Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-28 Thread Paulo José
Hi all! I know it's a little late, but I'm trying to reply all the emails I wanted to have replied already... On 22-02-2011 12:59, Nik wrote: [...] I don't think Paulo or myself would consider ourselves ready for leadership responsibilities. Yeah, I'm actually new not only here in this team,

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-22 Thread Catalin
Why don't use a tasks management software . This allow to make fast decision . Something like this : http://trac.edgewall.org/ See the features "Trac is a web-based software project management and bug/issue tracking system emphasizing ease of use and low ceremony. It provides an integrated Wiki, an

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-22 Thread Paulo José
Hi Christoph, On 22-02-2011 19:12, Christoph Noack wrote: sorry for being that late - but I can only second David's opinion that it looks absolutely awesome. Thank you! :-) Of course, it might interfere with our upcoming design motive, the darker colors are different to what we've presented be

Leadership (Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!)

2011-02-22 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Nik, all! Oh well, you raised a pretty tough topic ... you seem to be good to point out things like that ;-))) Am Mittwoch, den 23.02.2011, 02:59 +1100 schrieb Nik: > Ah, good to hear from you Ivan! > > > On 2/22/2011 4:46 PM, Ivan M. wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 3:40 AM, Nik wrote: >

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-22 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Paulo, sorry for being that late - but I can only second David's opinion that it looks absolutely awesome. Of course, it might interfere with our upcoming design motive, the darker colors are different to what we've presented before, the ... STOP ... just looking at it is a pleasure to the eyes

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-22 Thread Nik
Ah, good to hear from you Ivan! On 2/22/2011 4:46 PM, Ivan M. wrote: On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 3:40 AM, Nik wrote: I would really appreciate if some of the Design leadership (Bernhard, Christoph, Ivan) commented on whether they thought this plan is feasible. Or updated it with times that are mo

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-21 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2011-02-21 23:18, Paulo José a écrit : Hi Marc, I just forgot to reply this one... On 19-02-2011 23:31, Marc Paré wrote: [...] Many thanks again for these banners, which are marvellous. Thank you! :) Could these be added to the http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/FoundationChallenge

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-21 Thread Ivan M.
Hi Nik, all, My access to the internet is still limited so I'll be brief, but it's great to see a feasible idea that will jump-start some progress (that said, it doesn't have to be strictly 1 week, but I'd say a deadline is a must). Given the context - as you aptly outlined - and your commitment,

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-21 Thread Paulo José
On 20-02-2011 23:54, David Nelson wrote: I really like this. Thank you! :) ~Paulo -- Paulo José O. Amaro Computer Science Student Federal University of São João del-Rei WebDesigner / Linked Empresa Júnior Blogger / casatwain.com -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@libreoffice.org

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-21 Thread Paulo José
Hi Marc, I just forgot to reply this one... On 19-02-2011 23:31, Marc Paré wrote: [...] Many thanks again for these banners, which are marvellous. Thank you! :) Could these be added to the http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/FoundationChallenge page? We also need some English version

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-21 Thread Rob Cummings
Great description of the How, Why, Scope, Outcome, Rationale, etc. Should it be captured for the wiki? On Feb 21, 2011 6:31 PM, "Christoph Noack" wrote: > Hi all, > > this might also be a mail that'll get a bit longer ... sorry for that in > advance :-) And this it might be the last one for today,

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-21 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi all, this might also be a mail that'll get a bit longer ... sorry for that in advance :-) And this it might be the last one for today, please bear with me while I want to express a warm "Welcome" to the ones who newly arrived: hi Catalin, hello Sean! Okay, back to the initial topic, the "motif

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-21 Thread Nik
Hi Mike, I'm about ready to send out to the entire Design list in a sec, but I just felt compelled to respond to your questions first. On 2/21/2011 7:02 PM, Mike Houben wrote: Hi Nik, Paulo, and all the other Followers :), Am 20.02.2011 um 15:18 schrieb Nik: *So the schedule looks like thi

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-21 Thread Mike Houben
Hi Nik, Paulo, and all the other Followers :), Am 20.02.2011 um 15:18 schrieb Nik: > *So the schedule looks like this:* > Brainstorm ideas: Monday 21st Feb - Tuesday 22nd Feb. > Design vectors: Wednesday 23rd Feb - Thursday 24th Feb. > Decision: Friday 25th Feb. > Revisions: Saturday 26th Feb. >

