The use of strong & fresh colors on greyscale elements is just plain cool, and those two buttons on the front page have a serious click-appeal to them. :hover & :active-states, jQuery animations aswell as the subtle lines and details are huge contributors to the overall feel. You also deserve credit for the information flow and typography/readability.
You did a wonderful job with the redesign! If I have to criticize anything, it has to be that I'm not too fond with the slider reflection. The gray background is reflective for the slider images, but appears to be flat where the call-to-action buttons are.
I think it looks fantastic. Not a developer, but I could see this being super useful for people too. @Liam: I see a lot of things that look like a lot of things -- it's unfortunately the game of our industry. Simply put, a home page that works, works. It's not replication, it's understanding. Like the first bumper on a car.
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Ole Martin Kristiansen
After two and a half month of design and coding Gitorious is finally live!
about 2 years ago
I'm fucking jealous. Simply amazing, 100% eyecandy.
The use of strong & fresh colors on greyscale elements is just plain cool, and those two buttons on the front page have a serious click-appeal to them. :hover & :active-states, jQuery animations aswell as the subtle lines and details are huge contributors to the overall feel. You also deserve credit for the information flow and typography/readability.
You really pulled this one off nicely!
about 2 years ago
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Brendan Falkowski
Agreed, the tiered grayscale is very harmonious.
about 2 years ago
You did a wonderful job with the redesign! If I have to criticize anything, it has to be that I'm not too fond with the slider reflection. The gray background is reflective for the slider images, but appears to be flat where the call-to-action buttons are.
Otherwise I have nothing else to say! :)
about 2 years ago
Nice work, but it does seem a bit wide to me.
about 2 years ago
reminds me alot of this.
about 2 years ago
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Liam McKay
Wow, stunning everything!
about 2 years ago
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Patrick Algrim
I think it looks fantastic. Not a developer, but I could see this being super useful for people too. @Liam: I see a lot of things that look like a lot of things -- it's unfortunately the game of our industry. Simply put, a home page that works, works. It's not replication, it's understanding. Like the first bumper on a car.
about 2 years ago
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Benjamin De Cock
Pretty nice indeed but I'm with William on the width issue.
about 2 years ago
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Liam McKay
@Patrick - I think you meant to @Mathias rather than me. I quite agree with you.
almost 2 years ago