4mo ago

The future of getmonero.org | Looking for Feedback

Hello everyone,

As many of you know, getmonero.org has been using the same design for quite some time now. While it's served us well, some community members have mentioned that the current look is starting to feel a bit dated & amateur.

The Monero Website work group is looking for some more community feedback to be discussed at the next meeting (feel free to join!).

Would you prefer to keep the current design, or should we consider refreshing it? We’ve received two alternative concepts by community members Diego and hammermann (linked below) and would love to get your feedback.

Please let us know your thoughts! What do you like about the current site? What would you change? If you prefer one of the new concepts, tell us why. Your input is invaluable as we move forward with making any potential changes.

Looking forward to hearing from everyone!

Links to the concepts:

Thanks in advance! :)

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I like the hammermann concept the most,
it looks more professional then Diego's,
very clean and modern looking :)

I would like to KISS getmonero.org

No comparison, I like hammermann's the best. The only real criticism is that white text on black "burns my eyes" and is harder to read, so I'd much rather an off white font is used. The offwhite that's under the Monero coin on the side is about the right brightness. The only caution I'd give is that although the Roadmap is cool and both new and old users want to see it, it might be best to keep it off the front page since it's unlikely that it would be updated regularly and it might be easier to maintain on a different page (or offsite, e.g. github).

I've been thinking about the website, and my thoughts are as follows: Because of Monero's uncompromising pursuit of privacy for over 10 years, we've already established an ethos of "we don't give a fuck". We're at a point where our branding and tonality is not crucial to the project's success. With this in mind, we should aim to have the most open and friendly "official" website possible, to welcome anyone and everyone to the project. We're already dominant on the darknet, and we don't need to reflect that in our branding.
So, my thoughts are that we should stick with the current sitemap and design of the website. We could make some improvements in terms of text, illustrations, videos, and possibly other elements. However, Why fix something that isn't broken? What are we trying to achieve, and can we not do that by working with the website as it is?
- @VOSTOEMISIO @monerobull I agree with this view... the current site can be improve but I dont see a need to refactor the all thing.. (and Im not also fan of make the site dark as all the proposals that I saw until now)

I think we need to reach out to a less technical audience. Radicals and more underground communities already know about monero and what it is. But what would convince average Joe who has a slight interest on crypto? What could convince you if you are now a little bit more interested after that nerd friend told you about it?
Fast and low fee should be directly on the homepage, probably replacing something like the emphasis on decentralization.
Key points should be : Privacy, fast, inexpensive and sovereignty, all around the world. And how easy it is for the average user to have that like on hammermann's "discover monero" design.

while having a dark design may be "cooler" or something, I think it might deter some newcomers as it would slightly give off a mood that we are doing a shady business here.
also, rimgo.hostux.net is down, but an other imgur frontend can still be used (e.g. imgur.artemislena.eu)
The figma design though cannot be viewed in any private way, though. It's resistant to archive sites and the tor browser. If anyone could post a simple screenshot that would be appreciated.

I prefer hammermanns design. But would like to have a light Design instead of a dark one, with the option to switch to dark mode via (floating) button or by recognizing system settings of browser. (if this could be realized in a privacy focused way) I look at this from the perspective of a businessmen instead of programmer, and the western hemisphere where monero takes place the most recognize dark spaces as something bad or shady as persons before me already mentioned.
Diegos design is a very harsh downgrade compared to the active site. So, i would refuse it.
- I would agree with preferring light mode (with an off white background), but the community is split on the issue. Having a toggle mode would be helpful, but there might be a third alternative that might work for the community, beige mode like FIRO does ( https://firo.org/ ). Imagine using the hammermanns design but using the more beige versions of the Monero colors (toned down orange, dark grey, and white) as being the primary colors on the web site. It would show Monero is different and is a compromise between the "hacker black" and "corporate white" used by nearly every other crypto.

This is the first I've seen of this. We're talking about which redesign before the obvious discussion that we should have, "whether" the site needs a redesign. I'm open to changes if someone can justify them with a requirements change. Let's first discuss current requirements, whether the current site meets those requirements, then decide if we want to change those requirements. From a consumer of the website, the current site meets all the requirements for it's current mission. Thoughts??

Don't like dark website for something that is eluminating as monero. Also...are we funding Diago so he may expand into property management for his next business or something?
- Maybe they can use a framework that makes it easy to press a button to switch between light and dark views. I'd prefer it if every website used dark mode.

Prefer Hammermann

Consider an Arweave website to stop DDoS without Cloudflare and censorship resistance for Monero binaries, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave/Arweave-QA/index.html
We're talking about the same thing, just the links need to be fixed to work without nginx. We can help for free or limited cost, reach out on matrix

Make the site look cool:
Monero statistics : network hash rate, tx avg confirmation time etc.
Use sweet matrix green on black font
Wallet download on home page (get monero? get monero now!)
more cool shit, futuristic design, scrolling text

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