UI/UX Design of Website and Wiki

[Patrick]

Trying to split my replies into different forum threads.

@Mycobee

He pointed out that UX/UI could be improved upon a lot on the main site/wiki,

Do you mean skin / style / CSS or just the specific points you mentioned below (such as illustrative images)?

@Mycobee

If you look at grapheneos.org , it has a very simple layout with straightforward “click and install” front and center. I think something like this is a great idea for the Whonix site.

https://www.whonix.org/ is currently still too difficult? The first slide / section is a very brief introduction into Whonix, the second one contains the various available platforms and Download buttons.

Should there be a download button further up?

@Mycobee

Firstly, I think that many of the stock images and graphics take away a bit from the usability of the site.

@Mycobee

IMO many of the stock images and logos are a bit dated, and a little cheesy.

Answered here just now:

illustrations images wishlist for Whonix

Many stock images such as on lets’s say for example Anonymity Operating System Comparison - Whonix ™ vs Tails vs Tor Browser Bundle (which is this image File:Balance-154516-640.png - Whonix at time of writing) are indeed not very customized. These are more of a stopgap than perfect. But that stopgap could go on for years. Would it be better to have no such thumbnail than a just only good enough one? I think it’s useful to have one that is at least good enough than not having one at all. That is…

@Mycobee

the Whonix site is an AMAZING resource

Glad to hear!

@Mycobee

Secondly, I am curious how the pages are hosted? The wiki is easy to find, but what about the home page?

Answered here just now:

New Qubes Website! New Whonix Website?

Big update on how the homepage is implemented nowadays… The homepage that is whonix.org is nowadays also based on MediaWiki. If you are on https://www.whonix.org/ end press edit (using the supermenu). related: Documentation for Kicksecure ™ Wiki Devs chapter Supermenu and Edit Button in Kicksecure wiki Documentation for Kicksecure ™ Wiki Editors chapter Super Menu in Kicksecure wiki Much details on homepage: Documentation for Kicksecure ™ Wiki Devs chapter Homepage (/wiki/Homepage) in Kick…

@Mycobee

I think having a singular website repo using a static site generator (jekyll, hugo, etc) would be a good way to standardize the layout and increase maintainability.

Do you mean move Whonix from MediaWiki to a different content generator? That would be a gigantic task…

Related:
Dev/About Infrastructure - Kicksecure chapter MediaWiki in Kicksecure wiki

@Mycobee

Lastly, I think the welcome page in TOR should ask for donations front and center, in the same way that TAILS does. TAILS project kindly requests donations and saying something similar to this “Whonix is entirely free, and relies on user donations. If all users of Whonix gave just $5, we could make a great impact in keeping users free and secure for many years to come.”

Will reply here:

Local browser homepage for Tor Browser in Whonix

Will reply soon.

@Mycobee

Commitment

After I get my CI project running WATS, I am happy to tackle this project, and get the site more concise and clean. My partner is a graphic designer, and I could probably get a little bit of help with some custom/unified graphics on some areas that might need them.

It would be nice as this unfolds to try to discern outdated information and what needs to be archived

Sounds great!