Re: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-17 Thread Dana
think this is what he was trying for. I did not notice the scroll, but then -- I saw it on a projector from the developer's laptop and very quickly after that to make sure I was sending you the right URL > > And the idea of a Vanquish as a cop car would seriously make me consider a > career chang

Re: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-17 Thread Medic
I don't see a problem with this as long as it's only the front page and doesn't persist to every page of content on the site. And the idea of a Vanquish as a cop car would seriously make me consider a career change. On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:11 AM, morgan l wrote: > > I believe that's a refer

Re: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-17 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Vivec wrote: > I actually don't think the space is wasted. > one of the design trends for 2010 are these large upper image banners > that catch the attention. > > for example: > http://www.spoongraphics.co.uk/ I'm okay with it on the homepage. It's just uber-an

Re: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-17 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 3:37 AM, Dana wrote: > interesting. What browser? I don't get that. All of them I would guess. There's a car, a menu, and a huge empty space. Goes more than halfway down tot he browser's waterline in Firefox at 1024 x 768. Big no-no in my book, at least for secondary p

Re: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-17 Thread morgan l
That's actually a good example of what to do with flash at the top like that. It serves a purpose: presenting the portfolio of the designer. The traffic cop site's flash topper doesn't serve any purpose that I can glean. The menu is less than 1/4 of the whole; that 'swoosh' curve under the police

Re: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-17 Thread Vivec
I actually don't think the space is wasted. one of the design trends for 2010 are these large upper image banners that catch the attention. for example: http://www.spoongraphics.co.uk/ 2009/12/17 morgan l : > > I think we've finally got a new design here at work that will move our site > out of

Re: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-17 Thread Ian Skinner
On 12/17/2009 7:11 AM, morgan l wrote: > I believe that's a reference to the mostly-useless and highly extraneous > flash at the top of the page. It's clean and crisp, but much larger than it > needs to be, and serves no true purpose but to shout "hey, we're cool, we've > got flash on our site." >

Re: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-17 Thread Larry C. Lyons
fricking DC drivers are clueless in the snow. Real stupid would be a complement for these. Betweeen that and panic buying of toilet paper, milk and bread, its amazing that there's an intact car/SUV in the region. On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 8:30 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > > I wanted to use it t

Re: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-17 Thread morgan l
I believe that's a reference to the mostly-useless and highly extraneous flash at the top of the page. It's clean and crisp, but much larger than it needs to be, and serves no true purpose but to shout "hey, we're cool, we've got flash on our site." I think we've finally got a new design here at

RE: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-17 Thread Scott Stewart
I just wish someone would put up "http://www.useyourdamnturnsignal.com"; -Original Message- From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:chumph...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 9:19 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: just launched at the geo hackathon There

Re: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-17 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
There's always http://www.youparklikeanasshole.com/ Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:06 AM, morchella wrote: > > i

Re: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-17 Thread morchella
i would rather have a virtual finger site. you put in bad drivers lp, and info and it sends them a hey dumb a$$ letter.. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion m

RE: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-17 Thread Scott Stewart
I'd be on that site forever if I started listing NC driver infractions -Original Message- From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:chumph...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 8:30 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: just launched at the geo hackathon I wanted to use it this mo

Re: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-17 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
I wanted to use it this morning - friggin' Floridians in Buffalo don't know how to drive in the snow. Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On Thu,

Re: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-17 Thread Dana
if it is properly marketed ;) nice. Good point. On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 4:36 AM, Vivec wrote: > > Lol..site looks nice :-) > > And it may even be controversial if it is properly marketed. > > ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion c

Re: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-17 Thread Vivec
This is one of the things that makes the design coolies. I like it, it al seems very apropos, just the right amount of edgy On 12/17/09, Casey Dougall wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Dana wrote: > >> >> I am curious as to the group's opinion of this: >> >> http://www.virtualtraffic

Re: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-17 Thread Casey Dougall
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Dana wrote: > > I am curious as to the group's opinion of this: > > http://www.virtualtrafficcops.com/ > > Aston Martin Vanquish Cop Car? You would have to be doing something seriously stupid to loose your Vanquish to the cops and even then, they would put ligh

Re: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-17 Thread Vivec
Lol..site looks nice :-) And it may even be controversial if it is properly marketed. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.h

Re: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-17 Thread Dana
interesting. What browser? I don't get that. I have nothing to do with the site mind, but was thinking of making some comments to the guy about the concept and was curious to see whether anyone here had the same thoughts. On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Thu, Dec

Re: just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-16 Thread Cameron Childress
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Dana wrote: > I am curious as to the group's opinion of this: I think I am unlikely to scroll down past the 300 pixels of wasted vertical space. Every single time I click on something I have to discover the content of the page all over again by scrolling down.

just launched at the geo hackathon

2009-12-16 Thread Dana
I am curious as to the group's opinion of this: http://www.virtualtrafficcops.com/ ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.hou