I like the idea, however personally I find most of the sites linked above as fairly Messy, I do like the redesign points blenderguru lists it does look nice. Also I personally like the simple sites such as <a href="http://www.pixelmator.com/">http://www.pixelmator.com/</a> etc.even sites such as ubuntu are decent and clean. I think the issue is the current site was created awhile ago and from there the project has evolved and of course more stuff has been added, so it&#39;s full the brim and things got lost, we need a new design that&#39;ll fit all our stuff and allow for a nice backend as well. I do like the idea of pointing out sites we like and asking for mockups similar with inkscape integration<div>

Respectfully,</div><div>Ian Caldwell<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Josh Andler <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:scislac@...400...">scislac@...400...</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

Hey All,<br>
<br>
I had seen a well done comparison of the Blender website with the<br>
alternative commercial tools websites by Andrew Price. I was putting<br>
together a similar comparison for vector apps but the websites vary a<br>
bit more and reading what he had done is sufficient enough for people<br>
to get the point. I think that his analysis is just as valid for<br>
Inkscape&#39;s website too. Visit<br>
<a href="http://www.blenderguru.com/the-big-issues/" target="_blank">http://www.blenderguru.com/the-big-issues/</a> and do a quick search for<br>
&quot;marketing&quot; and scroll down just a little to see what his observations<br>
were. At this point I have to say that we should really follow a<br>
similar approach for our redesign too. Following are the links to a<br>
few commercial alternatives in the vector editor category, to compare<br>
their sites to ours.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/" target="_blank">http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1281109933608" target="_blank">http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1281109933608</a><br>
<a href="http://www.xara.com/us/products/designer/" target="_blank">http://www.xara.com/us/products/designer/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/design_overview.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/design_overview.aspx</a><br>
<br>
My main observation? 3D software is marketed much more nicely and I<br>
actually think we should approach the redesign in a similar way.<br>
Realistically I think we can be a bit more playful with the design,<br>
but we should have something that communicates what inkscape is and<br>
what it&#39;s capable of in a better way for non-existing users.<br>
<br>
What are other people&#39;s thoughts? If most people think the &quot;similar to<br>
3d apps websites&quot; approach is good, I will post something to<br>
deviantart requesting designs there too.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Josh<br>
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