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Realigning Adium.im

Here is my proposed realignment for the website of Mac OS X Instant Messaging App – Adium. If you have any comments or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to leave a comment.

First of all I changed the color scheme to more visually please colors.

Then I dealt with the header. I changed the logo to a more professional font and added the app description next to the logo. Then I spaced out the navigation a bit, for a more sleek look.

I added some rays and a highlight behind the Adium duck, to make him stand out more. And brought him up into the menu a bit, to make the design feel a little more 3D.

Next, I made the download button more prominent.

I then added some screenshots, so the users get feel for the app, right away. Without having to visit the screenshots page.

Lastly, I changed the duck next to the donate button, to a heart. To symbolize, showing some love to the developers, by donating.

Realigned Version

Original Version

And there we have it. Let me know your thoughts. What did you like, what didn’t you like.

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  1. 8:18 am - Dec 20th, 09

    Wow dude, that lookes much better!, they should totally hire you to do that for them! They wouldn’t be disapointed, I can tell you that.

  2. Matt
    8:32 am - Dec 20th, 09

    @Sean – Thanks man. Glad you like it.

    I’m planning on doing a bunch more realignment posts in the near future, so if you have any Mac/Web App sites you’d like me to tackle, let me know.

  3. 10:01 am - Dec 20th, 09

    Hey, that’s a great (and genuine) idea (realignment posts). Would let you know if there is any.

  4. Jeremy Swinnen
    9:49 pm - Dec 20th, 09

    Nice design. What font have you used for the logo? Would like to know that :)

  5. Matt
    6:27 am - Dec 21st, 09

    @Jeremy – The font is Calluna by exljbris.

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