On Feb 1, 2013, at 3:16 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: > > On Feb 1, 2013, at 3:04 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > >> Thank you Dave! >> >> It's still perfectly visible without being too scandalous. I like it. >> >> Now for a new bikeshed ... I would use "Volunteers wanted", instead of >> "Volunteers needed" ;). > > Semantics are important! > >> >> Just kidding ... :). > > It's not a bikeshed it is a good point! Done!
Here is another bikeshed. There was no easy navigation back to www.openoffice.org® from openoffice.apache.org where this announcement takes the user. So, I added one to the left nav at the bottom of General. Regards, Dave > > Regards, > Dave > >> >> Pedro. >> >> >> >>> ________________________________ >>> Da: Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> >>> A: dev@openoffice.apache.org >>> Inviato: Venerdì 1 Febbraio 2013 17:49 >>> Oggetto: Re: [bikeshed] I like blue titles. >>> >>> On Feb 1, 2013, at 1:56 PM, Tanja Meece wrote: >>> >>>> Red immediately sends up a warning flag in my mind and that of other user's >>>> I'm sure. >>> >>> That was the original intent. >>> >>>> There has to be some way to change the color. >>> >>> There is and it is done! It is now the same blue as the rest of the header >>> text. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> TMCM >>>> >>>> On Feb 1, 2013 9:43 AM, "Pedro Giffuni" <p...@apache.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> ________________________________ >>>>>> Da: Dave Fisher >>>>> ... >>>>>>>> Can we change the red title in the website ("Call for Volunteers", >>>>>>>> as of lately) to dark blue? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The reasons: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> - The tone of red chosen looks like it was made to fit at the last >>>>>>>> moment. It has no aesthetic coherence with the rest of the website. >>>>>> >>>>>> It was chosen quickly and I was thinking it would be for unusual events. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Firstly, I hope I am doing this properly, if not I apologize in >>>> advance. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I agree. I believe that a red sends the wrong signals. It sends up >>>> more of a warning flag, rather than an invitation for volunteers. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The first time I saw it I thought I'd done something wrong. >>>>>>>>> >>>>> I recall it started when we were about to release 3.4 and the blog went >>>>> down so we just had to release on the website. >>>>> >>>>>> Now it appears to be a common element which is OK. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It is being changed everytime there's something to communicate: >>>>> Like if we break (yet) another download milestone. >>>>> >>>>> The red chair is becoming part of the furniture. >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> - It makes us look desperate (or so seem to think some bloggers). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The concern should be "what works?" Not "what some bloggers think". >>>>>>> Breaking out from the visual clutter of the page is important. We want >>>>>>> to stand out, not blend in and be overlooked. IMHO. >>>>>> >>>>>> I like blue if it will always be there >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I suspect we will have it forever :(. >>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Oh course there are other ways of standing out, like with a banner >>>>>>> graphic. That could give us a more professional image while still >>>>>>> standing out. >>>>>> >>>>>> What ever can be done... >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Again, just chose a color for the bikeshed that seems average >>>>> among the proposals ;). >>>>> >>>>> Pedro. >>> >>> >>> >