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[PeterS]

People,
We are working on a new design for the Web site. Here are a couple of ideas. Thoughts please!!!

Big Blue



Metallic

[Oogi]

THE BIG BLUE!

[Harry The Hipster]

Metallic...dig the neon green and yellow highlights. Martha Stewart help you design that one???

HTH

Listening to: 'But Beautiful' by 'Bill Evans' on Media Jukebox

[LCtheDJ]

My vote is to go for the gold!

Great look for a web page - also a great look for a Media Jukebox skin!  If you made a skin like that for Mega Me, I'd switch from going skinless.

Only one concern; for someone unfamiliar with the product, it may be hard to tell the difference between the webpage design and the screenshots of the player.

[nila]

I say the blue one.
Nice designs. Fancy giving me the one you dont use?
I could redesign my site with it and make it look awesome
Only thing I dont like about the blue one is the big grey boxes look a bit plain.
Maybe liven them up a bit with a ridge around the side or something.
Or maybe some resize lines in the bottom corner (steal the ones off the gold layout).

Also, I like those semi translucent buttons.
Add some of those to the blue ones to make it look pretty

They're both pretty awesome though. Nice graphics work guys.

[ChicoSelfs]

I like the Blue but i like more of the metallic it's more powerfull

[KingSparta]

I Like Them Both But Since I Was Born In September I Like The "Sapphire-Blue" Better.

[deerhunter]

I like the blue. Listening to: 'Wabash Cannonball' from 'Napster' by 'Roy Acuff' on Media Jukebox

[zevele1]

METALLIC of cause ,i can not stand blue

But i see it :
Blue: you are in the mood of the fashion
Metallic: you have a look more personal
My 2 $

[Bishop]

My vote is for the metallic.

[bigcuedaddy]

my vote is for blue. very classy and clean ! !

[Charlemagne 8]

Personally, I favor blue but that's not my vote. I can do without blue and our good buddy Zev HATES blue. My vote is for anything BUT blue.
CVIII

[gateley]

Hi bigcuedaddy,

Are you a shooter? What games?

j

[Chico]

Tough decision!  Both look absolutely great! I've always been partial to blue, but the contrast in the metallic is intreging.   Hmmmm.... I hate making major decisions like this.  But then again, my desktop is in blue, but I like metallic looking things.  Blue is soothing, while the metal is more bold.  ummmmm....  I'll have to get back to you on this one. A decision like this shouldn't be made in haste, but then again, always go with your first impression.  Ohh... Look... Now I've got a headache trying to decide...

OK...  Blue!






No! wait!  I mean Metal!





Ookay.. I sh feelsh better now...  Umm whats were we jtalking bout?

oh... Letsh go wit da Blue.

Goods nightsh all..

[Severian]

Both are nice, I'm not sure which one I'd state a preference for. One thing I WOULD state a preference for, above any graphics, would be ease of navigation, and just how you're presenting/emphasizing what you see as the primary tools to new and returning users. The blue one doesn't seem to be as conceptually fleshed out as the metallic one in that regard. Can you repost a graphic that has the same apparent features as the metallic one?

("Costumizable" Skins? Good thing that wasn't up before I purchased--I make a point of not buying any product for which its own promotional material is misspelled, on the theory that if they couldn't get that straight, how can I trust the product itself? )

[PeterS]

These designs are in the concept stage only and will require tweaking. All spelling errors, design faux pas etc. will be fixed before we go live. Navigation links are just placeholders at this point and are subject to change.

We are working with a couple of top-notch designers to get this right. Our goal is to produce a professional-looking site, giving users the best possible experience of MJ. So, please give overall impressions and offer suggestions for improvements. Please note that we do not own these designs, so we are not in a position to give any of them away, even if we wanted to (sorry Nila).

Peter

[SBrandsborg aka Mouseman]

yes the blue one

[Cmagic]

Both are nice but my preference goes to the metallic/gold design.

[lee269]

Metallic, definitely. To me the surfing jukebox looks a little flat against the smooth 3d graphics though.

Both designs look graphic intensive - might be slow to load on slow connections, but hey Ive just got ADSL so what do I care

lee269

[PhatPhreddy]

I prefer the Blue... The metallic looks more interesting and perhaps the blue a little flatter but then the metallic has those extra GFX in the places where the blue looks flat so its not quite an apples to apples comp.

[SeanC]

I like the Blue.

[lise]

I prefer the design of the metallic one, but the colour of the blue one.  Perhaps a blue metallic page?

