Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Tony, cc questions@ I also hear PostgreSQLhttp://www.postgresql.org/is planning to sue FreeBSD for stealing its design. URLs please. I propose a new, supersimple look for FreeBSD based on Helveticahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkoX0pEwSCw. Requires Flash. 3rd party commercial binary. No

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Steffen Daode Nurpmeso
Julian H. Stacey wrote [2012-04-13 13:13+0200]: The 1000 year Reich lasted 6. 13. Not for all, though. --steffen Forza Figa! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe,

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Friday 13 April 2012 18:44:07 Steffen Daode Nurpmeso wrote: Julian H. Stacey wrote [2012-04-13 13:13+0200]: The 1000 year Reich lasted 6. 13. Not for all, though. 1945 - 1933 gives 12. Do I have to start a calculator now? Erich ___

RE: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
backwards webdesign / corporate identity Hi, On Friday 13 April 2012 18:44:07 Steffen Daode Nurpmeso wrote: Julian H. Stacey wrote [2012-04-13 13:13+0200]: The 1000 year Reich lasted 6. 13. Not for all, though. 1945 - 1933 gives 12. Do I have to start a calculator now? Its

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Steffen Daode Nurpmeso
The 1000 year Reich lasted 6. Do I have to start a calculator now? Once i went to Dachau with my school year in the mid-eighties our guide collected us (all) in a small, low-ceilinged room with a quadratic hole in the thick ceiling and spoke from conviction: Hier wurden keine Juden

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Once i went to Dachau with my school year in the mid-eighties our ( Happened to interest me, as I happen to live nearish, into history), But to avoid being off remit for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions I set

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Erich Dollansky
: Julian H. Stacey; Tony; Steffen Daode Nurpmeso Subject: Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity Hi, On Friday 13 April 2012 18:44:07 Steffen Daode Nurpmeso wrote: Julian H. Stacey wrote [2012-04-13 13:13+0200]: The 1000 year Reich lasted 6. 13. Not for all

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Polytropon
, April 13, 2012 9:12 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Julian H. Stacey; Tony; Steffen Daode Nurpmeso Subject: Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity Hi, On Friday 13 April 2012 18:44:07 Steffen Daode Nurpmeso wrote: Julian H. Stacey wrote [2012-04-13 13

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Mike Woods
Quoting Sean Cavanaugh millenia2...@hotmail.com: El Snippo 13. Not for all, though. 1945 - 1933 gives 12. Do I have to start a calculator now? Its 13 INCLUSIVE. You're calculating exclusive All i'm saying is, Iron Sky. :D Mike Woods Full of squishy cynicism

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Erich Dollansky
...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Erich Dollansky Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:12 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Julian H. Stacey; Tony; Steffen Daode Nurpmeso Subject: Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity On Friday 13 April 2012 18:44:07 Steffen Daode Nurpmeso

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Polytropon
-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Erich Dollansky Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:12 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Julian H. Stacey; Tony; Steffen Daode Nurpmeso Subject: Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Teske, Devin
backwards webdesign / corporate identity On Friday 13 April 2012 18:44:07 Steffen Daode Nurpmeso wrote: Julian H. Stacey wrote [2012-04-13 13:13+0200]: The 1000 year Reich lasted 6. 13. Not for all, though. 1945 - 1933 gives 12. Do I have to start a calculator now? Its 13

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Saturday 14 April 2012 07:54:40 Polytropon wrote: Its 13 INCLUSIVE. You're calculating exclusive it also fits better to today's date. Fits even better next Friday! ;-) oh, yeah, the big birthday bash. Is it organised via facebook? Who with a sane mind would

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-11 Thread perryh
Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:29:42 +1000, Da Rock wrote: On 04/10/12 21:32, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Mark Felderf...@feld.me wrote: Python on Planes is the future, mn. Shouldn't that be spelled plains, as in the places where the

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-11 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Tony ableton...@gmail.com wrote: The current design is an uneven mix of various styles, and seems more forced than well thought out. First you have the shiny Satanic 3D-lookalike logo (yes, despite what y'all say, it's still Satanic) that might look cool the

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-10 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:29:42 +1000, Da Rock wrote: On 04/10/12 21:32, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Mark Felderf...@feld.me wrote: Python on Planes is the future, mn. Shouldn't that be spelled plains, as in the places where the snake-containing grass grows? :-) Ha! One

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-10 Thread Robert Bonomi
From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Mon Apr 9 23:40:07 2012 Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:32:09 -0700 From: per...@pluto.rain.com To: f...@feld.me Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity Mark Felder f...@feld.me wrote: Python

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 10:16:49AM -0700, Devin Teske wrote: On Apr 8, 2012, at 5:40 AM, Tony wrote: http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/ It's like a punch-line almost. I admit to enjoying the Helvetica Trailer video linked-to above. I even admit to liking the proposed motto's. But I

