[Bf-committers] Have you seen this?? How to improve Blender

[Ton Roosendaal]

Hi,

Don't worry, I won't allow such cliche language on blender.org. :)
The proposal has good aspects too. For an improved blender.org I'll  
setup a project later, with forum where people can leave comments.

Not a real topic for further discussion here either.

For everyone as reminder: this mailing list is about blender software  
development progress, and making stable releases. It is firstmost  
meant for people who want to be involved with this, by contributing or  
by becoming a contributor.

-Ton-

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Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org    www.blender.org
Blender Institute   Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam   The Netherlands

On 26 Nov, 2010, at 13:59, Nathaniel Garbutt wrote:

> To be quite frank, I personally am not into the tone of this design  
> at all.
> It comes across as a pushy sales pitch, somewhat like those people  
> that pretend
> to be your best friend while trying to sell you a mobile phone or  
> something.
>
> -Text like:
>
> Blender is an open-source 3d animation software that allows anyone  
> to create
> hollywood-style visuals from their PC
>
> is disingenuous, very clichéd and reminds me instantly of 3dmagix.
>
> -The list down the left hand side....is ok but the ticks next to  
> them cheapen it
> in my opinion.
> -The large pictures at the top look nice but the huge quotes I think  
> are tacky.
>
> My critique is mostly to do with the message being conveyed as the  
> visual style
> is not a huge deviation and has elements that look quite nice.
> The choice of language is poor, comes across as cheap, slightly  
> desperate and
> lacks dignity.
>
> This is just my opinion so please take it as that.
>
> Nathaniel
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Leo Sutic <leo.sutic at gmail.com>
> To: bf-blender developers <bf-committers at blender.org>
> Sent: Fri, 26 November, 2010 9:46:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] Have you seen this?? How to improve  
> Blender
>
> Now that is slick.
>
> /LS
>
> On 2010-11-26 11:13, Steren wrote:
>> I saw a link posted by Andrew showing a first online prorotype of  
>> the home
>> page : http://69.164.205.151/blender/
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 5:22 AM, Prashant Sohani
>> <prashant.sohani at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Well.. I am reviving this old thread.. The points raised in the
>>> presentation
>>> were very valid; I think it's high time we act on some of them.
>>>
>>> Has anybody a ready new home page for blender.org? If not, I  
>>> volunteer to
>>> redesign the homepage of Blender and any other parts that may be  
>>> wanting a
>>> complete overhaul. I have reasonably good skills in web development.
>>> (I am just done with an exceptionally heavy semester, and have a  
>>> month's
>>> holiday ahead of me.)
>>>
>>> And of course, anybody else willing to volunteer, is welcome as  
>>> well :)
>>>
>>> I'll create my own version on my website, and I'll post the  
>>> link(s) in a
>>> new
>>> thread.. people may comment on it etc.
>>>
>>> In the meanwhile, let's start brainstorming about what we can do  
>>> about the
>>> other points raised in the same presentation.
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