[IRONP[ANTS]

PeterS,

Just a few observations:

BIG BLUE

1) Remove the icons aside the "Download", "Overview", "User Guide" and "FAQ" links. If you've told the visitor where to go with written words, why give confusing visual clues as well?

2) The 'MEDIA JUKEBOX' font in the upper left corner looks skinny and weak. Use the font that is faded in the upper right corner instead.

3) The screenshot is functional, but boring. there must be something better...

4) Be careful about placing links along the left pane and the header. You only stand to confuse visitors.

METALLIC

1) The whole 'pipe-looking' design is so overused. Please don't lend to its profusion.

2) I assume the features to the right of the screenshot are just features, not links. They look like links though.

3) You shouldn't change colors schemes without contemplating how this effects branding. Be careful.

4) Keep the "Download Media Jukebox" button. I like it, simply because I don't have to search for a download. It also makes me believe you're not hiding anything.

IRONPANTS

[PeterS]

Thanks IRONPANTS. Some canny observations. Once we thrash this out we will have the foundation for a really good site. Let me know if you think we should consider new areas of interest for the site too.
Cheers,
Peter

[nila]

The FAQ section of the site should be really dynamic I think so you guys can all add to it really easily.
Say if you see something asked on the site alot one of you should be able to go to the FAQ section and just add it instantly as the forum can quite easily loose answers due to the large number of posts.
A good and well laid out FAQ with alot of answers can be extremely useful and help and save you all a lot of time.

Also, maybe a tutorial/tips and tricks section of the site would be useful where users and staff could both add little tips on how to do smart things. ie. the way Matt told me the other day how I could use a treeview to display the results of searches would be something I'm sure a lot of people would find useful but something that's already lost in the huge size of this forum.

[jackhack3]

Like the Gold Better !! - Stands out and sticks with the theme of the origional MJB Theme

[nortyboy]

The Metallic for me, I think !

[tullio]

Esthetically I prefer the blue, but the metallic is far more functional.  The blue doesn't tell you very much. (Why does it have 2 User Guide buttons?)

Those speaker grilles (or whatever they are) on the metallic are confusing and pointless.  Why not dress up the ends of the bars with symbols, icons, letters suggesting a home theater?  Even the lettters DVD, CD, TV would have more impact than those useless grilles.  I never was crazy about the skateboard logo.  Has the old RCA Victor dog gone into public domain yet?  A pooch with cocked head looking at a jukebox would make a nice generational bridge. The two TV screens on the right could be better used.  How about the words "Free Version" on the button above Download MJ?  For the WinAmp/Musicmatch crowd.  And instead of Featured Skin, why not just Features and a little applet that displays another MJ feature each time the button is pushed?

[BigMike]

What are you doing designing web pages when you should be making new skins for us folks? Just kidding of course. I like the Metalic one a whole bunch.

[TEd!]

Go with the blue. the hot reds and oranges while impressive do not rest easy in the old eye balls. Keep your back grounds white for all text with the contrast high. This makes reading the site easy and enjoyable. Your blue color mode exhibts classic good design elements.

Nice clean work.

regards

steven Hickok

[PeterS]

[Lou Busch]

Metallic, seems cleaner and a bit more vibrant

[ChicoSelfs]

what about a multilanguage site?

[Jazzwolf]

Metallic Gold!!!

[PeterS]

Here is another idea which combines some of the elements from the two previous designs. Please excuse any typos, misplaced links etc. We are just looking for a general template design at this point.

Also, we will optimize loading time before anything goes live, so it should load faster too.

http://www.musicex.com/mediajukebox/temp/index.htm


Peter

[zevele1]

NOT BAD!

But the grey is a little to dark
Just one or two numbers down for each grey.Maybe only one number down will be ok

A very 'classy' look i have to say

By the way it is not i hate blue
Not mad about it,for sure.And will never ever make any decorating based on blue if i have the choice
But i use it as a complementary color

But i am just REALLY feed up with all this blue on the webb and programs

Since you are at 'new look' task,you may change the splach pop-up

With all my love for Media Jukebox,can i say that it is one of the most horrible things i saw in the computer word

[PeterS]

Hey Zevele10,
How about we make a splash screen just for you? No blue, I promise!

[JNKH]

In general, I like the new look.  What appear to be the feedback is a SKIN for your new website.

Since we access the web-site so often to interact, and also signed on automatically, it is possible to use our selected SKIN in our MJ as the scheme to set your "skin" on your website.

This will be fun.