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-21 Thread Mike Houben
Hi Nik, Paulo, and all the other Followers :), Am 20.02.2011 um 15:18 schrieb Nik: > *So the schedule looks like this:* > Brainstorm ideas: Monday 21st Feb - Tuesday 22nd Feb. > Design vectors: Wednesday 23rd Feb - Thursday 24th Feb. > Decision: Friday 25th Feb. > Revisions: Saturday 26th Feb. >

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-20 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) 2011/2/21 Paulo José : > PNG Image: > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:LibreOffice-The-Challenge-Banner-Paulo-v2-dark.png > SVG Source file: > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:LibreOffice-The-Challenge-Banner-Paulo-v2-dark.svg I really like this. David Nelson -- Unsubscri

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-20 Thread toki
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 19/02/2011 23:08, Daniel Merker wrote: > and an overarching color scheme for the suite, not individual programs. Could you more clearly differentiate between what you are proposing, and the LibreOffice colour palette, _without_ using Microsoft, or

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-20 Thread Paulo José
Hi all, One more. A banner at Wide skyscraper format (160x600px). This time I only had time to make the dark version. It uses the great Nik's cartoons and some elements from the first banners: PNG Image: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:LibreOffice-The-Challenge-Banner-Paulo-v2-dark.p

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-20 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Paulo, all! Am Sonntag, den 20.02.2011, 14:28 -0300 schrieb Paulo José: > On 19-02-2011 22:39, Christoph Noack wrote: [...] > > [...] Good night ... waaah ... again less than 5 hours sleep to go; even > My teacher tried to make us calm in the beginning, saying that it is > usual to sleep just

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-20 Thread Paulo José
Hi Christoph, all, On 19-02-2011 22:39, Christoph Noack wrote: [...] So my question is: If we can take care of such decisions within the next days, I'm totally happy. But on the other hand, we really have to move on and show that we are productive ... now. I'm surely not exaggerating if I say "u

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-20 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Nik: Le 2011-02-20 09:18, Nik a écrit : I will respectfully disagree on this point. If we have a Design motif, we won't /have/ to "answer" the outstanding requests: we will empower the community to do it themselves in a manner more consistent to the way we would do it if we had the time. Havi

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-20 Thread Nik
Hi Christoph, Design! I'll respond to Christoph's Email below, but generally, lack of time has prevented work on the motif until now, quite understandable. While I have some time free I will be using it to "lead the charge" on the Design of a motif in 1 week. *That will start tomorrow (Monday 2

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-19 Thread Marc Paré
Hi Paulo et al: Le 2011-02-19 20:04, Paulo José a écrit : I forgot to comment about the website proposal: I think its very good, very promising! :) Also I did an initial try on the banners on the size of Medium Retangle (300x250px). I think I made it simple and not very much Branding related:

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-19 Thread Paulo José
I forgot to comment about the website proposal: I think its very good, very promising! :) Also I did an initial try on the banners on the size of Medium Retangle (300x250px). I think I made it simple and not very much Branding related: Light theme: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Lib

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-19 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Nik, thanks for your - so to say - encouraging mail. But at the same time I'm sorry that I wasn't able to through the whole thread - so please bear with me. It was an incredibly exhausting week ... so my point-of-view might be a bit unusual (in comparison to what I've currently comment on). Fun

RE: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-19 Thread Daniel Merker
nard [berto...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 3:35 PM To: design@libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF! i love the website-design proposal!! it doesn't just look AWESOME but could also make the website more usable, as you sa

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-19 Thread Tobias Bernard
i love the website-design proposal!! it doesn't just look AWESOME but could also make the website more usable, as you said. Am Sonntag, den 20.02.2011, 01:40 +1100 schrieb Nik: > Hullo Design! > (whoa, once again, LONG Email, sorry, but these issues were > "circumnavigated", they really need

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-19 Thread Rob Cummings
Just wanted to send a quick note to say I agree with everything said above. Love the quick and dirty site mockup, too, Nik. I'd love to help with the design process and will likely offer my opinions when stuff is created. I'll look at doing a couple designs myself this coming week, though I'm out

Re: [libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-19 Thread Paulo José
Hi Nik, all! On 19-02-2011 12:40, Nik wrote: [...] But there is a problem. These design elements made sense on the icons; - Coloured outline: a folder lining - Pale inner border: depth of paper-stack - Radial gradient: top-lighting of pile - Clipped corner: from our logo Yeah, you're right. Thes

[libreoffice-design] They need graphic material, WE NEED A MOTIF!

2011-02-19 Thread Nik
Hullo Design! (whoa, once again, LONG Email, sorry, but these issues were "circumnavigated", they really need to be brought up). This will seem counter-productive to say but I REALLY don't want to slow us down! Especially now in this time of urgency. *(I even have a very quick and stringen