[Clipart] [Bug 3974] Interface improvements

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------- Additional Comments From turnip at turnipspatch.com  2005-08-08 03:53 -------
(In reply to comment #7)
> > Submit Screenshot
> 
> Perhaps a link from the View Screenshots page, instead?
>
Good idea

> Do the tools even need a front-page link?
> 
Nope

> The incoming list is useful, but I don't think we need to fill up
> the sidebar on every page with fifteen links, when this information, 
> and more, is already available on the incoming submissions page.
> I think just a link to that page might be enough.
> 
That's cool with me

> > Getting rid of the top nav bar -- that's exactly what I did in my 
> > mockup.  However, I disagree with just putting them into the top of 
> > the sidebar. I don't think they are prominent enough even there, and 
> > think it is very very important to put emphasis on the download/browse 
> > links. 
> 
> That is why in my mockup I also put links to them in the main text
> area of the front page, but perhaps something more visual, as Bryce
> suggests, is in order in that regard.
>
Are iconic buttons (such as the ones I suggested in my own mockup) not "visual"?
I think they definitely are. I don't think text links are enough really. You've
not said anything against the idea of those buttons, but also not supported them
either -- so do you like or dislike them and why?

> > I disagree with you putting the affiliates in the footer -- 
> > again this is clutter, and is also not a very prominent position.
> 
> I think I agree with you, but I left them there in my mockup mainly 
> because I wasn't sure exactly what else to do.  Perhaps a link somewhere
> (where?) to a separate page of affiliate projects, which could have a full
> description of each and so forth.
> 
This was discussed in bug 3599, as I said in my previous comment, and it was
decided that we should display ONE affiliate per page randomly to give them all
a chance for the limelight without crowding our site with links to others. So
then the question I where. In bug 3599, I suggested the sidebar, but rejon said
it was crowded and that the top bar might be a better idea. I put it in the top
bar in my own mockup, and nobody has voiced an opinion about that positioning --
what do you think?

> > Also, can I request that we not think about visuals in this bug. My
> > mockup would have been a wireframe if there was not already a site design.
> 
> If you mean colors and fonts and so forth, I agree.  I made the mockup look
> plausible, rather than a wireframe, mainly so that people wouldn't go, "Eww,
> that's ugly" and overlook the way the information is layed out, which was 
> the point.
> 
Well you could always have done it according to the current site design as I
did... And to be honest, I don't think anyone would have said that. But anyway,
the important part is the information.          
     
     
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