ubuntu is a direct derivative of Debian.  As such Ubuntu should be using Debian's guidelines. --  I do not care if you are "really unsatisfied with the result."  I am really unsatisfied with the previous edition and think Karl did an outstanding job fixing an unmitigated mess. -- The only time a "designer" is needed for a webpage is during the very initial design (chalk talk time normally).  Once the page is drafted it is up to the usability people, running usability tests (with real people brought in to do the testing) on the proposed webpage to determine what works the best.  In sum, it will be the people who use, or do not use, the page that ultimately decide a webpage's fate. >  > So I think it's time to talk about it within the members room. It's > nice to have users opinions, but some things can't be left to > everybody's intervention, it will become a chaos. Sure you understand > it. We have a phrase in Spain, "zapatero a tus zapatos" (shoemaker do > your shoes). Is that the reason for doing Launchpad teams? --  Oh, back to the old 'we the few know what is best for the many' syndrome.  That is a crock of crap. --  What is wrong with a little chaos?  It tends to shake things up when needed.  Freedom *is* chaos.  Which, I think, is a very good thing. --  Currently, I don't have any shoes, or boots for that matter, which need tending too.  However, if I do, I'll be sure to drop you an email to see if you are available to fix them.  Thanks. Cya.
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