Looks good asides from the green as someone already said. The buddy on there
would be good as a buddy on the CL :)
Tom
On 11/22/06, Lee Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Here's another revision of that box for the website:
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As always, comments welcome.
~Lee
>On 11/9/06, Youness Alaoui < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey, wow!!! that thing is great! I`m really impressed... but I would
still like to add a few comments :)
> 1 - now it looks too colorfull, but I think it`s till ok to leave it
that wy
> 2 - the 'aMSN Messenger' label on the side of the box should maybe be
written the other way around.. the 'aMSN' being in the lower
> part, I think it's more intuitive to read from bottom to top, currently
it looks like the text is inverted to us when we try to read
> it.. but that could only be me, and maybe each one sees it differently
(for me, it's more natural to tilt my head to the right to read
> it, maybe other would find it more natural to tilt the head to the
left... )
> 3 - the softpedia pick is a good idea, but I think it's not easy to
see.. maybe make it bigger/clearer.. or maybe it's just the
> quality of the screenshot... don't know.
> About softpedia, I don't think they would mind, as long as you make the
icon yourself and not just copy paste their own icon in
> there... the icon is pretty simple so it shouldn't be hard (I think) to
redo it your own way.
> ok.. looking at : http://www.softpedia.com/awards/
> it says : You can also use these graphics on printed materials or
software boxes. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need
> other formats or higher resolution/dpi versions.
> So I guess you're free to use them! :)
> you can take a look at that url to see if you think another icon would
be more suited for the box...
>
> Thanks againf or your excellent work!
>
> KaKaRoTo
>
> On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 09:10:56AM -0600, Lee Olson wrote:
> > Thanks to everyone who replied with comments and suggestions. I have
> > taken them into consideration and would now like your opinion on a
> > revised version.
> >
> > You can see it here:
> > http://img374.imageshack.us/my.php?image=amsnwebsiteexample2iv6.png
> >
> > As an experiment, I created a "softpedia pick" badge and added it to
> > the box. Is it ok to use the badge on the box, or would this conflict
> > with any terms that softpedia may have? Would it be better to go
> > without the badge and stick with the plain box?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > ~Lee
> >
> >
> > On 11/9/06, Youness Alaoui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 05:36:11PM +0100, Philippe Valembois - Phil
wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > Lee it's not to critic your job... I think the idea is good to
change this
> > > > image (I was thinking the same) but Youness' critics are justified
I think...
> > > :) don't worry, I think Lee loves critics and is not susceptible! :)
> > >
> > > > > I feel like I always have to say a critic.. sorry about that :p
> > > > > anyways, the image looks nice, I like the idea, but here are a
few
> > > > > suggestions, you can either take them or reject them, as I think
it is
> > > > > already good! :)
> > > > > 1 - How about removing the blue background, I do like it, but I
think it
> > > > > kind of feels awkward the blue background on the image on a
white
> > > > > background website.. no ?
> > > > I think like him : it prevents us to see well the box...
> > > > > 2 - maybe write something on the side of the box ?
> > > > > 3 - how about making the image bigger instead of just a little
'icon', and
> > > > > have a few more details in it, like for example... a)
informational stuff,
> > > > > like "windows/linux/mac/bsd certified"
> > > > > b) funny stuff like "aMSN inside(tm)"
> > > > > c) other stuff ?
> > > > What I think is bad is it doesn't take all the width.... We have a
square on
> > > > the middle and nothing on the sides...
> > > > Maybe we should move the box on the left and put the features at
the right of
> > > > it...
> > > ohh, right, I also felt that way but didn't know what caused that
feeling... it's not well centered (maybe because of the addition of
> > > ads or something), but I'm not too fond of the idea of having the
feature list inlined with the picture...
> > >
> > > > > 4 - we could add more text/image and have a few different colors
than
> > > > > blue/white, no ? look at the elivecd.org website, and look at
the images
> > > > > they have for their cd :
> > > > > http://elivecd.org/img/_images/elive-package-open.png (.tgz svg
:
> > > > > http://elivecd.org/files/_files/elive-cddover.tar.bz2 ) it's
nice, no ? so
> > > > > small important, 'ad'-like information would be nice..
> > > > Well I think you really like the blue :d
> > > lol
> > >
> > > > But in the end I think that the site is too "monotonous" (not sure
of
> > > > translation) Too much blue... Anyway any change on the website
layout isn't
> > > > possible for 0.96...
> > > >
> > > yeah, you told me some people said that to you, the correct word
would be... humm... too 'plain/boring'.. ok, it's not the correct
> > > word, but it explains it a bit.. ahh, maybe the word is 'dull' :D
> > >
> > > > > 5 - I shut up with my extravagant requests..
> > > > Well I just have an idea !! :d
> > > > When you will have finished the box... We could create a full size
template to
> > > > let users realize their own aMSN box ? (and maybe create a gallery
with
> > > > photos of real aMSN boxes like here
http://www.kde-look.org/?xcontentmode=44)
> > > hehe, a good idea, like the one with the tux-es (the one from which
you took your DP everytime).. but I think it will be a hassle to
> > > set up that and we'll probably have toooo few people submiting
stuff...
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks Lee!
> > > > Anyway thanks to you to propose a such idea because I wouldn't
have dared to
> > > > ask you for a new graphic ;)
> > > > >
> > > > > KKRT
> > > > Phil
> > > >
> > > >
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