Do the maemo.org section titles need to be renamed? - Page 2 - maemo.org

Active Topics

Install Fonts in N900 (67)
to Maemo 5 / Fremantle by panjgoori - 3 hrs, 41 mins ago
Nokia Booklet 3G (RX-75) Drivers (60)
to Alternatives by Maemish - 4 days, 10 hrs ago
more...

Page 2 of 3

< Prev

Next >

Thread Tools

mikkov	2009-05-08 , 17:50
Posts: 1,208 \| Thanked: 1,028 times \| Joined on Oct 2007	#11

Talk is a great name and I don't see any reason to change or explain it. Just my opinion

Quote & Reply |

	qgil	2009-05-08 , 22:52
	Posts: 3,105 \| Thanked: 11,088 times \| Joined on Jul 2007 @ Mountain View (CA, USA)	#12

As proposed today in the maemo-community list while discussing where to put "Brainstorm" in the navigation bar:

In the short term, we could get rid of Community since Get Involved
points exactly to the same place.

Intro ("Get started"?) and Development could be next candidates if we
need more room.

This way we might end up having a nav bar full of action:

Downloads - Talk - Brainstorm - Wiki - News

("School" being a candidate there if it happens)

And a top right block for the one-time or niche interesting spots:

Get Started
Get Involved
Development

("Get Help" could stay there or be absorbed as part of "School". Just
talking.)

Quote & Reply |

The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to qgil For This Useful Post:
Texrat, timsamoff

	YoDude	2009-05-08 , 23:30
	Posts: 2,869 \| Thanked: 1,784 times \| Joined on Feb 2007 @ Po' Bo'. PA	#13

Originally Posted by mikkov

Talk is a great name and I don't see any reason to change or explain it. Just my opinion

English speakers often use the term."Talk is cheap"...
A Forum has been around since Cesare was a luitenant...

It doesn't bother me either way but as long as it is in discussion, that was my two cents worth of input

Quote & Reply |

The Following User Says Thank You to YoDude For This Useful Post:
timsamoff

	GeneralAntilles	2009-05-09 , 00:09
	Posts: 5,478 \| Thanked: 5,222 times \| Joined on Jan 2006 @ St. Petersburg, FL	#14

Originally Posted by krisse

So what you're saying is, if something was discussed on the mailing lists then we should just put up and shut up?

No, what I'm saying is that the top-level navigation wasn't arrived at arbitrarily and that you should be aware that there's been a significant amount of discussion on the subject.

Can we leave the paranoia and sarcasm in un-constructive threads, please? I'm not sure my constitution can take any more of it.

__________________
Ryan Abel

Quote & Reply |

The Following User Says Thank You to GeneralAntilles For This Useful Post:
timsamoff

	Jaffa	2009-05-14 , 01:15
	Posts: 2,535 \| Thanked: 6,681 times \| Joined on Mar 2008 @ UK	#15

Originally Posted by qgil

As proposed today in the maemo-community list while discussing where to put "Brainstorm" in the navigation bar:

My response also on -community[1], echoing what GeneralAntilles said below:

Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles

[...] the top-level navigation wasn't arrived at arbitrarily and that you should be aware that there's been a significant amount of discussion on the subject.

[1] Modest seems to have really screwed up the threading. Damn.

__________________
Andrew Flegg -- mailto:andrew@bleb.org | http://www.bleb.org

Quote & Reply |

The Following User Says Thank You to Jaffa For This Useful Post:
timsamoff

	TrueJournals	2009-05-14 , 01:37
	Posts: 480 \| Thanked: 378 times \| Joined on Apr 2008 @ Chicago-ish	#16

Originally Posted by timsamoff

Not quite as in-your-face, but it could be done in the title tag of the link as well so that hovering over the link would say "Message Board."

Likewise, it could say "Forum" instead of "Message Board."

I'd have to see how it'd look in the design, though -- anyone's welcome to mock something up.

Tim

A mockup you ask for, a mockup you shall recieve: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/46230/mockup/maemomockup.htm

It's OK... The subtitles could probably use some work, but it shows how this can be accomplished legibly. Although, I don't think it looks that great... I think if we want to explain things more, the title attribute on the link would be the best place to do so.

__________________
Disclaimer: If a program I wrote doesn't work/breaks your tablet... It's not my fault

mcedit | Utility Calculators (WIP) | PyRDesktop
My Blog | Twitter

Quote & Reply |

The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to TrueJournals For This Useful Post:
krisse, sjgadsby, timsamoff

	timsamoff	2009-05-14 , 03:27
	Posts: 1,605 \| Thanked: 1,601 times \| Joined on Mar 2007 @ Southern California	#17

TrueJournals: Thanks, but, yeah... It's ugly. Subjective, yes, but... Well, as you said, it needs work.

Tim

__________________
http://samoff.com

Quote & Reply |

The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to timsamoff For This Useful Post:
sjgadsby, TrueJournals

	krisse	2009-05-14 , 15:03
	Posts: 1,540 \| Thanked: 1,045 times \| Joined on Feb 2007	#18

Originally Posted by TrueJournals

A mockup you ask for, a mockup you shall recieve: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/46230/mockup/maemomockup.htm

It's OK... The subtitles could probably use some work, but it shows how this can be accomplished legibly. Although, I don't think it looks that great... I think if we want to explain things more, the title attribute on the link would be the best place to do so.

Could you do the same mockup but with the smaller text (i.e. the subtitles below the main labels) in a dark orange colour?

Last edited by krisse; 2009-05-14 at 15:26.

Quote & Reply |

The Following User Says Thank You to krisse For This Useful Post:
timsamoff

	TrueJournals	2009-05-14 , 18:50
	Posts: 480 \| Thanked: 378 times \| Joined on Apr 2008 @ Chicago-ish	#19

Not sure if it's any better or worse... It's definitely different: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/46230/moc...emomockup2.htm

Maybe I should use a different shade of orange? I just grabbed this one from the link color.

__________________
Disclaimer: If a program I wrote doesn't work/breaks your tablet... It's not my fault

mcedit | Utility Calculators (WIP) | PyRDesktop
My Blog | Twitter