General impression on the new WEB site
The current WEB site looks (sorry I will say it in French):
Aéré, clair, léger, reposant, lumineux, unique.
(google translate: Airy, clear, light, restful, bright, unique).
On this site one feels like "at home" at MuseScore.
On the other hand, the new WEB site seems a lot like all other web sites, not bad but "one more" and no more "Hey, relax you are at MuseScore here".
I know this is completely subjective.
Comments
This is a very normal reaction, and one I encounter myself as well, even while developing the new site. So I can sympathise with it.
Yet, when I visit the current site on my mobile phone "airy, clear, light, restful, bright, unique" are not the adjectives which come to my mind. Instead it's "outdated, hard to read, painful navigation experience" and more.
So rebuilding a new home from the ground up is a necessary process to do in order to make it work for the next decade. First we do the construction (this is still the phase we are in for the moment), and then we do the interior (we are starting to work on this as we speak). It's the interior which will eventually make it feel home.
You are very welcome to advice on how to do the interior. After all, you and all other community members are part of this home. So I'm listening to you all.
In reply to This is a very normal by Thomas
I tried the new site with my mobile too, and found it indeed easier to read, but also more difficult to navigate
In reply to I tried the new site with my by Jojo-Schmitz
More difficult to navigate is hardly possible, but agreed that it is still hard to navigate. We are working on this as we speak for mobile in particular.
In reply to More difficult to navigate is by Thomas
Well, I get along quite fine with the old site on my mobile, navigation wise, it is just too small, so rquires zooming quite a lot
In reply to Well, I get along quite fine by Jojo-Schmitz
My argument would be that you know the current site. First time visitors don't and have a hard time finding what they are looking for. So we need to try to make it work for them as well as the power users like yourself. Let's keep that in mind.
In reply to My argument would be that you by Thomas
Yes, being accustomed to the old site for sure is a large factor.