Donation page simplification

[Gérard Talbot]

Le 2015-02-06 14:24, Albert Astals Cid a écrit :
> Hi there, one of the issues we had with the donation page is that it is 
> very
> complex, Aleix and me have worked in a new version that is much simpler 
> by
> rewording some text and moving the more corner-case ways to donate to a
> different page.
> 
> http://kde.org/community/donations/index2.php
> 
> This is still not linked from the main page because
>   * We want your input
>   * We need to make the radio button to choose between one time and 
> recurring
> less ugly
> 
> Opinions?

Albert,

Why the "Donations" page
https://www.kde.org/community/donations/index2.php
is not titled/named "Donate through Paypal"?

I do not understand why the page should be split into a "Donations" page 
on one hand and an "Other ways to donate" webpage on the other hand. Why 
not a single page for all 3 ways to donate?

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When I click a link text saying "Donate", then I do not expect to read 
or to be lectured on why donations are important or what the donations 
will be for, etc.. A "Donate" page in my mind should be just about the 
mechanics of donation.

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This page uses a light color (#444) on a light blue background-image 
with less than initial, default font-size (10pt) and with absolute 
units. Justified text is universally known to be less legible than 
left-aligned text. The white text-shadow is useless and pointless and 
does not improve legibility.

To me, these poor styling issues should first be dealt with on the whole 
kde.org website. Choosing a CMS for the whole site is one thing. 
Creating (or choosing) one that promotes readability, legibility, 
accessibility at all times is another.



> Also if some deisgn/web guru can help us with making the radio buttons 
> be
> nicer (our idea is to make them more like buttons) it'd be great.


The radio button should look like a normal, standard, default radio 
button in browsers. If you style a form control like a radio button, 
then it may not look like a radio button to users who use different 
browsers. Form controls should look familiar to users who use and trust 
the same/preferred browser; form controls can (and often do because of 
themes and skins) look different in different browsers.

Gérard