[Imc-uk-useability] [Imc-uk-process] new startpage: progress

[maqui]

Hiya Wietse and all

Thanks for this. I thing the design is definitely an improvement from  
what we have now as a startpage. It's got a more dynamic feel to it,  
and it helps promoting the regional sites and the topic pages, which  
can only be good imo.

Having said that, a few comments: things:

1- It worked very well with firefox and mozilla (although with a very  
big size font), but it displayed very badly with Safari (a mac  
application) The boxes were all on top of each other.

2- I would actually change the order of the boxes. Below the main  
feature I would put the 'Featured Articles' box  but double sized like  
the 'reposts from elsewhere' one.
Then underneath this the 'Promoted Newswire" and "Major Reports' boxes,  
followed with the "Selected Photo' and 'Media Pages' ones, and then the  
'Regions' and 'Topics'.

3- I am not sure how the boxes for topics and regional sites would  
work. The design does not display all of them. I understand that  
because there are 'too many' topics and regions to fit in the  
startpage, but did we decide on how these would be chosen to appear on  
the front page? I mean will it be randomly? Or is it that it will only  
show those that are most active? (sorry I can remember what was decided)

Ok, I know that trying to design a website with too many voices making  
comments is not very practical, but still, as you ask for feedback,  
here it is some from me :-)

Also, is there a time scale for implementing this?

Thanks again, and keep it up!

maqui

On Thursday, March 6, 2008, at 05:28  pm, wietse wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Just recapping on what we decided at the network meeting: 'we empower
> the sub group that has already done all the work for a new design to
> make decisions on the redesign, and every one can give them feedback  
> and
> participate' (1)
>
> So, we've been working on it more and the new version is now online  
> here:
> http://imcuk.isthisnottingham.co.uk/
>
> Changes that were made came from the minutes of the session at the
> network meeting and these were then compiled in a new to-do list. (2)
>
> I've understood correctly, we weren't gonna debate the whole thing from
> scratch, especially as the new redesign will not be set in stone, as
> everyone agreed it will be a definite improvement to the current
> startpage. 'We all agree that we do not want the current design as it
> is, there is consensus that we need to improve it' (3)
>
> So, please all have a look at the new version and maybe feedback/
> discussion could happen by either putting some stuff on the Startpage
> Redesign Wiki (4) or by email on the imc-uk-process list.
>
> Cheers, Wietse
>
> (1)
> https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ 
> UkNetworkMeeting2008MinutesSaturday
> (2) https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ImcUkStartpageToDo
> (3)
> https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ 
> UkNetworkMeeting2008MinutesSaturday
> (4) https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Local/ImcUkStartpageChanges
>
>
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