[haiku-web] Re: Drupal 5 + Design considerations

Howdy,

Remi Grumeau wrote:

You make me hungry folks :-)

Really, can we talk about design here really ? Just go on Haiku-OS.org
index, scroll to the middle of the page and look at what you have on
screen: text. Why ? To me, 'cause too much infos is present for a
homepage. All tags, author name, and icons (slashdots, google, ...)
have nothing to do on a homepage. A post introduction shouldn't be
more than 5 or 6 lines, and be seperate graphiquely (OSNews homepage
is a good example for that). The 'upcoming event' block have too much
information in it, on different margin levels ( :-s ). Why a so small
search button and why a button instead of a search input ? .... and
why 3 menus ? (orange one on top, center and the block on the right).
All of those points are my 0,02€ only.

Just said all this cause i think the first thing to do is not changing
graphics, but rethink about what i really important on each page. Less
content often brings simplicity. What i see on Haiku-os.org is a
website that has grown step by step, with each time, more infos to put
(that's totally normal and that's a situation that can be seen on a
lot of websites). As a result, it's a bit messy.

Nope ?
There is a reason and logical explanation for most of the points that you raise. I don't have the time and energy to go over them again here, but if you are really interested, you may find the relevant info somewhere in the mailing list archive (you will probably have to go back to 2006).
The current theme/design/layout is by no means perfect, and there is a lot of room for improvement. I would love to see the web-team come up with viable/practical solutions that improve our website better and actually make them happen. 

Cheers,

Koki

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