Re: Updated Home Page Mockup

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 20:10, Stewart Lord <stewey@ambitious.ca> wrote: > On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:05:27 -0400, David Soria Parra <dsp@php.net> wrote: >> >> Thanks for the nice work so far. Its much appreciated >> >> I already said this in the chat. I think the flickr stream should be >> replaced a little bit. >> The colors and contrast of the flickr stream is are brighter and have > more >> contrast than the webpage. >> Eyes will recognize the stream first. I think the main purpose of the > front >> page is to have >> links to the downloads, recent news and documentation. The flickr stream > is >> a funny bonus I >> think it distracts a little bit. Would it be possible to show 1-2 > pictures >> from the stream in the right >> side bar or at the bottom of the page? People can then focus more easily > on >> what they >> probably searched on the webpage (the downloads, etc). >> >> I don't want to start a complete discussion about the flickr stream at > all. >> I just noticed >> that it distracts me. >> >> Thank you >> David > > > Hi David, > > If the elephants were moved to the footer, would that resolve your > concerns? I think adding a "slightly light-dark verlay" would solve it, it would reduce the impact of the images, yet still keep them visually pleasing and give maintain the "human fun factor" on the page. Moving it to the footer may create weird flipover unbalance and reduce the fun factor.. unless we add it to all pages maybe? :D Yes. Yes. I was really against it first. Then just alot. Then just a bit.. And now I really like the idea. Damnit. That "banner"(?) really really grows on you :D I tweeted the page earlier today, and got an awesomely overwhelming RTs and bunch of thumbs up. Probably should have created a howtohelp wiki page first, but here it is; https://wiki.php.net/web/redesign/howtohelp containing random todo/feedback things gathered from twitter/g+/irc (Stew; can't find you on twitter?, @stulord seems unlikely..) -Hannes