Re: Join The Game website

On Wednesday, January 26, 2011, Emil Sedgh wrote:

> On Panj shanbe, Bahman 07, 1389 02:49:45 am Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > On Wednesday, January 26, 2011, Emil Sedgh wrote:

> > * the fourth reason isn't a reason, it's the acknowledgement of
> > commonalities between the reader and KDE.
> 
> I was actually hoping you will come up with complete replacements for all
> items there. I copied them from the old website as kind of a placeholder.

oh, ok :) i'll have to think about this some more. my first thought, and i'm 
not sure it's one even i like yet ;), is this:

have the three ideas that are there and phrase them as open questions; get rid 
of the "Four reasons to join us" header in the process. 

If you want software that is elegant and powerful ... learn how 
If you desire the freedom to use and share creative works .. . learn how
If you value your data and privacy ... learn how

where the "learn how" phrases would be links to pages describing how your 
money makes that possible. ok, i utterly dislike the three phrases i just 
wrote, but what do you think of that general idea/direction of posing them as 
open questions for the reader to self-identify with?

a "discover how" or "learn how" links under the main pitch text (the 8.33 / 
month bit) would also be great imho. 

i could help write the text for those pages as well if needed and wanted. 
what's the timeline for this re-up?

> > * instead of "four reasons to join us", perhaps re-use the tag line:
> > "three reasons to join the game"
> 
> What im thinking is that we dont really have to use the bottom of the page
> for 'reasons'. We can come up with one or two reasons (do we have actually
> more than one reason?) 

the main reason is indeed in the main pitch paragraph in the top left. but 
there are three main values (great software, freedom and data/privacy rights) 
that form a bond between the reader and KDE. they are shared values, and it 
elevates it from a pitch for your money to an appeal to join forces and 
resources for a great set of causes.

> and describe other things in other columns.
> For example "what the hell does that money do, exactly?"

i think that would make a lot of sense as a separate page linked from the main 
pitch paragraph. or do you think we should keep it short enough to fit on the 
main page? my concern is that to really show that we do enough with that money 
to justify your investment, it needs to be longer than short :)

> > * instead of "the desktop" in the image slideshow ("the desktop", "the
> > people", "join the game") i'd put "the software"
> 
> Done.

:)
 
> > * i wonder if it would be possible to add a fourth image in that
> > progression: "the freedom". that would tie in with "be free" and give a
> > possitive message that ties in with the three reasons you are already kde
> > even before you knew it by joining :)
> 
> Design is done by Nuno. I will ask him to come up with an image to help us
> here.

cool

> Many other items you mentioned are design-specific as well. I will do my
> best to fix those i can.

well, remember that you and Nuno are also the Designers In Charge here .. you 
can and should reject or improve on any silly ideas we throw at you :)

i like the improvements you are already making, though ...

btw, the middle, grey bar text changed from "Join the game" to "Help KDE be 
all it is, and more". imho, now that "Join the game" doesn't appear anywhere, 
the theme is lost? personally, i prefered the more participation-oriented and 
exciting "Join the game" there in the middle where it really hits home nicely.

> > now that i look at it, i think it might be the header itself that's the
> > problem space. "radical" idea: could the header be removed? would it be
> > better to have people focus right on the content directly in this case?
> > it's not a content heavy site, after all.
> 
> I removed the header and moved the menu bar to footer. (where currently the

ah, that's cool :) looks nice.

> trademark message is). The mockup is got from Nuno had a menu bar in both
> footer and header.
> 
> > e.g., why a List of Members? Login could be a button (different color?)
> > next to "Join now!" so that it's evident that after you join there's
> > something ongoing. the "Join" link is redundant. that just leaves "Home",
> > and maybe we can get away without that ...
> 
> List of members should be there because some people have agreed their names
> to be publicly mentioned by e.v as supporters. And it was a feature
> request I had from claudia.

ok :)

> Also, with Nuno's help we changed some other stuff and it looks better now.
> Also, without the header, other pages (like enter your email address)
> became too empt. so i enabled the teaser area on all pages. tell me what
> you think.

yes, i like that. it keeps continuity and the reason right in front of the 
reader the whole time. :)

what i _might_ do on the join process pages is remove the "Join the game" 
image from the slideshow: they are already doing that, we don't need to be 
more purshy about  it at that point ;) keeping the other images works great, 
though, imho .. esp if we had a "the freedom" one for there.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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