New website theme, when to roll out?

[Seb Ruiz]

On 10/04/2008, Bart Cerneels <bart.cerneels at kde.org> wrote:
> Like Harald, I propose to let emunkki finish the theme, preferably
>  including the wiki and forum themes. It should be released when ready,
>  if possible to coincide with an Amarok release in the 2.x series.
>
>  One final note, releasing the actual software is more important than
>  the website theme. I sense that some people might have forgotten that
>  and need to re-prioritise.

I don't see any of the developers playing with crayons.


>
>
>  Bart
>
>
>  On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 5:49 AM, Harald Sitter <sitter.harald at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >
>  > On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 21:46 +0200, Mark Kretschmann wrote:
>  >  > Heya,
>  >  >
>  >  > emunkki (Pasi Lallinaho) has designed a new website theme for us. It's
>  >  > been worked on for quite a while and went through many iterations, and
>  >  > I think the latest mockup looks really neat:
>  >  >
>  >  > http://projects.knome.ath.cx/amarok/WWW/
>  >  >
>  >  > In my opinion this design is way better than our current old and
>  >  > trusty design, and we should roll it out ASAP (as soon as the details
>  >  > have been worked out).
>  >  >
>  >  > Now a heated discussion has started about the right time for going
>  >  > live with the new theme. I (and also Ian Monroe) would like to see
>  >  > this implemented soon. Let me summarize our reasons:
>  >  >
>  >  > 1) Release early, release often
>  >  > 2) The old site is getting *very* long in the tooth. It demotivates me
>  >  > just to look at it.
>  >  > 3) The new theme seems ready to go, design wise.
>  >  > 4) New site can provide us with some extra PR buzz, independent of the
>  >  > Amarok 2.0 release.
>  >  >
>  >  > However, some Amarokers oppose this plan; E.g. Lydia and Harald would
>  >  > like to wait until the Amarok 2.0 release to roll out the new theme.
>  >  > They believe everything has to be perfectly fine tuned (like adapting
>  >  > the wiki and forum themes), and that it would create better PR to
>  >  > release the new theme along with Amarok 2.0 final (which as we all
>  >  > know will take quite some time).
>  >  >
>  >  > I've become a bit tired of discussing this on IRC, so I'd like us to
>  >  > make a decision here. Please voice your opinion :)
>  >
>  >  Hum, I has one opinion, I guess...
>  >  Pasi did/is doing the mockup, Pasi does/will be doing the ports to all
>  >  the software we use, therefore I see no reason why anyone other than
>  >  Pasi should decide on this.
>  >
>  >  Sorry, but that really pisses me off, as we already discussed this on
>  >  IRC and explained why we can't do it now, or within the next few
>  >  weeks.... there is simply nothing but the mockup right now.
>  >
>  >  So instead of discussing when _other's_ work has to be released, provide
>  >  some feedback to the mockup.
>  >
>  >
>
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