Sharon, I agree with you. Let's launch a Scribus design task force! Having that kind of "semi-professional" look and feel is very normal in the area of non-commercial software. And it's a general trend, in the field of science, or of software engineering. Look for instance at the web page of Tim Berners-Lee http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/ ? it's certainly not a matter of lack of funds, it's just a different mindset. Among software engineers, you *dont'* judge a book by looking at the inside, not by it's cover (quite the opposite, actually).
If a few people join forces and invest the needed energy, we may perhaps achieve something. As an inspiration, we can look at the FontForge website redesign, that went from this - http://fontforge.org/ - to this more inviting version : http://fontforge.github.io/ On the other hand, here is a bad example of slapping "professional design" on a FLOSS project in an artificial way ? the new landing page for LibreOffice, that was commissioned from some design agency: http://www.libreoffice.org/ On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Sharon Villines <sharon at sharonvillines.com>wrote: > I just joined this list in preparation for my version of InDesign to > become obsolete. I've looked at Scribus and find that it will require a > period of learning that I'm not yet willing to do. By reading this list I > thought I might become more attached to the open source effort and pick up > some and learn a bit here and there so it won't be so hard later. > > In visiting the website to join and clicking through to various > information sites, I am struck by the low level of design quality. The > websites look like throw backs to the 1990s. Is this intentional? When it > is not up to industry standards it doesn't convince me of the capabilities > of the software. In graphic design, the book is judged by the cover. > Artists not only adopt software they join an aesthetic. Adobe is an example. > > Since there is wonderful open source software readily available for > website design, like Wordpress which arrives with good typography and color > palettes, why not use it? > > Sharon > ---- > Sharon Villines, Washington DC > "Design is the first sign of human intention." William McDonough > > > > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20130510/f8e2dbad/attachment.html>
