[Clipart] PR for 0.16

[Jon Phillips]

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Please add this, or file a new bug please...I for the most part agree
with all these assessments...

Jon

On Mon, 2005-08-01 at 17:25 +0100, Stephen Silver wrote:
> Christopher Ellison wrote:
> 
> > I want to echo some of those comments.  As of now, www.openclipart.org 
> > has a developer-ish look----meaning, it doesn't look clean, simple, and 
> > designed for the user.  But perhaps that is what is needed/desired right 
> > now.
> > 
> > Has there been a discussion on design? For instance, the "Incoming Clip 
> > Art" panel is nice...but it isn't something that I would consider 
> > essential (as in front page material) for a website aiming towards the 
> > general user---actually, I found it somewhat distracting/confusing.  
> > Overall, I am wondering:  Where is the white space? It seems kinda busy.
> > 
> > Anyway, I look forward to any responses.
> 
> I think the main thing is to make the page better for newcomers.
> With this in mind, here are some suggestions:
> 
> * Remove the list of incoming clipart, as you suggested.  There should be
>   a link to the incoming page in the sidebar.
> 
> * Remove the news.  Instead, have a separate page for news, and link
>   to it in the sidebar.
> 
> * Remove the Google search.  This is confusing, and anyone who wants to
>   search openclipart.org using Google can do so using Google directly.
> 
> * Remove the screenshot.  Speaking as someone with a dial-up connection,
>   this is just plain annoying.  There is already a link to the
>   screenshots page in the sidebar.
> 
> * Remove the submit form.  There is already a link to the submission
>   page in the sidebar.
> 
> * Have a somewhat more detailed description of the site, rather than
>   just the two short paragraphs we have at present.  This extended
>   description should also contain links to some of the more important
>   pages for newcomers, such as the clipart browser, download page,
>   submission page and incoming folder.
> 
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