Hi Louis, *, On Nov 22, 2007 7:21 PM, Louis Suarez-Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2007-11-22, at 06:03 , Christian Lohmaier wrote: > > On Nov 20, 2007 8:24 PM, Louis Suarez-Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > > Personally I think the one from RJ Gilson better fits in the short- > > term, since > > it will not cause such an abrupt difference between new frontpage and > > the rest of the site. > > But what is wrong with disjunction? ;-)
One of the major issue criticized is that the site looks old. Having a super-fancy frontpage will make look the rest of the site even older, more dated. A less heavy landing page doesn't make that so drastic and allows to use that more fancy stuff for the more marketing related parts of the site (like about/why and Download) > I think we can finesse that by > emphasizing the OOo logo identity instead of the images that Filip has > chosen. Well, the images are the key to Filips design. Replacing it with default OOo logo-style images will greatly diminish the effect. > > So I'd favor a design like that for the frontpage, and would go for > > a more > > designish one for the download or about pages, not the opposite way... > > I would certainly want something simple and with the points you > cite... but do think more work is required. Sure more work is required, but since you cannot change all of the site from one day to another, I prefer smaller steps. Filips design breaks with the branding, it removes banner, tabs, footer. I doubt that it will still look convincing with these elements preserved. Whereas the other proposal fits very well in the overall framework. While I personally have no problem when the marketing or download pages break with the overall look, I'd prefer if the majority of the site can be seen as a unit, as one thing. But of course I will support either design when a decision was made.. ciao Christian --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
