[zeromq-dev] Updated home page for zeromq.org

[Nicholas Piël]

On May 28, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Pieter Hintjens wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> Here's a draft of a new homepage for the site, aiming to make better
> use of the space:
> http://www.zeromq.org/sandbox:start
> 
> Feedback welcome, especially about browser issues, or things you think
> are missing.


Heya Pieter,

It doesn't look that good on OSX in Firefox, Safari and Chrome. Not sure if it is browser related but i see the following issues: 

 * The text size of the first paragraph is too big and different in size from the second and third paragraph.
 * The text of the links in the right column overlap each other

Some design specific wishes: 

 * I really liked how at zeromq.org the navigation column is below the big 0MQ logo. I preferably have the top of the navigation column lined up horizontally with the first paragraph. So that the logo and page title more stand out. I know how i first arrived at 0MQ website and really loved that design. 
 * I liked the cleanness of the current zeromq.org design where the background of the navigation column is white instead of gray and the title is below the logo.
 * I dislike how the links are separated by pipe bars and would much rather see these arranged all under each other. This makes stuff much easier to find imho.

I can understand that the amount of links is a bit too large for this, but maybe it is an idea to have them restructured more hierarchically, ie: 

About
    Home
    Stories
    Partners
    Jobs
    Contact
Download
    Download
    Language Bindings
Documentation
    Getting Started  (I would add Martin's Tutorial to this)
    FAQ
    Cookbook
    Reference
    Whitepapers
Development
    Contribute  (Procedures and API guidelines linked from here)
    Language Bindings  (all specific bindings listed on this page)
    GIT Repository
Community
    Wiki Info  (general info about the wiki)
    Blog     (linking to blog:_start)
    MailingList
    IRC Chatroom
Legal
    License
    Privacy Policy
    Terms Of Use   

I would also rewrite the first paragraph on the main page. It should be clear from the first sentence what 0MQ actually is. Fe, "0MQ is a software library which allows you to quickly design and implement a fast and efficient messaging system."

Hoped to help,
Nicholas