On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Oliver Boermans <boerm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/10/16 Noah Slater <nsla...@tumbolia.org>: > > > > I think the real problem is that it is has nothing to do with CouchDB, > heh. > > Any good design solution needs the problem to be defined upfront, > otherwise the only tool at your disposal to measure it’s success is > personal and likely irrelevant. > > So I would first ask a few questions regarding the intended context > and purpose of the design in question: > > - What does it need to communicate? > - Who does it need to communicate to? > - etc > hey great feedback! I was thinking that a public access Relaxville instance may be a url users in initial orientation phase would hit quickly and so it may be useful to tie it to a consistent CouchDB look and feel with particular distinct attributes for any given page. The design I came up with was a spontaneous reaction so I expect weight either side of 0 is valid and thinking about it more now the pin up girl element may be particularly problematic. The font was mostly ref to JChris's presentations... In the scope of the discussion a banner type graphic can convey a unique look and feel quickly and is very easy to swap out in the source dir/location rather than the css or code when refreshing the look and feel of a page so that aspect of the design is with a view to potential maintenance requirements. It allows distinctive pages that may otherwise have a more generic function specific thin layer of markup which may be updated separatel. The dimensions and content of such a graphic would be important to overall page markup. Currently the CouchDb homepage has similar structure but the style on the nav is more tightly coupled to the graphic, or vice versa. If you are looking to brand a tool it’s useful to define what the > proposition is for potential users first. > Of course I would love it if everyone thought the "Relaxing With Women From the 50s" design was great and immediately useful but realistically if it serves as a set of fixed parameters to focus a redefinition of the obviously quickly evolving 'branding' and maintenance parameters then that is a good thing. > What does CouchDB offer that distinguishes it from available alternatives. > hmm...the short answer? > From my experience with it so far “Relax” is excellent starting point! > ...totally recommend relaxing even when not using CouchDB...hehe cheers
