Redesign of the www.rockbox.org front page

[gevaerts]

would or wouldnt?

The proposal was devs, and bluebrother proposes dev, so would

[Bagder]

I'm a fan of the idea to make the current site user-focused while at the same time introducing a "separate" developer's site.

[AlexP]

I'm a fan of the idea to make the current site user-focused while at the same time introducing a "separate" developer's site.

Me too.

[shotofadds]

+1 for a separate 'dev' page. It doesn't necessarily need to be a separate site, but I do think the front page should be kept user-oriented (albeit with a big, obvious Developers link).

With the current site I hardly ever check the homepage anyway since /recent.shtml gives far more info anyway.

[NicolasP]

I'm a fan of the idea to make the current site user-focused while at the same time introducing a "separate" developer's site.

dev.rockbox.org gets my vote too. I like the proposed new design a lot by the way

[BdN3504]

the white bar of this, combined with the supported players list and the drop down menu at the top from this. i like the bottom of this more than the bottom of this i.e. keep wiki changes and announcements in one bar.

[j8048188]

+1 for a separate 'dev' page. It doesn't necessarily need to be a separate site, but I do think the front page should be kept user-oriented (albeit with a big, obvious Developers link).

Ditto.

[macku]

While you gonna consider about spiting page for user-friendly and development part, I will start creating page code. My proposition is going to be used after all, right?

My comments after I read yours posts about front page:
1. Top (orange), player list.
I will use this top (with players list) rather than this. It's easer to implement.
Actual displayed player image can be changed with links from supported players list. I will use JavaScript slide for this.

2. White bar
Still not fully sure with version is the best. I thinking about merging this with that.

3. Subpage
this version

Is any more mockup needed? 

PS: None Flash on page, only CSS and JS.

[Chronon]

I'm a fan of the idea to make the current site user-focused while at the same time introducing a "separate" developer's site.

dev.rockbox.org gets my vote too. I like the proposed new design a lot by the way

Me too, on both counts.

[macku]

Here is some work in progress. I will finish code after weekend.
Page should work with browsers like FF3, Opera 9.6, IE8 (still need some work to do with improving for IE < 8 ), Chrome 2. Example images for supported players: sandisk, olympus, toshiba. On IE there is problem with player fading animation.

It there is some problem while displaying page please PM with description and screenshot.

[Hillshum]

Example images for supported players: sandisk, olympus, toshiba.

Did you mean that they should be there or you need some or what?

[macku]

As example I mean I found and pick only this ones. The rest are just with "?" sign. And yes, they should be there.
If Mr. Someone have some basic graphic skills he can prepare image for rest of them .  Image dimension should be 400x250px, transparent background (png) or use orange background with Rockbox inscription.

[AlexP]

A couple of quick comments - the early iPods aren't Classics, they are just 1G, 2G etc.  Also, spelling of video.

The iriver H100 and iHP100 are the same thing, iriver renamed them all to H100.

It should be consistent in the manufacturer/model - i.e. Apple Ipod but then just Cowon, under iRiver, why repeat the iriver bit etc.

However, these are all details that can be changed at a later date, I like the page itself!

[evilnick]

I think that these look fantastic so far. I know that you mentioned that IE < 8 had some problems, I found that using IE7 the top menu with the  different dynamic options (e.g. Download->Releases|Current Build|Extras|Themes) shows up fine but is shifted one menu to the right so cannot be clicked on.

I am really impressed though, I think that this is a great start 

[yapper]

These are very nice looking pages.