[libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-24 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi *, It's too much detail to answer everything, thus I focus on the techy stuff only :-) On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Michael Meeks wrote: > On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 22:55 +0100, Christoph Noack wrote: > [...] >        Ultimately I think you're going to have jumpy tabs if you use explicit > we

[libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-20 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi! Since Christian already jumped in for the technical stuff ... let's focus on the UX part :-) Am Dienstag, den 18.01.2011, 12:15 + schrieb Michael Meeks: [...] > > http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/O-PELAb4LD61S9RPTFIW8Q?feat=directlink > > Ok - it is a nice graphic. Unfortunatel

[libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-18 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi guys, So - this thread turned amusing, before I could even get to it. Perhaps one of our problems is a workload, and hence response time mismatch between people. On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 22:55 +0100, Christoph Noack wrote: > great suggestion. It seems it pays off to bore you with all this

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-18 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2011-01-17 7:24 PM, David Nelson wrote: > Michael is very interested in "doing stuff" with Drupal. Like Michael, > I personally prefer forums as a support channel for the English NL > community. Drupal originally evolved from forum software, so it is > naturally very strong in that area. Perhaps

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-17 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) A few additional ideas for consideration: Michael is very interested in "doing stuff" with Drupal. Like Michael, I personally prefer forums as a support channel for the English NL community. Drupal originally evolved from forum software, so it is naturally very strong in that area. Perhap

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-17 Thread David Nelson
Hey guys, :-) First of all, let's not get mad at each other. ;-) Let's just push LibreOffice forward in a positive way. Let's be a good team. I want very much to talk voice to voice with you all. In my collaboration with Ivan and Christian, i found that voice contact is important in establishing

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-17 Thread Ivan M.
Hi David, all, Round 4 and I'm KO'd. That's 2 hours I'd dedicated to LibreOffice gone today. On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:02 PM, David Nelson wrote: > Hi, :-) > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 17:39, Ivan M. wrote: >> +1. There is another picture that looks like an image generated by >> some other piec

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-17 Thread Ivan M.
Hi David, all, Round 3 - I didn't read these last few posts before posting the earlier bits... oh dear! Please, let's try to be a tad more patient with each other. Given how this discussion has turned, I'll weigh in with something more substantive than my initial +1 regarding screenshot #8 (http:/

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-17 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 17:39, Ivan M. wrote: > +1. There is another picture that looks like an image generated by > some other piece of software thrown into Draw. Please correct me if > I'm wrong, but this image suggests functionality (the creation of such > graphics) that (as far as I a

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-17 Thread Ivan M.
Hi Christoph, David, all, Round 2! On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Christoph Noack wrote: > [...] > Ideally, the preview would provide the full screenshot to appear > (Christian worked on something like that before). We can easily throw in a lightbox: http://leandrovieira.com/projects/jquery/l

[libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-17 Thread Ivan M.
Hi Christoph, David, all, Sorry for the delayed response - I'll be answering more emails in this thread soon. On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Christoph Noack wrote: > [...] > Since I've looked at the screenshots on the front page, I'd like to say > that the documents look that much (much!) bet

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-17 Thread sophie
On 17/01/2011 10:51, David Nelson wrote: Parting shot: ;-) Sophie, I can see you'll be *rejecting* my membership request when the time comes, due to my insubordinate and non-conformist attitudes! :-D "Not good team material, what?" :-D I hope you are not meaning what you say, otherwise, I'll

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-16 Thread David Nelson
Parting shot: ;-) Sophie, I can see you'll be *rejecting* my membership request when the time comes, due to my insubordinate and non-conformist attitudes! :-D "Not good team material, what?" :-D David Nelson -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@libreoffice.org List archive: http:

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-16 Thread David Nelson
Hi Sophie, Christoph, :-) I think you take some things too far. I fail to see the *need* to remove this beautiful artwork, which is a tribute to LibreOffice that we should be proud to showcase. We're not a corporation, we're an Open Source community project staffed by unpaid volunteers. You don't

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-16 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi David! Am Montag, den 17.01.2011, 09:40 +0800 schrieb David Nelson: > Hi, :-) > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 06:37, Christoph Noack wrote: > >> But it's simply a screenshot of a very nice graphic someone > >> produced... This seems extremely draconian... do you think it's a very > >> important i

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-16 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 06:37, Christoph Noack wrote: >> But it's simply a screenshot of a very nice graphic someone >> produced... This seems extremely draconian... do you think it's a very >> important issue? > > Yes, I do. Personally I believe your insistence is irrational and not rea

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-16 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi David, hi Sophie, all! Am Montag, den 17.01.2011, 04:49 +0800 schrieb David Nelson: > Hi, :-) > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 03:40, Sophie Gautier > wrote: > > The branding is not respected. I think that Christoph means that we have to > > respect our own branding guidelines when using the logo

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-16 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 03:40, Sophie Gautier wrote: > Also, this help our visitors to make sure that they are not visiting a fake > site using our branding. There is already fake sites existing and there will > be more and more, so it is very important to help our visitors to be > confid

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-16 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 03:40, Sophie Gautier wrote: > The branding is not respected. I think that Christoph means that we have to > respect our own branding guidelines when using the logo, etc. on our > material. But it's simply a screenshot of a very nice graphic someone produced... Th

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-16 Thread Sophie Gautier
Hi David, On 16/01/2011 21:56, David Nelson wrote: [...] Thus, it is about: [0] http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/oSwkWTbgl3oUw-EYzldotA?feat=directlink Ah that's a shame... it's one of the most visually attractive of the screenshots, and made the Suite look good... What's actually the

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-16 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 01:59, Christoph Noack wrote: > Here is the poll, but I have to admit that I've - to not miss anyone - > added all times (even those, I won't be available. So sorry for the many > options in advance ... > http://www.doodle.com/py7e7fku8p5v9v92 I responded to the p

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-16 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi David, Ivan, Michael, all! Am Samstag, den 15.01.2011, 16:10 +0800 schrieb David Nelson: [conf call proposal] > @all: Do you think this is a good idea? +1 > @Christoph: if so, would you set up a Doodle poll or do you want me to? Here is the poll, but I have to admit that I've - to not miss

LibreOffice Initial Colors (Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...)

2011-01-15 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Sophie! Am Samstag, den 15.01.2011, 10:45 +0300 schrieb sophie: > Hi Christoph, > On 15/01/2011 00:55, Christoph Noack wrote: > [...] > > > > @ Sophie, you mentioned the "colored icons" - does this refer to the > > MIME type icons? If yes, then I'm unsure whether we should highlight > > that if

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-15 Thread David Nelson
Hi Christoph, :-) I'll give some answers here but, as I suggested in another thread, I think we can talk about these problems better and more quickly by holding a website team confcall over the next few days, and regularly once a week for the next 3 or 4 weeks... @all: Do you think this is a good

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-14 Thread sophie
Hi Christoph, On 15/01/2011 00:55, Christoph Noack wrote: [...] @ Sophie, you mentioned the "colored icons" - does this refer to the MIME type icons? If yes, then I'm unsure whether we should highlight that if we ship the old icons (Sun S-curve branding, OOo branding colors, seagulls). Currently

[libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: new features page ...

2011-01-14 Thread Christoph Noack
(CCing to design team to catch their attention ...) Hi Michael, David, all! great suggestion. It seems it pays off to bore you with all this UX related stuff ;-))) And David, thanks for jumping in so quickly! @ Sophie, Marc: I'll also refer to your posts, since it seems to make to keep this info