Thanks Phil,
I think this is looking really nice overall -- it feels like it has a
lot more breathing room. I like putting the filtery cruft off to the
left of the article to make an even more reading centric left panel.
I agree with holding off on doing anything too deep with rebranding at
this point. Some things to keep in mind / incorporate as you flesh
this view out:
* there is currently a title and RSS link for the overall view you're
looking at
* filters need an edit link of some sort
* opml export link near feed list
* import link near feed search box for OPML import
* articles now have mail / share links
* we will be offering an openid login option
* there are links to help, about and the software project (currently
in the footer)
* some diversity in article lengths / inclusion of pictures would help
to match this up more with the current output of the system
* people like to hide / star things when viewing the bottom or top of
an article (which may not be viewable on a single screen)
* the list of tags on an item can be a long list / wide individually
* the list of feeds and filters can both grow exceedingly long
I can't tell if it's just the way my screen is adjusted If you have
time, but the separation between individual articles doesn't pop as
much as it seemed to on your monitor, the left column looks a bit
white to me.
There is not much shape around it, but a pass at a very simple list of
people you're following would be helpful as well, though I'm sure we
could follow the general guidelines of what you've got going to
execute that too.
Thanks again,
- Luke
On Jul 30, 2008, at 5:14 PM, Philip Ashlock wrote:
Luke,
As mentioned earlier, I've been thinking of different directions to
take the look and feel of melkjug, but been a little hung up on
working with the name and concept of milk along with visual
references to reinforce the functionality of the site. So far I've
decided to hold off on incorporating anything visually explicit that
might suggest milk, jugs, or concepts like tuning or mixing and
instead have just let the text and basic interface sit on its own.
That said, I've done a little brainstorming playing around with
names/concepts using words like "mix", "mux", and "tune" for the
process and "read", "feed", and "web" for the medium. In doing so, I
really only bothered recording names that had available domain
names. Here's a quick spattering of those:
note: mux and muxing are synonyms for multiplexing - a term used to
refer to a process where multiple signals or data streams are
combined into one signal over a shared medium, sound familiar? I
think mux is also used like "mix" as in muxtape.com
muxjug.com (alludes to concept, sounds like melkjug, feels playful,
shorter url, etc)
readmix.com (sounds like "re-mix")
readtune.com ("Re-tune your web")
readmux.com
muxread.com
feedmuxer.com
webmuxer.com
readmixer.com
readtuner.com
muxreader.com
readmuxer.com
feedEQ.com
webequalizer.com
muxtune.com
webtune.org
Here's a screenshot of the design direction i've been playing around
with. I feel like I should've got some feedback from you earlier in
the process, but better now than later:
http://img.skitch.com/20080730-jfa4n6u2mjiadaykcccgt5xdkt.png
Not sure if this ends up being too playful (maybe even kid like) or
how much it might fit within "tongue-in-cheek web 2.0" but it's a
stab at some of the descriptors and references you'd provided. Maybe
we can sit down and talk about some of these issues before we head
out today? I think we were originally hoping to get most of the
design hashed out by the beginning of next week.
-Phil
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