RFC: My suggested improvements to start.fpo

[Elad]

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Misha Shnurapet <zayzayats at yandex.ru> wrote:
> 21.03.2011, 19:11, "Elad" <el.il at doom.co.il>:
>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Elad <el.il at doom.co.il>; wrote:
>>
>>>  Hello everyone.
>>>  Currently, start.fpo looks like this [1]. I don't like that all
>>>  controls are in one line, So I made this[2].
>>>  I told about it to another Fedora user, and he suggested that we add
>>>  an option to search in Fedora Package Database and Fedora wiki. I've
>>>  implemented this. screenshot [3].
>>>  Please note that in the third screenshot, the header height is 146px,
>>>  and there is a reason for that: Jef said he wanted the header size to
>>>  be the same in all fedora website. In fp.o, the header is 116px high,
>>>  and the menu is 30px high, and looks like part of the header. In
>>>  start.fpo there is no menu, so the header height can be 116+30, and it
>>>  still looks constant when going from start.fpo to fp.o.
>>>
>>>  More screenshots: Hover over the search button[4], Package Database is
>>>  selected[5].
>>>
>>>  What do you think? any suggestions/ideas for more improvements?
>>>
>>>  [1] http://elad.fedorapeople.org/start.fpo.now.png
>>>  [2] http://elad.fedorapeople.org/start.fpo.png
>>>  [3] http://elad.fedorapeople.org/start.fpo-wiki-and-pkgdb.png
>>>  [4] http://elad.fedorapeople.org/start.fpo-search-hover.png
>>>  [5] http://elad.fedorapeople.org/start.fpo-pkgdb-selected.png
>>>  --
>>>  -Elad.
>>
>> New mockup [1], Because I think start.fpo is too messy right now. We
>> need to reduce visual clutter. My mockup is largely based on this one
>> [2].
>> Those "help pandas" ☺ are mainly intended for new users. The first
>> thing users usually does after installing Fedora is opening the web
>> browser, and those pandas are there to welcome them in a friendly way.
>> I forgot to add it to the mockup, but we could provide a small X
>> button that will hide them if the user no longer need them (who would
>> want to do that?!). I think the pandas are awesome, but we could
>> replace them with a "Help" link in the top (next to wiki | planet |
>> documentation) if you don't agree with me.
>>
>> The pkgdb/wiki search is already implemented in my computer, but I'm
>> not pushing it because it will make even more visual clutter, and I
>> think we need to keep things clean and simple.
>> Anyway it will need some server-side python "magic" to work without JS.
>>
>> [1] http://elad.fedorapeople.org/start.fpo-mockup-elad.png
>> [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/File:Vinz-startfedoraproject-v3.png
>
> I think Fedora logo is way too large. But I like the rest of it. :)
>
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Thanks, but it seems to me that that's not the direction we are going to go in.
More information: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Start.fpo_redesign

-- 
-Elad.