A new look for Fluid Demos

Michael S Elledge elledge at msu.edu
Wed Aug 26 14:22:26 UTC 2009


Jacob--

This will be a HUGE benefit to Fluid's prospective adopters. A couple of 
questions. Should "View Demo" be "Try Demo"? Also, in "More Info", you 
may want to include a description of how the components work, especially 
wrt keyboard and screen reader use. Thank you for doing this and looks 
great!

Mike

Jacob Farber wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> So, we’ve been thinking about a new look and feel for showcasing Fluid 
> work (Infusion or otherwise), including how the code works and how to 
> integrate it into your own project. We have a few places where this 
> happens now, including the http://build.fluidproject.org site and the 
> http://fluidproject.org/products/infusion/infusion-demos/ space. 
> However, these spaces need to better facilitate the core issues of 
> learning/exploring and integrating what you need.
>
> With that in mind, I attached some (very!) rough concepts for a Demo 
> portal page and a component demo page. There are a couple points shown 
> here:
>
> 1. Less is more - less reading, more exploring
>
> 2. No assumptions - this should appeal to people who are seeing this 
> material for the first time as well as people experienced with Infusion
>
> 3. Instant gratification – you should be able to find the demo you 
> want right away, and get up and running with little effort. No view 
> sourcing, no firebugging, no “how does this work?!”
>
> There are probably tons of things that could be added to this, but 
> simplicity is key. That being said, I would love to hear any feedback!
>
> Thanks
>
> Jacob
>
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