This person put quite a bit of time into providing feedback on the new site. Probably not stuff we want to hear, but very valuable: https://www.reddit.com/r/design_critiques/comments/3ri38h/we_recently_redesigned_our_website_would_love/cwoq0n4
On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Ian Clarke <[email protected]> wrote: > I like the donation bar, and the website is a huge improvement. > > However, I'm still very concerned about how much blank space there is on > our front page, while you have to scroll down to see any kind of real > explanation of what Freenet is. The bulk of the information is below the > fold. I really think the layout is all wrong here, and given that it's the > landing page, it is absolutely critical that we get it right. > > I'm also not a fan of the scrollbox as the primary means to explain what > Freenet is (it get's price of place in the middle of the page). I find it > pretty cumbersome. It might be good off to the side, but not right in the > middle of the first page people see (surrounded by mostly blank space). > > Can anyone think of any other well-designed website that has so much empty > space above the fold when the page is first loaded? I guess you could say > that Google does, but they have far less explaining to do. > > I've submitted it for feedback here: > https://www.reddit.com/r/design_critiques/comments/3ri38h/we_recently_redesigned_our_website_would_love/ > > Ian. > > -- > Ian Clarke > Founder, The Freenet Project > Email: [email protected] > -- Ian Clarke Founder, The Freenet Project Email: [email protected] _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list [email protected] https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
