[thesite] Fw: [xxxxx] Once More, with Design

[William Anderson]

---- Original Message ----
From: "Marlene Bruce" <marlene at digitizethis.com>
To: <thesite at lists.evolt.org>
Cc: <lists at mantruc.com>; <work at mantruc.com>; <emeyer at lclark.edu>;
<amanda at gawow.com>; <roselli at earthlink.net>; <mccreath at ak.net>;
<elfur at members.evolt.org>; <isaac at members.evolt.org>;
<webguru at vsnl.net>; <tara at taracleveland.com>;
<gassinaumasis at hotmail.com> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 9:38 PM Subject:
[thesite] Fw: [xxxxx] Once More, with Design

> Folks,
>
> [design/ia wiki snippage]
>
> At that page you can download Javier's most recent stab at the IA, a
> sample wireframe page, and review all of the suggestions he'd
> previously gathered.

definitely interesting - i think responding to suggestions gathered from
members and/or casual browsers is such a good call - if any redesign is to
take place and gets completed, we should include such suggestions and how we
dealt with them in a "remaking of evolt" article :)

> It'll be helpful if we all review those documents before we start
> discussing things too in-depth.

did anyone actually reply to this?  I think a lot of the responses I've seen
have gotten caught up in stuff about the list subscriber visibility
settings.

javier's site map graphics are excellent - very clearly showing the
structure and some of the logic paths taken through the site.  it's good to
know we've got stuff like this ;)

> Javier, would it be okay for me to post the PDF pages as .gif images
> so they're directly accessible through the IA wiki (rather than
> having to download the PDFs)? If so, I'll need you to redo and send
> me the contact wireframe, since most of the numbers on the green
> circles aren't coming out on the PDF.

same here with acrobat reader 5 on win2k ...

> [snip]
>
> According to the
> http://freezope2.nipltd.net/acorn/evolt/FactFindingMission wiki
> pages, the following people have expressed some interest in helping
> with information architecture and site design:

whoops, forgot to chuck my name on that puppy, and i'm sitting on a plane
right now, so can't mod the wiki - consider me interested too.

> [snip]
>
> A while back I threw out an idea about a redesign contest (after we
> get the specs worked out, natch). That was shot down but never
> elaborated on. If you think it's a stupid idea, fine; just let's talk
> about why, and what might work better.

I don't - i think it's actually quite a good idea - it'll get all our
creative juices flowing and it would also be interesting to see how everyone
thinks evolt should look, feel and flow.

> It'd certainly get more
> designers involved in evolt.org

oh totally - definitely a nice bonus.

> [snip]
>
> (Any winning design would be more
> of the starting point than an end-all-be-all final design.

+1

great work miriam - thanks!

--
_ __/|   ___  ___ __ _________  "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
\`O_o'  / _ \/ -_) // / __/ _ \  for Sega." -- Brodie, 'Mallrats'
=(_ _)=/_//_/\__/\_,_/_/  \___/ @ well.com :: William Anderson
   U - Ack! Phttpt! Thhbbt!     http://neuro.wasters.com/