kiba
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April 07, 2011, 05:52:09 PM |
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Is the video going to be embedded?
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It is a common myth that Bitcoin is ruled by a majority of miners. This is not true. Bitcoin miners "vote" on the ordering of transactions, but that's all they do. They can't vote to change the network rules.
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gjs278
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April 07, 2011, 06:03:14 PM |
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I don't see the obsession with the video on the front page when there is a link dedicated to that. I come to the main page to download the client or access the forums. if I needed to see the video to see what bitcoin was, I'd just click "What is Bitcoin?" view it one time, and then never want to see it again.
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tcatm
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April 07, 2011, 06:09:00 PM |
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@kiba: My mockup has a dedicated link to the video. I don't think there is enough space to show the video on the front page in a reasonable size.
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gjs278
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April 07, 2011, 06:14:08 PM |
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tcatm
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April 07, 2011, 06:18:37 PM |
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kiba
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April 07, 2011, 06:21:40 PM |
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Different version of IE?
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tcatm
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April 07, 2011, 06:36:13 PM |
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I think it's IE8 (win7) which is also available for WinXP.
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M4v3R
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April 07, 2011, 06:41:39 PM |
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I don't see the obsession with the video on the front page when there is a link dedicated to that. I come to the main page to download the client or access the forums. if I needed to see the video to see what bitcoin was, I'd just click "What is Bitcoin?" view it one time, and then never want to see it again.
Your point, while valid, has one flaw. Take note that this site is not only for people who know what Bitcoin is and want to do something with it. It's PRIMARILY for people who don't know what it is. They want to get some information on it. The video is the BEST way to do it. |
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April 07, 2011, 06:46:00 PM |
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I don't see the obsession with the video on the front page when there is a link dedicated to that. I come to the main page to download the client or access the forums. if I needed to see the video to see what bitcoin was, I'd just click "What is Bitcoin?" view it one time, and then never want to see it again.
Your point, while valid, has one flaw. Take note that this site is not only for people who know what Bitcoin is and want to do something with it. It's PRIMARILY for people who don't know what it is. They want to get some information on it. The video is the BEST way to do it. yes, so I'm sure they'll click What is Bitcoin? and then they'll see the video. |
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tcatm
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April 07, 2011, 06:48:38 PM |
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I added a small hack to fix the layout in IE7.
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theymos
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April 07, 2011, 06:50:10 PM |
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It looks nice, but it's too wide. |
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April 07, 2011, 06:50:48 PM |
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Current bitcoin.org looks good, but I think the horizontal space could be utilized better. The page is a bit too long/thin. Edit: It looks nice, but it's too wide. This one is better proportioned in my opinion. Are you using a low resolution? |
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tcatm
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April 07, 2011, 06:54:02 PM |
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It looks nice, but it's too wide. What screen resolution are you referring to? It works from 995px wide screens up to >1500px. |
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theymos
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April 07, 2011, 06:59:15 PM |
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What screen resolution are you referring to? It works from 995px wide screens up to >1500px.
It causes a horizontal scroll bar to appear on the width I keep my browser at. The navigation menu is barely visible on 800x600. |
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tcatm
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April 07, 2011, 07:46:39 PM |
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What screen resolution are you referring to? It works from 995px wide screens up to >1500px.
It causes a horizontal scroll bar to appear on the width I keep my browser at. The navigation menu is barely visible on 800x600. Fixed. Video playback is broken on <983px and Firefox 3, though. |
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theymos
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April 08, 2011, 12:33:45 AM |
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Doesn't seem fixed: http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/6527/screenshotpr.pngYou can see that the navigation menu could be easily missed on 800x600. (And I find the appearance of horizontal scroll bars on ~1000px width annoying, anyway.) |
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tcatm
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April 08, 2011, 12:38:01 AM |
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I didn't know you were using Internet Explorer. The fix only works for Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera.
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theymos
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April 08, 2011, 12:48:46 AM |
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Doesn't work on Firefox, either, unless I enable scripting.
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sirius
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April 08, 2011, 10:16:39 AM
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I don't think we need a TL;DR description of Bitcoin at bitcoin.org. Weusecoins.com is a better introduction for newbies. Bitcoin.org should have a short description of the project, direct download links (icons for win, mac, linux) and links to other Bitcoin resources. The video can be thrown out to keep things simple, although it might be good to catch the visitor's attention. tcatm, I like the page structure and footer style of your version. The logo and the yellow text background should be changed. Some pro could design the logo. Body_wrap looks cleaner without the stripes. We could try something lighter and more colorful instead of the dark gray theme. Trying #B0318E for the language bar background already made it look more fun  Fooling around with Firebug is fun. |
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tcatm
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April 08, 2011, 11:08:21 AM |
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I think it's very important to have a good explanation of what Bitcoin is and how it works on bitcoin.org, translated into many languages. Bitcoin is still something very new and different and most people don't know much about it. While the wiki is nice for in-depth articles a short but correct overview (say 2..3 subpages: What it is, how to use it and fundamental protocol rules) will be helpful to users just discovering bitcoin. It shouldn't go too much into how it is used today, though. Just explain what you can do with it (i.e. no RPC documentation) and don't focus too much on the "official" client.
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