Just for fun I thought I'd show off some of the mockups I made during Filetrip's conception back in 2009.
Of course Filetrip is no longer around due to a host of problems. But we had fun conceptualising the site back in late 2008-09.
I think the idea had originally developed while Costello was studying in Oxford and we were house mates for a short period of time. We also had the idea for a game/hardware swapping service website that never came to fruition.
The mockups were made in Photoshop and are a fun look at how web design was looking in 2008/09.
This is the very first mockup I made of Filetrip. I think this is actually my favourite looking in hindsight. It has more in common with modern day web design than the variations that followed.
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This one is a more serious revision that has most in common with the initial Filetrip launch. Gradients EVERWHERE.
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Preview of the homepage. No idea why I made the news updates so miniscule.
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A mockup of the upload process. I really wanted to make the interface as simple as possible. Notice how I mispelt "platforms" as "platformers". Can you guess my favourite genre of game? Lol
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Notes for Costy who would (and still does) take my mockups and make them functional. We really wanted to prevent multiple versions of the same file and create a working version system for new releases of firmwares, homebrews etc. and keep them all catalogued nice and tidily.
It's quite impressive how close to the Photoshop mockups we got in terms of design. Some things such as the usermenu drop down didn't make it (didn't make much sense from a usability stand point) nor did the rounded corners on buttons (wasn't so simple back then).
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Well that's all I have really. Not sure if this will be of interest to anyone but it was fun looking back 
(was it really nearly 12 years ago!?)
Maybe I'll share some ShopTemp mockups and notes one day?
Of course Filetrip is no longer around due to a host of problems. But we had fun conceptualising the site back in late 2008-09.
I think the idea had originally developed while Costello was studying in Oxford and we were house mates for a short period of time. We also had the idea for a game/hardware swapping service website that never came to fruition.
The mockups were made in Photoshop and are a fun look at how web design was looking in 2008/09.
This is the very first mockup I made of Filetrip. I think this is actually my favourite looking in hindsight. It has more in common with modern day web design than the variations that followed.
---
This one is a more serious revision that has most in common with the initial Filetrip launch. Gradients EVERWHERE.
---
Preview of the homepage. No idea why I made the news updates so miniscule.
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A mockup of the upload process. I really wanted to make the interface as simple as possible. Notice how I mispelt "platforms" as "platformers". Can you guess my favourite genre of game? Lol
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Notes for Costy who would (and still does) take my mockups and make them functional. We really wanted to prevent multiple versions of the same file and create a working version system for new releases of firmwares, homebrews etc. and keep them all catalogued nice and tidily.
It's quite impressive how close to the Photoshop mockups we got in terms of design. Some things such as the usermenu drop down didn't make it (didn't make much sense from a usability stand point) nor did the rounded corners on buttons (wasn't so simple back then).
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(was it really nearly 12 years ago!?)Maybe I'll share some ShopTemp mockups and notes one day?
. Saves on time, soap, water and money having to wash them. 
