[Fedora-spins] I need content for your spin's webpage- by Fri Oct 16

[Máirín Duffy]

(this is a re-send, my first try got moderated)

On 10/21/2009 04:54 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> On 10/17/2009 01:41 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 14:46:57 -0400,
>>   Máirín Duffy <mairin at linuxgrrl.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Here's my work-in-progress so far for the front page of the Games
>>> Spin. What do you think?
> 
> (The url got quoted out but for reference it's
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Website_redesign_2009/Mockups/Spins.fpo#Fedora_Games_Spin_Mockups
> )
>>
>> I think it mostly looks good. I think the images are easier to get at a
>> glance than the Wesnoth one I picked. I had been thinking I only had one
>> image and that it would be a lot bigger. It wouldn't be understandable
>> if shrunk that small.
> 
> Yeh, I played with it using the same format as the other spin details'
> pages but even with a larger size screenshot, the details of the Wesnoth
> screenshot were a little lost. I felt like splitting out into 3
> screenshot in the case of the Games spin made sense since many different
> games are really central to the spin.
> 
>> There is some artifact in the images as they show up on that page. I am
>> not sure if it is something with being in the mock up or if the final
>> version will also have the same artifact. The upper half of each image
>> appears to be brighter than the lower half with a clear line separating
>> the two parts.
> 
> The fade-out to white on the bottom? It's a design element I'm trying to
> apply to all the banners (see the FEL and LXDE banners further up the
> page) but it might not work very well for the particular design I went with.
>>
>> My only other concern is that you picked three 3d games. None of those
>> are going to work for people that have nvidia graphics cards off the
>> dvd. They will be usable with proprietary drivers if they actually install
>> Fedora and then get the needed drivers from rpmfusion. This is more of
>> a marketting question, so I don't think I know the right answer. But I did
>> want to let you know about the limitation in case that affects what you
>> think is best.
> 
> Can you give me examples of games included in the spin that have
> compelling artwork that doesn't rqeuire 3d? I'm mostly looking for
> eye-candy to rope folks in :)
> 
> 
> ~m