From: Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@...>
Date: 2005-05-11T04:00:27+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Redesign 2005, Round Two

Mark Hubbart wrote:
> On 5/10/05, Ilias Lazaridis <ilias@lazaridis.com> wrote:
> 
>>why the lucky stiff wrote:
>>
>>>I'm happy to say that our little redesign team has come to accord on a
>>>design and it is now presented on the redesign blog:
>>>
>>>  http://redhanded.hobix.com/redesign2005/
>>
>>The design looks much better than the existing one, and should replace
>>it ther earliest possible.
>>
>>you should post a link to demo-publish-location, thus it can be
>>evaluated 'live'.
> 
> I wholeheartedly agree to that. I can't wait till this rolls out. It's
> like watching my neighbors landscape.

ok

>>some suggestions:
>>   * reduce header height (and image size)
>>   * "A programmers best friend" sounds inprofessional
> 
> I like it. One of the major tenets of Ruby is that it "makes coding
> fun". I think it's a good idea to give that impression on the main
> page of the main site. 
[...]

"Coding Efficiency / Productivity" must be pointed out, in a 
straightforward, CTO / CEO capable tenor.

something like "Ruby - Get Productivity Back"

>>     => launch a community

correction: "launch a community discussion on this"

>>   * round the top left corners of the left boxes
>>   * remove the buttom-left rounded corner of the code-box
>>   * remove _any_ insider terminology on the main page
>>   * decouple product from project
>>     http://lazaridis.com/core/project/product.html
> 
> 
> It looks to me like the current design is entirely about the product.
[...]

> I don't think that any project resources should actually be available
> on this page.
[...]

A link "Project" belongs to the main page.

> cheers,
> Mark

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