On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 3:24 PM, drew <d...@baseanswers.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2012-05-04 at 21:10 +0200, Marcus (OOo) wrote: >> Am 05/04/2012 06:26 AM, schrieb drew: >> > On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 23:55 -0400, drew wrote: >> >> On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 22:35 +0200, Marcus (OOo) wrote: >> >>> Am 05/03/2012 09:48 PM, schrieb Kay Schenk: >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> On 05/03/2012 11:29 AM, Rob Weir wrote: >> >>>>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Kay Schenk<kay.sch...@gmail.com> >> >>>>> wrote: >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> On 05/03/2012 09:43 AM, Rob Weir wrote: >> >>>>>>> One thing we don't have any more is that registration dialog from >> >>>>>>> OpenOffice.org. Does anyone recall what that used to do? For >> >>>>>>> example, did it sign users up for the annou...@openoffice.org mailing >> >>>>>>> list? >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> I don't recall the registration doing this... >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> If so, since that is gone, we've lost the primary way for users to >> >>>>>>> say >> >>>>>>> that they want to get occasional updates from us. This reduces our >> >>>>>>> opportunity to engage with our users. >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> I wonder if it would be worth adding to the home page, a new option: >> >>>>>>> "I want to stay informed about OpenOffice"? That could go to a page >> >>>>>>> where we give information on the announce list, the project blog, >> >>>>>>> etc. >> >>>>>>> It would take the place of the old registration system. >> > >> > <snip> >> > >> >>> >> >>> I think that a blackboard or megaphone could fit as icon. Some examples >> >>> (don't look to close to content and size) >> >>> >> >>> http://www.thegraphicmac.com/wp-content/uploads/aps_facebook-notify-icon.jpg >> >>> >> >>> http://www.trueswitch.com/images/notify_icon_big.gif >> >>> >> >>> http://ranchero.com/images/nnw3.2AppIcon-512.png >> >>> >> >>> http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/snake3d/snake3d1111/snake3d111100038/11270762-megaphone-sale-announcement-loudspeaker-news-communication-icon-golden-red-bullhorn-message-symbol-a.jpg >> >>> >> >> >> >> Hi Marcus >> >> >> >> Nice, looked those over - took some inspiration from that and worked up a >> >> graphic, thinking of course that this is going to a keep_in_touch type >> >> screen - Is that right, what the idea was now. >> >> Anyway - here is a png of the idea, I've again used the Oo.o 3 series >> >> branding element, the wire wave - altered that just a tad with a change >> >> form white to the current logo blue. >> >> >> >> http://lo-portal.us/aoo/temp/g6897.png >> >> >> >> What do you think? >> > >> > >> > Made a change to that, can see a png as >> > http://lo-portal.us/aoo/temp/rect17764.png >> > >> > and the inkscape file as >> > http://lo-portal.us/aoo/temp/keep-in-touch_.svg >> >> Great. >> >> Please note that you have to make them a bit smaller (like the others on >> "www.openoffice.org") and then I don't know if the text will still be >> readable. >> >> "http://lo-portal.us/aoo/temp/g6897.png"; seems to be better, bright >> green color for the envelope and no border. Maybe also a little "f" for >> our Facebook fans? > > > Right - facebook, knew I was missing something ;-) > > Well, actually this works for me - I'm going to a barcamp on the 19th > and figured I'd better have a little 12 slide presentation on the > netbook - I figure that's a cool graphic for a page listing our > channels. >
I do like it. > I should of thought about the real image size for those buttons, feel > dumb, I'll take a stab at that.. the text will go away then I would > think. > I tried rendering the SVG at 50x50 and nothing comes through. I think we need something much simpler. I'll look around. I also noticed now that the exiting art work is 50x500 pixels. They have two versions of each icon, one for the mouse over where they darken the image a bit. Clever, but more work for producing new icons. -Rob > > //drew > >> >> Then I would buy it. :-) >> >> Marcus >> >> > >
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