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I'll whip up something for Bazzite in Figma.
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xyny
xyny17mo ago
Are you a designer @Niklas ⚡ ? Aaand, will you be here in the hypothetical future where a hypothetical ublue front page is devved up?
Niklas ⚡
Niklas ⚡OP17mo ago
I will be here yes And I don't pride myself as a designer but i do like to do shit in figma sometimes Kekexplode
xyny
xyny17mo ago
The peeps behind Astro are working on a docs-specific thingy https://starlight.astro.build/ which when it hits stability will probably be pretty cool. It'd allow you (and I) to write JSX components while allowing documentation / content authors write stuff in MDX using the components, which is pretty cool. All packed in a performant static site. Yeah, that doesn't tell me much about the quality of the work. But, I guess judging yourself is hard.
Niklas ⚡
Niklas ⚡OP17mo ago
I mean I have this right now
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Niklas ⚡
Niklas ⚡OP17mo ago
very basic atm though This needs a catchy tagline
dreamyuki
dreamyuki17mo ago
so the website will use NextJS as framework?
Niklas ⚡
Niklas ⚡OP17mo ago
I'm only dabbling in Figma for this bazzite thingy For now.
xyny
xyny17mo ago
If I got to choose it myself, no, but that's personal bias. And I probably do get to choose it if I start the project. But if yall want NextJS I can work with it. I just like https://astro.build/ for static sites, it feels really fun to use and lightweight, good for static marketing pages & docs, but very easy for interactive stuff too as you can see with https://github.com/ublue-os/images-website. Best part is, you can still use React for components if you want to.
dreamyuki
dreamyuki17mo ago
hmm astro is interesting
xyny
xyny17mo ago
That looks cool, but I don't know if it's legally allowed to market another thing as SteamOS or using marketing images of the SteamDeck. And for a more general critique, full page images usually work pretty badly on mobile, where a lot of people browse the web nowadays.
Niklas ⚡
Niklas ⚡OP17mo ago
Yeah I whipped out the SteamOS part. And I think I can make use of this image since it was posted on Unsplash 😅
Niklas ⚡
Niklas ⚡OP17mo ago
Photo by Alexander Andrews on Unsplash
Download this photo by Alexander Andrews on Unsplash
xyny
xyny17mo ago
Ah, then it is.
Niklas ⚡
Niklas ⚡OP17mo ago
I always make sure to use something that i am legally allowed to use, be it from Unsplash, Pixabay or Pexels. With proper credits of course.
xyny
xyny17mo ago
Great
Niklas ⚡
Niklas ⚡OP17mo ago
very rough mockup right now.
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Niklas ⚡
Niklas ⚡OP17mo ago
I think I am not happy with the second mockup tho. Need to change that.
Niklas ⚡
Niklas ⚡OP17mo ago
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xyny
xyny17mo ago
other considerations; "download" should probably be more like "get" and redirect to documentation, i would remove the word bazzite from the hero text and instead place it in the header, as this feels cleaner and more like how others do it
Niklas ⚡
Niklas ⚡OP17mo ago
You mean like this for the DL button?
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xyny
xyny17mo ago
Sure. That feels kinda short, though, idk.
Niklas ⚡
Niklas ⚡OP17mo ago
Yeah that’s what I thought too
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