<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px}</style></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">Would it be a good idea to try posting mockups on the wiki based on the brainstorming session to see what people like?</div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><br></div> <div class="bloop_sign" id="bloop_sign_1450304843118930944"><div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:13px"><br></div></div><p class="airmail_on">On December 13, 2015 at 12:27:20 PM, Jag Talon (<a href="mailto:jag@jagtalon.com">jag@jagtalon.com</a>) wrote:</p> <blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq"><span><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div></div><div>
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<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;">It seems that
there’s been some discussion about redesigning the main website a
little while back in <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/meetings/2015SummerDevMeeting">2015SummerDevMeeting</a> that
brainstorming sessions were made and mockups were posted
in</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/Website/MainSiteRedesign">Trac</a>.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> T</span>hat
got me pretty excited!</div>
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<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;">However looking at
the issues on the wiki, there doesn’t seem to be anything related
to the new redesign of the site. I think we should start planning
and making the redesign sooner rather than later—not just for the
sake of making it look pretty, but to communicate better to people
(as you all are very well aware of!):</div>
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<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;">- <b>Simplifying
for new users.</b> I agree with the mockup<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span>for removing the recent
blog posts because the page seems like is trying to both give old
users updates and convince new users to use Tor which ends up
cluttering the page. Not having updates and keeping it simple on
the introductory page is a common aesthetic on <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://imgur.com/a/YWFZK">modern
product websites</a></span>. </div>
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<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;">An alternative
to “User Stories” could be a bunch of quotes from users such
as Molly Crabapple which you guys have done wonderfully
on <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://twitter.com/torproject/status/674682349771190272">Twitter</a>.
I think this allows people to have more of an emotional connection
with Tor. </span>We could probably even go as far as merging
both “Use Stories” and the “Why” sections into <a href="https://imgur.com/7DoQ2Xm">one section</a> if we wanted to
simplify the website even further.</div>
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<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;">- <b>Explaining why
donations matter.</b> Right now the donate button is just … well
... a button. Explaining why people should donate to Tor is also
important. Seeing something like <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://imgur.com/bklC9DM">this</a></span> from Brain
Pickings shows you that it’s easy to donate, and that your money is
worth a lot when it comes to helping out. The emotion factor of
that sidebar vs a button that says “donate” is huge.</div>
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<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;">Now this is just
the main page, and there’s definitely a lot of work to be done as
witnessed by the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://codepen.seesparkbox.com/">redesign work in other
companies</a>!</span> I know that there are some excited
people in Tor as well, and I’d like to help out if that’s possible.
A little about me: I’m Jag Talon, and I work for DuckDuckGo making
some <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://medium.com/@juantalon/building-the-developer-pages-consistent-styling-1b91a27c5612#.5sfv8bjks">front-end
stuffs</a></span>. I have the experience that I think would help in
a redesign like this, and I have some free time to do it as
well.</div>
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<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;">I think a good
first step would be to have the core Tor people to sketch out their
ideas and for them to say what would make this redesign a success
so that we have an idea on what things the design should prioritize
on. What do you think?</div>
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<div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;">- Jag Talon</div>
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