February 4th, 2009
Drupal 7 Redesign
Last week, I flew to Boston, MA, to have a meeting with those fine folks at Acquia about a project they wanted my small design studio to look at. Today, Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, announced that, together with Leisa Reichelt, we’re going to be working on improving the user experience of Drupal 7. Needless to say, we’re very, very excited to be part of this project.
From what we learned on the Drupal.org project, both in terms of process, but also some of the stumbling blocks that Drupal has, we’re confident we can make some changes that will make it easier to use for people who are new to Drupal, but also experienced users.
Leisa and I are going to be at DrupalCon DC in March. We’ll be kick-starting our research, presenting on the redesign of drupal.org, and doing a lot of listening. if you’re going please tap me on the shoulder and say hi.
Really excited about this Mark! I loved what you did with drupal.org redesign and am confident that you and Leisa can work similar magic for Drupal 7.
grids, typography and now Drupal 7! can’t wait to see what MBD cooks up :)
Sounds like you’ve got a lot going on. Let me know if you need any help.
Wow, that’s a big responsibility but i’m sure its in good hands. :D I’m looking forward it. :D
I would like see what Drupal would have to offer over the other CMS.
I am a huge fan. I love Drupal and it is hard to imagine how it can get any more powerful. Really compared to WP, Simple CMS and the dreaded Joomla (still a great cms just gave me a hard time) Drupal is the way to go. I am very excited to see what’s new and where the changes will occur (just don’t pull a vista on us) :)
Simply Awsome!
but what about the branding, The blue Head?
second detail is about the “Get Started”:
4 steps?
3 steps should be there
and get support should be mentionned
but not as 4th step.
- Drupal should remain simple and easy
- if in need of support then it has to be considered like the little unmistakable tip above all. the little cherry on the cake to get the full service.
congratulation looking forward to became a new user of Drupal 7, if it gets all UI UX designs and so from these actual great improvements.
I haven’t been through all but would like to.
I can’t wait to see the design :) I love Drupal.
Really pleased to read that you are involved in a Drupal rethink.
The plumbing behind Drupal does what it says on the tin and is very productive for me.
But the design of drupal.org and of the templates available for Drupal give a poor first and second impression.
You are just the man for the job, but it will be like nudging a super tanker onto a new heading. I really really hope this goes well.
/shoulder tap
echo “Hi!”
… looking forward to meeting you in DC, Mark!
- jam.
you and Drupal are both a Class apart.
Truly you have some serious skill in what you’v done,thats real Class there :)
I’m using Drupal for our community website and I feel happy that this new design will be more user-friendly for the inexperienced and the experienced users alike. It is really an honour for you to be involved in this project.
Congrats, sounds exciting. I’ve always been an admirer of your work, concepts and clean minimalist approach to functional design.