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Re: A New XnView Website

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xnview wrote:Do you think that a website for XnViewMP must be available even if it's always a beta, with not all features??
If yes, on which domain?
Yes.

XnViewMP is the future of XnView and soon would replace XnView standard once has all it's features and that isn't a long way a way.

I agree with Peter2.

Remember that a new website would not just be for XnViewMP only but for all other XnView family apps too. I see that on your XnView twitter you are already using new logo - that's great and that's how the new website should progress too, new website, MP logo, MP icon favicon etc

Something close to Thibaud's wordpress concept mixed with a bit of my ideas and feedback from this topic, would be just sufficient.
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Re: A New XnView Website

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New XnConvert website: http://www.xnconvert.com/ :D

Pierre, I am curious to know, do you really have a beard? :mrgreen:
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Re: A New XnView Website

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xnview wrote:Do you think that a website for XnViewMP must be available even if it's always a beta, with not all features??
If yes, on which domain?
My take on the subject is quite simple, don't confuse the user, what I would do:
a single domain name under which all software would be accessible (I would not make separate website for them.) either use xnview.com or find something more global like xnSoft.net,...
to keep things consistent and homogeneous. while strengthening the XN identity.
some decisions needs to be taken though regarding the naming of xnViewMp and the future of Xnview in order to properly position them on the website and makes things as clear as possible.
I'm inclined to encourage you to more aggressively shift XnView developement to MP essentially and rename xnview to (for example) xnview Legacy.

I've made a small update to the mockup.
http://projects.apricus.be/XnView/
both 3 links are click-able now xnview, xnconvert, xnsdk - just displaying the logo for now.
Aren't they making a pretty family now ? :)
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Re: A New XnView Website

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thibaud wrote:don't confuse the user, what I would do:
a single domain name under which all software would be accessible (I would not make separate website for them.) either use xnview.com or find something more global like xnSoft.net,...
to keep things consistent and homogeneous. while strengthening the XN identity.
some decisions needs to be taken though regarding the naming of xnViewMp and the future of Xnview in order to properly position them on the website and makes things as clear as possible.
I agree 100%. This is very well said and XnSoft sounds Xcellent!
thibaud wrote:I'm inclined to encourage you to more aggressively shift XnView developement to MP essentially and rename it to xnview Legacy.
...and 100% agreement with this too. As smooth and fast and great as XnView "Legacy" is, if MP had the same functionality/features/tools, I would choose to use MP instead.
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Re: A New XnView Website

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JohnFredC wrote:...and XnSoft sounds Xcellent!
Approx. 3500 Google results (but with similar words).

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JohnFredC wrote:
thibaud wrote:don't confuse the user ... some decisions needs to be taken though regarding the naming of xnViewMp and the future of Xnview in order to properly position them on the website and makes things as clear as possible.
I agree 100%. This is very well said and XnSoft sounds Xcellent!
thibaud wrote:I'm inclined to encourage you to more aggressively shift XnView developement to MP essentially and rename it to xnview Legacy.
...and 100% agreement with this too. As smooth and fast and great as XnView "Legacy" is, if MP had the same functionality/features/tools, I would choose to use MP instead.
I agree too, like I said here: http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.p ... 234#p91234
...I 'm also thinking than the priority number one is (and should mostly be): the development of the MPs versions until almost all based standard 1.9X features will be implemented.
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thibaud wrote:I'm inclined to encourage you to more aggressively shift XnView developement to MP essentially and rename xnview to (for example) xnview Legacy.
yes i would like, but 99% of my users use XnView 1.97, not MP so i can't forget them... :)
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xnview wrote:
thibaud wrote:I'm inclined to encourage you to more aggressively shift XnView developement to MP essentially and rename xnview to (for example) xnview Legacy.
yes i would like, but 99% of my users use XnView 1.97, not MP so i can't forget them... :)
You could still make the new site now but on the new website have 'Xnview legacy' as first shown app. Have new xnview logo as favicon and main banner logo etc
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thibaud wrote: My take on the subject is quite simple, don't confuse the user, what I would do:
a single domain name under which all software would be accessible (I would not make separate website for them.) either use xnview.com or find something more global like xnSoft.net,...
I like this idea very much after thinking about it myself.

So I would advise xnfamily.com (XnView Family/XnView Famille) and then everything under that one domian, like the following examples:

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http://xnfamily.com/xnview/
http://xnfamily.com/xnconvert/
http://xnfamily.com/xnshell/
http://xnfamily.com/nconvert/
http://xnfamily.com/xnview-classic/

http://fixpicture.org
Or if not, it's more than likely that xnsoft.com would be more suitable 'soft' is more to the point that it's all software.

:mrgreen:

http://xnfamily.com/xnconvert/ -------> the current design of the XnConvert.com website is just fine, keep that, but just change the address names to the above.
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Re: A New XnView Website

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I am sorry to seem at odds with many of budz45's suggestions. It's not intentional.

But "family" has more of an "health-social-domestic" implication to me (as opposed to a group of software offerings).
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Re: A New XnView Website

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john, I was just playing with ideas, calm down buddy

Xnsoft.com/ -- is better then.
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xnview.com has a high rank, i can't start with a new domain...
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It's a good reason not to change the domain name...
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Re: A New XnView Website

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xnview wrote:xnview.com has a high rank, i can't start with a new domain...
And XnView is a valuable brand that people recognize.