2010/7/30 Máirín Duffy <duffy(a)fedoraproject.org>:
The making the page super grey/white neutral to make the blue pop was my
compromise. But maybe it makes the page too lifeness / not blue enough.
If the slideshow automagically changes, maybe there is less harm in
detracting from the download button's pop if only one or two of the
slides is blue. (And the mockups you did, Jef, are gorgeous. I like the
3rd and 4th best!)
I do agree that too much grey/white sorta makes the pages look bland.
Having the accent color being blue is fantastic but i would warn
against overusing it. I think using more of the secondary colors (as
in the Branding Guideline) would be good.. but maybe just using
pictures/images that aren't blue-centric would give the page enough
color.
I like the square one on the top left for 2 reasons
1 - its big enough to click on
2 - it tells the user how many screens there are
Browsing around several tv/network websites (as they all seem to have
a variation of a slideshow), i saw some that were vertical and others
were on the corners of the screen. It just something to think about.
> * Screenshot
>
I really like the Alternative Slideshow banners in the Mockup #1
(
http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/fedoraproject-org-front-page-redes...).
I think it really shows off Fedora and its capabilities and features.
I do agree that Desktop screenshots are kinda boring.
> * The grey gradient all the way at the top
>
> I'm just wondering why it's there. Could you shed some light on this, Máirín?
:)
I know Sijis doesn't like it from the
fedoracommunity.org mockups, we
talked about it before. :)
Should i say more??
I understand the idea of starting a page with softly.. but its grey
and i honestly don't think it would make a difference.
I like simplicity.
Jef - you've done a great job doing those mockups. Please keep them coming.
Mizmo - you are the best!
Although not truly related but i love the Fedoracommunity mockups
because of the awesome use of color
(
http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/webdesign/fedoracommunity.org/fedoracommuni...).
Overall, i think the mockup for fp.o is awesome. Leaps and bounds
better than we have now.
Sijis
Sijis