Redesign of the www.rockbox.org front page

[rasher]

Is it possible to detect the disablement of javascript (or some other telling sign of a "luddite"*) and use that as a determining factor on which page (old or new) is served?

This is already done on the pages he's posted, and works rather well. No need to use the old page in any way.

[macku]

Update
Added manual download button. Top menu is less blurry and colours are changed. Added Subversion table (click on subversion to slide it out).
Full supported player list is now displayed when JS is disabled. It looks a little bit ugly but at least it is there.

// Edited
Supported player fading animation now works on IE. Images fit to page and their size is smaller - faster loading.
Still problem with player menu on IE < 8. I will work on this tomorrow.

[schrottplatz]

very cool like this but i think the dropdown style doesnt match to the theme

[GodEater]

Nitpicking again, but you're using a picture of the Gigabeat S, not the Gigabeat X. Otherwise - loving it very much

[macku]

Update
Front: Problem with supported players list solved on IE7.
I think this is good time to choose between two proposed versions of front page.

Subpage/Wiki: Added Wiki navigation, search and jump boxes, topic actions bar and example table.

you're using a picture of the Gigabeat S, not the Gigabeat X

It may be truth. I took a quick research and found this one as S model. Feel free to found real S X and place it on this background. 
It also concern to create other supported player images.

In my opinion pages are finished. But there can be some errors while using different browsers.

// edit: No version on RB Utility download button.

[Llorean]

You don't want an S. You want an X.

The button should just say "Rockbox Utility" not "Rockbox Utility 1.2"

Wherever possible, the webpage should avoid having things we need to update regularly manually. Only in places where it's impossible to avoid this (for example, the list of supported players) but in places like that button, there's no real need to have the button tell what version of Rockbox utility it leads to.

[DancemasterGlenn]

I think the second version of the page looks more professional. The blurb about Rockbox in the middle looks better in a skinnier column, as it's not a very large amount of text. The buttons look good next to it, as well.

Just my two cents.

[psycho_maniac]

i Really like front page 2 although i see some pictures are missing for players. Other than that it looks really nice and i like the wiki page as well. who will be keeping the website up to date then if this becomes the new webpage?

[AlexP]

The same as now - it'll go in SVN and be updateable by committers then made live by a Swede

[j8048188]

One suggestion:
when I click on the manufacturer's name, the picture stays on the last one chosen.  would it be possible to have the pic change to the first one on the new manufacturer's row?

[GodEater]

Front page 2 gets my vote.

[BdN3504]

The images of the sponsors aren't displayed when Adblock plus is enabled. On the old page they are.

[macku]

when I click on the manufacturer's name, the picture stays on the last one chosen.  would it be possible to have the pic change to the first one on the new manufacturer's row?

It is possible but I don't think this is necessary. Why do load image player that you didn't chosen yet?

The images of the sponsors aren't displayed when Adblock plus is enabled. On the old page they are.

Weird, I'm using Adblock Plus and I noticed sponsors images are not displayed on actual rockbox.org front page, but on proposed there are. I guess responsibility for this is *bad* rules in Adblock. Anyway fixed.

[BdN3504]

Here are some pics:

[Zagor]

A couple of items:

1. The development items are pretty much hidden away. Perhaps we should simply move all development to a subpage and just keep a top-menu link to it.

2. Why is there a left-side menu in wiki? And why the heavy bottom blob?

3. Can we combine the css files into one? Or at least clearly describe how they are logically separated. I don't want to search for classes in three files.

4. The white-on-lightgray top menu is still too discrete. It blends in with the browser chrome and I think many people will have trouble finding it.

5. The heavliy antialiased G-clef favicon is pretty, but it's not *our* G-clef. Our clef is derived from the Rockbox logo. I'd like to keep that.

6. I'd like to shrink som of the vertical spacing. Especially the white field feels a bit too far spaced.

7. I too prefer version 2 with the columns instead of rows. But the links are positioned asymmetrically. "Feature comparison" and "FAQ" should be side by side.

[UPDATED]
8. The wiki text size is too small. Wiki is very text focused and must be easy to read.

[UPDATE2]
The font size is different in different browsers, caused by specifying font size in 'em' rather than 'px'.