Hi, On 03/09/2011 08:39 PM, ~suv wrote: [...]
Those are tabs for a content slider, which encompasses the banner image and the buttons/tabs. The idea is that when you click the tabs the entire content of that banner changes to display relevant content, a very popular and common feature on modern websites. This has not yet been finished because I need some help as to what text and buttons to put in there - I'm not such a great copywriter :-). The overview section is meant to show new users particularly, what Inkscape is, what it can do, and lead them to either learn more or download directly. The other tabs will have similar stuff appropriate to their titles and descriptions.
I got that, but the problem is that they don't look like that. They look like ordinary buttons meant for navigation. My recommendation would be to make some minor changes in order to avoid such confusion (I gave a few examples, but I'm sure there are more ways).
I experienced the same initial confusion - as described by Jasper - the first time I visited the new site at http://dev.inkscape.org. Once you have realized what those 'buttons' do, it's ok - but it isn't very obvious at first glance and (IMHO) unexpected from the way those 'buttons' are currently styled (maybe the initial draft [1] which had them spanning the complete banner width would be more obvious?).
Woah... I hadn't even noticed those were buttons until I read this. Those need to be changed indeed.
Perhaps making them smaller with not descrition txt and completely part of the banner would help. The description text could only show on mouse over.
Also arrows could accentuate the fact that you can go from one section to the other
Here is a mockup of what I mean http://sebby.cc/stuff/Screenshot-1.png
Seb.