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread Fabian Keil
Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 14:40:12 +0200, Tony wrote: As much as I love FreeBSD, I'm a bit alarmed by its webdesign / corporate identity. What's wrong with it? It's very accessible (especially for blind users) and it presents the availabe information in a

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 02:40:12PM +0200, Tony wrote: Hello! As much as I love FreeBSD, I'm a bit alarmed by its webdesign / corporate identity. Since FreeBSD is the world's best OS, I believe it should have a design that reflects this. A design that is so neutral and stripped of any

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread Tony
Hi all! Thanks everyone for all the feedback - it has been most helpful! Just to clarify, Siegel+Gale and the UK Design Council are just the places where I work. I should have taken them out of my signature to avoid confusion, my bad. I will start work on a major

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread Mark Felder
On Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:55:07 -0500, Tony ableton...@gmail.com wrote: I will start work on a major Rails-based redesign I'm praying this is a troll. Ruby as a language is so broken, and anyone who has tried to host a Ruby project knows my pain. The only thing you could have said that would

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread Lars Eighner
On Sun, 8 Apr 2012, Tony wrote: Satanic 3D-lookalike logo Satanic logo complaints: Hallmark of retarded trolls -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread Robert Bonomi
Tony ableton...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all! Thanks everyone for all the feedback - it has been most helpful! Just to clarify, Siegel+Gale and the UK Design Council are just the places where I work. I should have taken them out of my signature to avoid confusion, my bad. I will start work

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread Polytropon
Allow me a few additions: On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 13:58:43 -0500 (CDT), Robert Bonomi wrote: 2) Make sure *every* 'img ' tag has a meaningful alt=' field. (if it is just a filler/spacer image, _still_ put an 'alt= ' field on it. This explicitly declares that the image has 'no

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread perryh
Mark Felder f...@feld.me wrote: Python on Planes is the future, mn. Shouldn't that be spelled plains, as in the places where the snake-containing grass grows? :-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread Da Rock
On 04/10/12 21:32, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Mark Felderf...@feld.me wrote: Python on Planes is the future, mn. Shouldn't that be spelled plains, as in the places where the snake-containing grass grows? :-) Ha! One would think so, but with ruby on rails one would think that

FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-08 Thread Tony
Hello! As much as I love FreeBSD, I'm a bit alarmed by its webdesign / corporate identity. Since FreeBSD is the world's best OS, I believe it should have a design that reflects this. A design that is so neutral and stripped of any unnecessary details that the user's attention is directed straight

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-08 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, not again. Erich On Sunday 08 April 2012 19:40:12 Tony wrote: Hello! As much as I love FreeBSD, I'm a bit alarmed by its webdesign / corporate identity. Since FreeBSD is the world's best OS, I believe it should have a design that reflects this. A design that is so neutral and stripped

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-08 Thread Fbsd8
Tony wrote: Hello! As much as I love FreeBSD, I'm a bit alarmed by its webdesign / corporate identity. Since FreeBSD is the world's best OS, I believe it should have a design that reflects this. A design that is so neutral and stripped of any unnecessary details that the user's attention is

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-08 Thread Devin Teske
On Apr 8, 2012, at 5:40 AM, Tony wrote: Hello! As much as I love FreeBSD, [snip] I propose a new, supersimple look for FreeBSD based on Helveticahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkoX0pEwSCw. [snip] Tony [snip] http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/ It's like a punch-line almost. I admit

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-08 Thread RW
On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 14:40:12 +0200 Tony wrote: Tony http://siegelgale.com/ The FreeBSD site isn't great, but this site is worse. Has no-one ever pointed-out the irony that the top 20% of the page bangs-on about simplifying, and has a fight bloat on your website link, but the other 80% is a

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-08 Thread Da Rock
On 04/09/12 07:44, RW wrote: On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 14:40:12 +0200 Tony wrote: Tony http://siegelgale.com/ The FreeBSD site isn't great, but this site is worse. Has no-one ever pointed-out the irony that the top 20% of the page bangs-on about simplifying, and has a fight bloat on your website

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-08 Thread RW
On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 01:25:54 +0200 Mikkel Bang wrote: Den 23:44 8. april 2012 skrev RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com følgende: The FreeBSD site isn't great, but this site is worse. Has no-one ever pointed-out the irony that the top 20% of the page bangs-on about simplifying, and has a

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-08 Thread Edward M
On 04/08/2012 05:40 AM, Tony wrote: Hello! As much as I love FreeBSD, I'm a bit alarmed by its webdesign / corporate identity. Since FreeBSD is the world's best OS, I believe it should have a design that reflects this. A design that is so neutral and stripped of any unnecessary details that the

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-08 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 14:40:12 +0200, Tony wrote: Hello! As much as I love FreeBSD, I'm a bit alarmed by its webdesign / corporate identity. What's wrong with it? It's very accessible (especially for blind users) and it presents the availabe information in a structured way. Sure, it does not