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Subject: Re: [NEWS] Fauxton visual guide
From: Michelle Phung <michellep@apache.org>
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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 16:14:08 -0400
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Hi Ermouth,

Regarding  the visual guide, I think there are some changes I can make =
right away:
namely the Hi at the end, and the Answers section. Someone brought this =
up before as well, but the problem was, I wasn=E2=80=99t happy with just =
=E2=80=9Cthank you for reading.=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9Cgoodbye=E2=80=9D.


Regarding a designer who is familiar with Fauxton=E2=80=A6
I don=E2=80=99t know any.=20

The designers we have now will have to be caught up a bit on how CouchDB =
works, and how Fauxton works.
I would love to redesign the flow of information, but I=E2=80=99m not a =
very good designer, and I=E2=80=99m not sure if I can convince people to =
go with designs from someone who doesn=E2=80=99t have much design clout.

What did you think of my diagram last email for each section? I think I =
can implement it fairly easily with css only.

Michelle


> On Aug 17, 2015, at 10:28 AM, ermouth <ermouth@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> Hi, Michelle.
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>> as they struggle against what=E2=80=99s going on with picture on the =
left side
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> They won=E2=80=98t struggle. Users just leave. Right now Fauxton UI is =
more
> self-explaining than guide for it.
>=20
>> I am still thinking about: should i redo the whole thing, or keep the
> design and just add a toggle for the above alternative view
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> /*Putting on art-director hat*/
> Ask designer, who is familiar with Fauxton, to make it better. Or =E2=80=
=93 redo it
> by yourself.
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> Layout definitely requires much, much more work:
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> * increase text contrast
> * remove ALL unnecessary gaps, start screens, irrelevant giant images =
and
> so on (you do not sell or advertise, you give info =E2=80=93 so give =
info, not
> space)
> * comfortable position for long texts is center, not right side
> * text width must no exceed 700-800 px, better 700 than 800
> * put texts and images in a single column, zigzag reading is very =
annoying
> * most images can be trimmed from the bottom
> * since it=E2=80=98s a guide, make navigation always visible
> * in Headers section most of screenshots can be combined in a single =
image
> * logically linked texts must not have n*100px gaps (like in Header =
bar
> section)
> * never make callouts, that are directed opposite to text (some of =
your
> callouts goes left, although text it at the right)
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> Also it seems that Answers section at the end is completelly =
irrelevant.
> After reading guides most users have questions about the product =
itself,
> not about =E2=80=98How can I contribute=E2=80=99.
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> Couch with Hi at the end is also completely irrelevant. Hi at the end? =
May
> be =E2=80=98Thank you for reading=E2=80=99?
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> BR
>=20
> ermouth