I should note it was a WMF design consultant that did this and not a
volunteer (well - that it was not a committee volunteer I can verify). My
understanding was they were working from UX team's guidelines as they
design other banners for WMF. The request that we received was to go with a
banner design that was intentionally not the same as others. However, I
will pass the notes along for the next designs.
Also, I recognize it wasn't about the banner's existence or performance - I
meant that I hear complaints about the design of nearly every banner that
goes up. I cannot, off the top of my head, think of a recent banner that I
haven't heard a few folks offer opinions about improving the look of. My
personal opinion is that it's an ongoing process, and the banners used
often reflect a snapshot in strategies being tried at that exact moment.
-greg
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Szymon Grabarczuk <
tar.locesilion(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Oh, it's not about the idea of banners or about
their usual performance,
it's about this particular ribbon. When I set anonnotice or sitenotice on a
big wiki, I aim the statement to be aligned with UX... discoveries. Don't
set extensive dark backgrounds (unless it's about to be
accessibility-oriented), use one colour palette, don't use many icons,
borders or any additional/unnecessary/redundant elements in general, be
consistent. WMF has UX team (it even has a Visual Experience Designer), I
kindly suggest to watch their efforts and make our users benefit from that.
On 22 April 2015 at 16:58, Gregory Varnum <gregory.varnum(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
To be clear by "our banners" I meant
Wikimedia banners - not elections
banners. ;)
-greg
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Gregory Varnum <
gregory.varnum(a)gmail.com
wrote:
> I appreciate that there are basically always concerns with our banners.
> Generally, I hear from volunteers on nearly every banner we use. ;)
> That said, it would be helpful to
have some more constructive feedback
to
> pass along to the next committee. What
exactly would you suggest be
> changed? Passing along the note "and some people disliked the banners"
is
> unlikely to produce much actual change.
>
> Anything specific we can pass along? Also, any examples of alternatives
> can be saved and passed along as well.
>
> -greg (User:Varnent)
> Coordinator, 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Szymon Grabarczuk <
> tar.locesilion(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I must agree with that. I've received clearly negative feedback from
>> several volunteers.
>>
>> On 22 April 2015 at 13:18, Amir Ladsgroup <ladsgroup(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>>
>> > It's horribly ugly, I expected more.
>> >
>> > I don't want to de-value someone's work (a person or persons that
I
>> don't
>> > know) but we had way better designs before.
>> >
>> >
>> > Best
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