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February Version 2: My vote

Here is my vote for the Version 2 redesign competition.

Bright Corner

This is by far the best in my opinion, no contest. Many of the entries were very pretty graphically, but they basically put a new face on the old site. The didn’t adjust much of the wording, site architecture, etc. They just put pretty graphics on the old site. And while that is a definite improvement, everything about the Bright Corner entry has been improved.

• The navigation is extremely clear and helpful. They used clear labels for all of the navigation elements so that you know exactly what to expect when you click on a link

• It is immediately obvious what the site is about, and why it is there. I’ve followed links to the Gutenberg Project many times before, but I almost always left immediately because I didn’t fully understand what the site was and why I should care. Right at the top of the page it tells you in a sentence what it is and why you should care. It says how many books they have available, and gives you a way to search them. If you still don’t “get it”, there is a whole paragraph directly below describing in more detail what the site is and does.

• The news is out of the way. On many of the entries the news is large and seems to be the focus of the site. That might be great for people that are already familiar with the site, but in my opinion that turned away a lot of people. If you aren’t familiar with the project, a bunch of news about the project isn’t going to be very important or interesting to you.

• Everything else. Everything else is great too. Everything is clean and very easy to read and scan, and it’s very easy to get an idea of what the project is about at a glance.

That’s just a couple of reasons why I like the Bright Corner entry, and why I’ll be voting for it. I’d really like the see the Gutenberg Project use this one, as it would make me a lot more interested in the project. :)

Head on over to Version 2 and look at the entries to vote for your favorite!