Re: Proposal for new layout of the GNUstep website now online

[Martin Brecher]

Hi, -

first, I like the design pretty much; it's cool the way it adapts the 
steps-theme like the GNUstep logo does.

The thing I dislike: it's too confusing for being the official site of a 
project. 

But I can imagine that this design/layout could be pretty cool for a community 
page, i.e. it's quite easy to add boxes for Themes, 
Latest Apps, Tipps, Editorials etc. - Maybe Dennis would like it for 
gnustep.net?

The crucial thing with an official representation is that people with no clue 
about the subject shall easily get into it. In this regard I like 
the current layout of GNUstep.org quite well, only lacking some graphical 
additions.

Keep up the good work,
Martin

On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 13:32:31 +0200, Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf wrote:

>As I wrote on 09/23/2002, I sat down and made a proposal for a new layout 
>of the GNUstep website.
>It is now online here:
>
>http://www.sqar.org/gnustep/website-relaunch/
>
>some word thereto:
>
>I tried to make the GNUstep side look a little more friendly and relaxed 
>(brighter colors, more space) while keeping the professional approach. I 
>hope I succeeded.
>
>I make use of stylesheets. Since I don't have currently a Linux-box, I 
>don't know how they are supported by various Linux-browsers. However, I 
>tested the page with Mozilla/Netscape (6.1) on Mac OS X and Windows, 
>Internet Explorer on Mac OS X (5.2) and Windows (5.0 and 5.5) and OmniWeb 
>(4.1) on Mac OS X and all show a satisfying result. So I think it should 
>work correctly at least with Mozilla on Linux. If you are unsure whether 
>what you see is correct, please refer to:
>
>http://www.sqar.org/gnustep/website-relaunch/what_it_should_look_like.png
>
>There you can see my intention and what it looks like on OmniWeb.
>
>Please also mail me whether you like the new look or not and detailed what 
>you like or not. 
>
>The texts are of course not final, and I think we should discuss the 
>actual content of the page. I think we should emphasize the userside of 
>GNUstep a bit. Currently one could think GNUstep is a developer only 
>thing. Professional texters anywhere? ;-)
>
>enjoy it! 
>
>greetings, Lars
>
>
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