Re: this is a modern way to present a project

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,

Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf wrote:
> I see this as an inspirational source for those who aim to redesign the web 
> pages of GNUstep:
>
> http://elementaryos.org/
well, the site looks like an iOS-rip-off.. and the OS itself like a Mac 
ghost :) And how buch bluff and hot air! Aww, my eyes are hurting!!!

While I don't like the overall impression it is quite coherent with the 
product itself. Thus for sure it is a better presentation than ours (or 
wait, we are coherent with the way we are, that's the problem!).
What strikes is the coherency in all parts, they have a small team it 
probably comes from that too

It reassures me however that many concepts I am trying to implement in 
the design are on that site! That means I'm on the right track.

They have one big advantage: they have "much less stuff". At least, at a 
first glance, then it is half true.
Full of features? after 10 minutes of browsing, I was only able to know 
about 5 apps! Wow!

A quite strong critique: the site hides a lot of stuff, a lot of stuff 
is behind several clicks. That way it "looks" simple. At GNUstep, 
everybody would complain that "his" part would be hidden deep., be his 
part a compiler comparison or mac porting tutorial.

The site for me has a big no: it looks simple, but it isn't. What, you 
put just three items in the navbar? and the... stuff all the rest at the 
bottom. This is terrible! it is false-simplifcation! The gnome webiste 
has the same trouble. It took me some time in a discussion with Gregory 
to convince him that it is bad.
The other big no? It is not responding, it looks bad on your phone. 
Obvioulsy: the fact above denies that.

> for those interested: this is GTK based (sadly not GNUstep) 
> http://elementaryos.org/docs/code/hello-world
:)

It was nice to see some concepts, criticized here, that work there (e.g. 
Long webpages, no scrolling sections, etc).

I will thus continue with my design, which has much in common, but tries 
not to make certain errors. The problem is the content!

Riccardo