Re: [sup-talk] New website design for sup - preview

[Philipp <hollunder@lavabit.com>]

Excerpts from Anirudh Sanjeev's message of 2010-04-11 17:54:21 +0200:
> Hi,
> 
> I took the liberty to give the Sup frontpage a facelift. I re-used some
> creative commons work without much modification to make something that
> looks really good. Please check out the current work in progress here:
> 
> http://anirudhsanjeev.org/temp/supsite/
> 
> I also wrote a detailed guide on getting Sup up and running with Gmail as
> many people aren't able to figure out what exactly to do initially. The
> guide is available in the same page.
> 
> I feel sup is really good and is the only client that scratches my itch.
> I want more people to start using it and feel that an aesthetically
> pleasing website and a better introduction will help convince people sup is
> worth the effort of moving.
> 
> Also, I was under the impression writing a project in ruby and not having a
> really nice website for it is a syntax error :)
> 
> Please provide any feedback about the design and contents.
> 
> Thanks,
> Anirudh

Hi,
I don't try to put down your work, but it's not something I'd fall for.
It's too web2.0ey for me, too much attention hog, too much bragging.
It's very well possible that I wouldn't have tried sup with that website.

The JS thing with description and changing image is a nice idea, but I'd
either not click it (because I'd read the site first and had to assume
it leads me to another one) or tried to open it in another tab and
wondered why it didn't work or I'd click it on purpose, assuming it
would lead me to another page and would have been negatively surprised
because of the little bit of bragging information I got.

The gmail featured so prominently would have put me off as well, I'd
assume it's written mainly for gmail.

I don't claim the current sup page is great, it also lacks in a few
areas. I focused mainly on the negative aspects of your page, but it has
a few improvements over the current page as well, mainly the links at
the top, which make navigation to other parts of the page a bit easier.

Regards,
Philipp

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