Re: GUADEC registration site - design improvements

Marina Zhurakhinskaya <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.guadec
Message-ID <CA+QDEYWc+4Lv2dDHgM7xLzs6z-WGbFDH0mJoObxmopkJeGAQxw@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,

Just going off the options in the mockup, the age options skew to
young ones. I'd like to suggest adding 50-59 and 60-69, and then 70
and above.

Thanks!
Marina


On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 9:47 AM, Allan Day <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The registration site currently has some design issues. I know that time is
> short, so I don't want to nitpick too much, but it would be good to try and
> make some improvements if possible.
>
> Issues
>
> Horizontal alignment is off in a number of places - the menu items, skyline
> graphic, section headings are not aligned
> Too many font sizes and styles
> Not enough vertical spacing between sections throughout, in particular below
> the hero text and between sections on the main "management" page
> It's not really clear what the main menu items are for, other than log out.
> The first one takes you to a different website.
> The button icons are duplicated in places. The icons rarely help to identify
> an action.
> "Current registrations" is more of an admin feature - it doesn't fit in for
> regular attendees.
> There's a general model of having to navigate to pages to find information,
> rather than it being placed on the main page. Sometimes this leads to dead
> ends - "view your submitted talks" is shown whether you've submitted talks
> or not. Same with "view accepted talks".
> The footer probably contains too many items.
>
> Here are some mockups that try to address these issues (they also include
> the proposals I drew up for the registration form last week):
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5031519/guadec2017/registration-website.png
>
> I'd like to stress that these have been thrown together very quickly, and
> just try to address the issues I've outlined above. I'm sure someone could
> do a better job.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Allan
>
>
>
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