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Redesign of the www.rockbox.org front page

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Hillshum:
Yes, but svn shows how active the project is (a total noob won't know what it means, but many will)

gevaerts:
I tweaked the css from package_flexible.zip a bit, and it now handles resizing a bit better, at least on firefox 3 (not tested on anything else yet)

Remaining problems are:
- the supported player list. I suspect that it is possible to fix this in css, but maybe doing it in javascript is easier (a bit of DOM manipulation to put the list of players fully after the list of manufacturers)
- the announcement block  (actually I suspect that the current fixed-layouting will also cause problems with announcements that are too long).
- the sponsors. Is there a reason for loading these from an image strip instead of separate images? It works, but this makes the page markup hard to understand for beginners...

I'm not sure how to solve those, partially because I don't know javascript and because my css knowledge isn't too advanced.

motionman95:
Maybe I'm just being weird, but for some reason the new rockbox page seems...I don't know, cluttered? It seems like to much is jammed packed together. I like the simplicity of the current website, although I agree that it could use some graphical enhancements.

DancemasterGlenn:

--- Quote from: Hillshum on April 29, 2009, 11:43:48 AM ---Yes, but svn shows how active the project is (a total noob won't know what it means, but many will)

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Won't the big changes that "total noobs" will be most concerned with be featured in the "announcements" section, which is quite prominent in this mockup?

I love the svn changes, It's actually the section I have bookmarked currently, but this is because I'm now used to downloading current builds, and know the potential risks of downloading something with unfinished changes. Even if it wasn't what I have bookmarked, subversion is just a click away on the mockup. If we're really worried that people won't know where to find it, we could always change the link from "subversion" (which makes sense to a coder, but possibly not to a "noob") to something more specific ("recent changes", or something). Not something I would actually change, but that's partly because I know what subversion is.

And for what it's worth, I appreciate the fixed width on my widescreen monitor, but I do know it's not everyone else's cup of tea. I usually run my browser not fullscreened anyway, so it's not a huge issue either way.

saratoga:

--- Quote from: GodEater on April 29, 2009, 11:28:41 AM ---Couldn't we just have them in the dev section and not on the home page at all ?

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I don't like that idea at all.  We should have an SVN summary on the front page.  It makes our code look accessible to prospective developers and keeps the community informed of who is working on what much more effectively then a once or twice a month major changes update.  The last thing we want to do is make development less front and center, particularly to new developers unfamiliar with our work. 

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