[Thunar-dev] Website

[Benedikt Meurer]

Foxtrot wrote:
> Ok, I've started work on the website. Currently, all I have is a VERY
> basic demo of the site with only an extremely basic variant of the
> front page. Thunar = Thor, the Norse Mythology thundergod, I seem to
> recall having heard, and so I've based the site on that. By the
> header, there are clouds and raging thunder in the background, while
> there is grass by the footer.

Yeah, Thunar means Thor.

> I'll upload it to a Freewebs server later (like in 50 mins or so),
> just thought I'd open this topic for brainstorming on Thunar-dev. Is
> there anything in particular people would like to have on the website?
> I have heard that the devs want forums, although I think that's more
> of an administrative task and not so much a design task. The current
> subpages I have are Home, Screenshots, Contributing, and Status (none
> of which I've actually made, I've just put up links for them).
> 
> I've also made a very rough/ugly sketch for a logo (Thor's hammer,
> Mjoelner). I'm also thinking that I'll have some runes on the site to
> suit the theme, as in the runes that the vikings used.
> 
> If it sounds like I'm overdesigning, please let me know. ;-) The ideas
> I'm presenting now are by no means final.

I like your ideas. Concerning additional information: It'd be nice to 
have some background information (updated regularly) about the 
development, design decisions (why does Thunar do it that way), and the 
like, on the website (dunno how to integrate that with the rest of the 
site).

> The main challenge right now is to find out what to associate with
> Thunar. Should it just be a plain, old site like the Tomboy site with
> a white background and some images of the app, should it follow the
> Xfce sites' style, or should we try to be more creative by playing on
> the name/file manager themes?

Personally, I prefer clean, simple sites with focus on the contents, but 
still visually appealing. For example, I like the design of the Beagle 
website (http://beaglewiki.org/). I don't know Tomboy, but if you are 
talking about http://www.beatniksoftware.com/tomboy/, then yes, that's a 
good example. I'm curious to see your design. ;-)

Benedikt