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Release post style improvement

This is not normally my area I work in, but sometimes you just got to post what you've got to post. Perhaps as inspiration for @luke 😺 . I propose this sort of design change for the release post of for example 8.15.

I know we are not a consumer product, however I cannot be anything else than giddy when I see a new release post of one of affinity's products. The styling is beautiful, easy to read through and makes the decision to upgrade only logical.

Compare:

https://about.gitlab.com/2016/11/22/gitlab-8-14-released/

vs

https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/new-features/

Proposal

I propose we upgrade our styling of our own release posts, something like:

  • CE and EE badges
  • Standardised image styles:
    • No browser windows included ever!
    • Almost full white images have a default css shadow style
  • Open breathable design.
  • Rhythm in reading the content with images left, right and center.
  • Keep all existing functionality from existing release posts.
  • Easy restyling for mobile.

I took the liberty to partly recreate the release post of for example 8.14 ( a lot of things in it are missing though 😉 )

releasepost_design_inspiration

PS: I used a light font as the body text weight. Perhaps this should be changed as this mostly only works really well on high def screens ;)

cc: @JobV @luke @connorshea @amara @marcia @sytses