Start.fpo redesign - feedback required (mockup)

[Matthew Miller]

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 02:31:30AM +0200, Elad Alfassa wrote:
> I was trying to keep it simplistic and light.

Yeah, and I appreciate that. But I wonder if we can do that while being a
bit less monochromatic?

> Anyway, implementation is in staging now:
> http://start.stg.fedoraproject.org/
> Further feedback appriciated.

A concrete suggestion is to make the third column something other than
"Useful links". Maybe break it up into two sections, "Get Help" and "Join
Fedora"?

Actually, now that I'm looking, aren't the main things there duplicates with
the panda links below? 

I'm comparing the proposed page to the current start page, and with the
exception of the pandas replacing the big-block-of-links-no-one-will-use at
the bottom, I kinda feel like the original is more friendly and inviting.
And really, I like http://fedoraproject.org/ better than both.

While I'm not totally convinced we need a search field on the new page, the
thing I like about it on the old one is that it tells you what to do, with
a big, bold, visually clear indicator. The new page doesn't have anything
that draws my attention in particular, and so my eyes wander around until
they eventually land on the helpful pandas.

The main Fedora page is rather busy, but the freedom/friends/features/first
logos draw my attention down from the rotating banners, and I eventually
settle on "Need help?" / "About Fedora" / "Join us" -- which I guess is kind
of what the pandas say too, but they use more words.

What if we took the section of http://fedoraproject.org/ with the "Need
help" bar and "What makes Fedora great?" and made that be the start page,
with nothing at all above it (and no sidebar on the right?). Replace "Fedora
Highlights" with "Fedora News" and put the Planet + Announcements there. And
then finish with the pandas.  See attached html for a rough idea.


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Matthew Miller  ☁☁☁  Fedora Cloud Architect  ☁☁☁  <mattdm at fedoraproject.org>
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