[quake3] New Web Site Preview

[Zachary Slater]

Josh Weisskopf wrote:
> The new site is quite "busy", visually.  I question the utility of some 
> of the things on the right-hand side. For instance, the tags in the 
> right are somewhat redundant with the top menu and somewhat misleading. 
> I initially clicked "cool features" expecting a list of features and got 
> news posts tagged with features instead. Personally, I think the first 
> page should mainly be focused on explaining what ioq3 is and attempting 
> to "sell" it to the viewer. Having everything so news-centric doesn't 
> seem as useful to me, mainly since news is pretty infrequent and people 
> aren't likely to be checking the site regularly.

Great feedback, thanks!

> Other specifcs: The "Q"s on the Help page stand out too much IMO. A 
> smaller heading would be less distracting.  The Get it page could use 
> some headings or something to easily distinguish between platforms like 
> the old site  (I'm guessing this is just a place holder since there 
> isn't actually anything linked here).

Yep.


> As far as aesthetics go, I think a bit of color would be nice. By 
> chance, I had the Quake 3 CD case sitting on my desk and I happened to 
> notice that the white/black/grey balance matches pretty well with it. 
> Adding a dash of red might be nice and would make it resonate with 
> established Quake 3 artwork. Just a suggestion... not sure how artsy 
> fartsy any of you are, or care to be.

Thanks, this is actually very useful.
Unfortunately we don't really have any arty people doing work on the site.
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- Zachary J. Slater
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