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"Andrea Ryan" wrote:
> It's better to have a good design for both since the splash page is the
> first one people see unless they get an URL to an specific page.
> Brendan Ryan
My definition of a splash page is a special page that contains no useful
contents. I would call the first page at http://www.scifi-art.com/ for a
splash page, but I wouldn't call the first page at http://www.povray.org for
a splash page.
I don't think that websites need splash pages, and I think it's good that
povray.org doesn't have one (using my own definition of "splash page").
My own website has a splash page, but it's only because it is needed in
order for the structure of my site to work. I would remove it if I could...
Greetings,
Rune
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"Brendan Ryan" wrote:
> The girl was made with an external program (Poser) and
> does not demonstrate any unique features of POV-Ray as
> far as I can see.
"Serge LAROCQUE" wrote:
> Was it rendered with POV-Ray?
I'm sure it was, but the point is that it doesn't show any *unique* features
of POV-Ray. That is, it doesn't give the visitor a reason to use POV-Ray
instead of any other 3D program. That girl could probably be made with any
3D program, and it doesn't show the real strengths of POV-Ray, I think.
Greetings,
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"Chris S." wrote:
> More recent examples of POV's remarkable capabilities would
> be a definite improvement.
I agree, but I guess the webmaster has not had the time to make these
updates yet.
Greetings,
Rune
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So you think that an object made of spheres, cylinders and boxes is more
appealing than an organic model?
So what, if it's made with another program? I think many people using other
3D software uses models made with other software as well.
The point is to show the rendering quality, not the modelling quality,
since povray is a renderer, not a modeller.
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In article <394dc49c@news.povray.org> , "Rune" <run### [at] iname com>
wrote:
> My definition of a splash page is a special page that contains no useful
> contents. I would call the first page at http://www.scifi-art.com/ for a
> splash page
This is contrary to what any usability expert will tell you. People want to
know where they are and what the site is about. The main page of any site
is the most essential and apparently very important for the success of a
site.
If you want to know about how web design should be to work best, check out
<www.useit.com>.
Thorsten
PS: Please keep in mind that the POV-Team - unlike large companies - does
not have the money or time to employ a whole department of usability experts
and web designers to create a "perfect" site. Everything, including POV-Ray
itself, has some spots that need to be polished, and in this sense a web
site is not much different from software. You can be sure the team will do
the best, as our spare time permits.
Sometimes only or mostly negative feedback can be very frustrating, so maybe
pointing out what you _like_ about the site would help improve it as well.
This is just a personal note, I do not speak for the POV-Team.
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The desgin has great potential (except for the colors - try blueish),
however - I myself was offended by the picture of the girl. please put
something less...you know on the front page.
Gilles Tran wrote:
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> Just went to the POV-Ray page looking for links, and it happens to have
> a new design !
> It looks like it's still a work in progress. I hope that there will be
> new things in the "under construction pages".
> First remarks:
> - It certainly loads faster (javascript gone) which is better.
> - I'm not too happy with the colours which are a tad dark, and with the
> Poser girl, which I find too Poseresque (that hair, ahem..) and not a
> good demo for the mapping abilities that should be in Povray 3.5.
> What do people think ?
> G.
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Rune wrote in message <394bf00c@news.povray.org>...
>Also, the 3D Links Collection design is horrible (sorry)! My screen
>resolution is 800x600 and I have to scroll horizontally left and right all
>the time just to be able to read the text! That's one of the worst things
>you can do when talking about web-design, I think. (Again, sorry!)
I noticed. My screen is set to 1024*768 and I'm still having to scroll.
Wgat resolution was the site designed for???
Gail
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Gilles Tran wrote:
>
> Just went to the POV-Ray page looking for links, and it happens to
> have a new design !
> What do people think ?
"Nice, but when does 3.5 come out?"
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Rune wrote:
> I'm sure it was, but the point is that it doesn't show any *unique* features
> of POV-Ray. That is, it doesn't give the visitor a reason to use POV-Ray
> instead of any other 3D program. That girl could probably be made with any
> 3D program, and it doesn't show the real strengths of POV-Ray, I think.
Being a long-time Poser user, I really don't object at having a Poser model
(rendered in Pov-Ray) in the front page. Having a realistic-looking human form
on the front page is certainly a big step ahead from the usual CSG fare. It
actually shows off one BIG strength of POV-Ray, and a quite undervalued one,
which is its ability to render meshes from other programmes.
With uv-mapping and with the help of vertex management utilities like those made
by Warp and Chris Colefax, there's a huge potential in using meshes in Povray.
Note that the (previous ?) Hall of Fame shows at least two images of objects
made with 3DStudio and rendered in Povray and AFAIK nobody ever complained about
this.
My only (little) problem is that Posette here is a little too basic, and looks
more like a standard posing example for Poser than a true creation, so that
there could be room for improvement (but there may be more to know about her,
who knows ?).
G.
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I would like to see your eve there instead :).
Fabian.
>
> Rune wrote:
>
> > I'm sure it was, but the point is that it doesn't show any *unique* features
> > of POV-Ray. That is, it doesn't give the visitor a reason to use POV-Ray
> > instead of any other 3D program. That girl could probably be made with any
> > 3D program, and it doesn't show the real strengths of POV-Ray, I think.
>
> Being a long-time Poser user, I really don't object at having a Poser model
> (rendered in Pov-Ray) in the front page. Having a realistic-looking human form
> on the front page is certainly a big step ahead from the usual CSG fare. It
> actually shows off one BIG strength of POV-Ray, and a quite undervalued one,
> which is its ability to render meshes from other programmes.
>
> With uv-mapping and with the help of vertex management utilities like those made
> by Warp and Chris Colefax, there's a huge potential in using meshes in Povray.
> Note that the (previous ?) Hall of Fame shows at least two images of objects
> made with 3DStudio and rendered in Povray and AFAIK nobody ever complained about
> this.
>
> My only (little) problem is that Posette here is a little too basic, and looks
> more like a standard posing example for Poser than a true creation, so that
> there could be room for improvement (but there may be more to know about her,
> who knows ?).
>
> G.
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