[indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-15 Thread Glynn Foster
Hey, As opensolaris.com starts to focus more on the 'download, install and run' experience, catering towards the consumer rather than the producer, a few people in Sun have been working on a design separate to that of the current opensolaris.org. The following is the latest iteration of that d

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-16 Thread MC
> http://www.gnome.org/~gman/opensolaris-new/index.html The snappy simple front page is a good way to do things, but the logo weirds me out. Have you been to the 70s? I know things get revived over time in the art world, but I think my parents have a vinyl-covered baby changing table with t

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-16 Thread Glynn Foster
MC wrote: >> http://www.gnome.org/~gman/opensolaris-new/index.html > > The snappy simple front page is a good way to do things, but the logo weirds > me out. > > Have you been to the 70s? I know things get revived over time in the art > world, but I think my parents have a vinyl-covered baby c

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-16 Thread Anil Gulecha
On 4/16/08, Glynn Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > As opensolaris.com starts to focus more on the 'download, install and run' > experience, catering towards the consumer rather than the producer, a few > people > in Sun have been working on a design separate to that of the current >

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-16 Thread Mark Phalan
On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 13:01 +1200, Glynn Foster wrote: > Hey, > > As opensolaris.com starts to focus more on the 'download, install and run' > experience, catering towards the consumer rather than the producer, a few > people > in Sun have been working on a design separate to that of the curre

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-16 Thread Richard Elling
MC wrote: >> http://www.gnome.org/~gman/opensolaris-new/index.html >> > > The snappy simple front page is a good way to do things, but the logo weirds > me out. > I think the logo breaks a fundamental rule for logos: simplicity. It also breaks the rule of being recognizable in black-and

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-16 Thread andrew
Why do we need a seperate OpenSOlaris website for users? Or is the plan to migrate everything on os.org over to this site at some point in the future? Andrew. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-16 Thread Glynn Foster
andrew wrote: > Why do we need a seperate OpenSOlaris website for users? Or is the plan to > migrate everything on os.org over to this site at some point in the future? It's a valid point - you could equally do something similar with opensolaris.org, however as a phased approach, doing a .com w

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-17 Thread Laurent Blume
Glynn Foster a écrit : > Have a play with the mockup, tell me what you think! I'm not thrilled about the colors. I find the overall shades are cold, gloomy. Also, does the content have to be so narrow and pixel-based? I've got a 20" LCD, only to get the same browsing experience as when I had a 14

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-17 Thread Mario Goebbels
> I'm not thrilled about the colors. I find the overall > shades are cold, > gloomy. As I posted in website-discuss: Is there a version with the "fiery" color scheme? I think it'd look nicer, because they're warm colors. -mg -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-17 Thread Jeff Brown
> > > http://www.gnome.org/~gman/opensolaris-new/index.html > > The snappy simple front page is a good way to do > things, but the logo weirds me out. > > Have you been to the 70s? I know things get revived > over time in the art world, but I think my parents > have a vinyl-covered baby changi

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-17 Thread Peter Tribble
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 2:01 AM, Glynn Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > As opensolaris.com starts to focus more on the 'download, install and run' > experience, catering towards the consumer rather than the producer, a few > people > in Sun have been working on a design separate to

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-17 Thread Glynn Foster
Mario Goebbels wrote: >> I'm not thrilled about the colors. I find the overall >> shades are cold, >> gloomy. > > As I posted in website-discuss: Is there a version with the "fiery" color > scheme? I think it'd look nicer, because they're warm colors. Sun has decided to go with the multi-color

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-17 Thread Laxman Bablani
Looks quite good to me. I like the new logo quite a lot. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-18 Thread MC
> Sun has decided to go with the multi-color bubbles. rofl, I can't put my finger(s) on the reason(s) why this is funny, but good luck with it anyway :) -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opens

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-18 Thread Marcelo Leal
Hello all, Ok, now (i think), i understand the full concept aroud project Indiana and all the "problems" that were generated with the project creation... I mean, "OpenSolaris" will be a SUN's distribution, not a "community" distribution! I think that is really bad... Listen the Ian's words about

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-20 Thread Glynn Foster
Hey, Marcelo Leal wrote: > Hello all, > Ok, now (i think), i understand the full concept aroud project Indiana > and all the "problems" that were generated with the project > creation... I mean, "OpenSolaris" will be a SUN's distribution, not a > "community" distribution! > I think that is reall

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-24 Thread Arthur Rudnik
>>> multi-color bubbles So it looks like we'll have to provide massive feedback to get a logo that's actually looking good ... -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.ope

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-25 Thread Jim Grisanzio
Arthur Rudnik wrote: multi-color bubbles > So it looks like we'll have to provide massive feedback to get a logo that's > actually looking good ... > I've been looking at the bubbles for a week or so now. They are growing on me. Give 'em a chance ... Jim -- http://blogs.sun.com/jimgri

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-25 Thread Alex Leverington
I have a few suggestions with regard to this design, or rather, it's organization: Rather than have the 3 Large banners wasting web space, have one 500px (or larger) banner linking to the proposed design at a location such as opensolaris.com/getos/ (great URL!). If the proposed site were the

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-25 Thread Jason J. W. Williams
It grows on you...just isn't very inspiring. -J On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 1:17 AM, Jim Grisanzio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Arthur Rudnik wrote: > multi-color bubbles > > So it looks like we'll have to provide massive feedback to get a logo > that's actually looking good ... > > > > I'v

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-25 Thread John Sonnenschein
I'm not sure what Sun's going to consider "massive feedback", but the best I've heard about that logo is "meh, I guess it's not too hideous" -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org ht

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris.com designs

2008-04-30 Thread Marcelo Leal
Sorry, but i need to register that here: http://www.posix.brte.com.br/blog/?p=139 :-) Leal 2008/4/15 Glynn Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hey, > > As opensolaris.com starts to focus more on the 'download, install and run' > experience, catering towards the consumer rather than the producer, a