Martin,
It may have gotten some approval nods, but mine certainly isn't one of them. Responsive design is nice and all to have and something that needs to be addressed if it hasn't been done already, but this design doesn't cut it. I would also refrain from completely overhauling the current design aspects (colour, type) which are not bad at all. What I see here is a two or possibly 4 column collapsable design that has a splash screen with a download button and some icons on the bottom. All readable info would be off screen in case of a small factor screen.
What's the point of that? There is no Android or iOS version of Inkscape, so that would be besides the point wouldn't it? You would only want to be able to read some info rather than the download button. Nor does it strike me as good practice to lard your entry page for smart phones with sizable bitmaps. In my view it just doesn't appeal, both from UI, UX and design point of view. Back to the drawingboard I'd say and give it some thought this time.
The website design as it is has room for improvement from a marketing point of view, but in general is quite functional and to the point. Nor am I a great fan of the scrollmania that is so popular these days as a reflection of small factor readers. Single page view designs are still preferable to the hot swipe that goes around as fashionable and hip.
Yes to responisive design, but why not make the current design responsive and not just by tossing it into bootstrap.
Cheers,
Jelle
Message: 1 Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 10:51:25 -0500 From: Martin Owens <doctormo@...400...> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Website Design To: inkscape-devel inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Hinerangi Courtenay <hine.courtenay@...36...>, inkscape-user inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <1456329085.3092.11.camel@...2056...> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Yesterday Mc- brought up a design for the inkscape website which got a few approval nods from various attending people:
https://yadi.sk/i/CfqypzmvpPbay
I contacted the designer at the time and just heard back. So what we have here is a psd of a single page that flows downwards. I expect it to assume a standard set of css frameworks such as bootstrap or similar.
I also know that Hinerangi has some designs waiting in the wings for the website and that we've stalled on moving more improvements in.
I'm interested in hearing wider feedback from the community since I've been under the impression that the website's design has been fairly serviceable. A replacement would be a fair amount of work and at the moment I'm only committed to making sure the technical integration of any proposed design goes ahead without any barriers.
What do you think we should do?
Best Regards, Martin Owens