Christian Froeschlin wrote:
> David Buck wrote:
> 
>> After much work and many delays, we finally have the new IRTC site 
>> online.  You can visit http://www.irtc.org to have a look.
> 
> Thank you, great news! A few minor things I noted:
> 
> o It's a bit strange to use the real name as "user name" for
>   login purposes, that could be split into a user name and a
>   friendly display name or login via email address.
> 
> o The viewing page for a round is a bit hidden behind
>   the small "View Round" link in the corner. Possibly the
>   topic could link there as well. Also, the images on the
>   viewing page are left-aligned although the corresponding
>   text is on the right side, suggesting wrong pairings.
> 
> o I think all past rounds should appear under "Past Rounds", even
>   the one which is currently show-cased under "Home". Actually I'm
>   not even sure that just showing past winners is the best content
>   for "Home", I'd have expected a (very short) description what the
>   site is about and a compact overview of the current and last
>   competition (the latter probably with the winning image).
>   Nothing so scrollable ;)
> 
> o I didn't yet try submitting but it seems you need to provide
>   a thumbnail manually, which seems a hot candidate for future
>   automization ;) BTW I suppose submission by ftp is no
>   longer supported?

Just to let everyone know - I'm collecting up the comments on the 
appearance and functionality of the site.  We have a new graphics 
designer who volunteered to help out and we expect to replace the layout 
of the site at some point in the future.  Your comments will all feed 
into that process.  Some of the appearance of the site is temporary and 
is done in a simple way just to get the site operational.  We will be 
improving it over time.

As for the thumbnails, I can easily create the thumbnails automatically 
for stills but it would be impossible to do so for animation (which 
frame would be the best representation of the animation).  I felt that 
we could start by having the submitter provide the thumbnails in all 
cases.  I may reconsider that decision before we start the first 
official round so consider the mandatory thumbnails for still to be 
temporary.

I'd like to keep the submission process managed completely by the site 
which means that FTP submissions wouldn't be possible.  I'm willing to 
be convinced otherwise if the community feels strongly enough about it.

Thanks
David Buck

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