[pygtk] pygtk.org mockup

[John Pye]

Hi there,

A bit of a belated response on this, but thought I'd offer my comments. 
Good work on the new design, it's nice and clean and fresh.

First one is that the PyGTK FAQ should really be pulled into the main 
PyGTK site. This is a really useful resource that I am sure almost 
everyone learning PyGTK comes across sooner or later. Obviously this 
would require some talk to its owners and see if you can make it 
official, maybe? This would increase the perceived quality of the PyGTK 
FAQ, which would be a good thing, I think. There /is/ the issue of 
whether or not scripting is allowed on the host in question (...but if 
so, why not change hosts?)

Second is that I would like to see the PyGTK site looking a bit more 
gnomish. There is some benefit in making at least the site's header 
consistent with the GNOME website style: it adds to the perception of 
quality, I think. Yes, yes, I know that you don't need GNOME to run GTK, 
but then on the other hand, you don't get very far programming GNOME 
without learning GTK. But perhaps this GNOME-or-not-GNOME issue revolves 
around other issues I don't know about.

Third, I don't think there should be a Python icon in pride of place in 
the top left. Python is relevant but it in no way 'owns' PyGTK any more 
than GNU owns a project that employs the GCC compiler. The icon also 
doesn't mean anything except to people who already know what it is. How 
about just a hyperlink from the text in the green 'intro' box?

I'm anti the little house icon, too. You already have the 'home' link at 
the top of the page. There's also the visual ambiguity this creates 
against the 'home' icon in people's browser toolbar.

Finally, whatever happened to the GTK logo? Just a thought: shouldn't 
that be emblazoned on the site somewhere?

It's great that someone's turning their hand to the PyGTK website: I 
think a bit of update will be a really good thing.

Cheers
JP

Panos Laganakos wrote:
> I saw that gtkmm.org received a style update, so I thought I'd give a
> try at a new look for pygtk.org
>
> Keep in mind that it'll look small on normal resolutions (1280 > )
> 'cause I hacked it on a 800x600 CRT (yuck!).
>
> http://panos.solhost.org/mockups/pygtk-01.png
> http://panos.solhost.org/mockups/pygtk-02.png
>
>
> Lemme know what you think.
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John Pye
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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