Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs

2009-03-04 Thread ,Josh williams
Eben Eliason wrote: > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 5:27 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > >> Hi Josh, >> >> I'm wondering how we can move forward on this. I see two possibilities: >> >> - keep insisting to the Design team to give feedback on your mockups >> and reach an agreement with them after a number if

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs

2009-03-04 Thread Eben Eliason
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Christian Marc Schmidt wrote: > Hi Eben, these look great--very promising, and a nice way to envision > extending the visual language of the static web site to other Sugar > Labs microsites. I'll take a closer look at the layout and typographic > treatments tonight,

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs

2009-03-04 Thread Eben Eliason
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:01 PM, ,Josh williams wrote: > Eben Eliason wrote: >> >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 5:27 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Josh, >>> >>> I'm wondering how we can move forward on this. I see two possibilities: >>> >>> - keep insisting to the Design team to give feedback on

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs

2009-03-04 Thread Christian Marc Schmidt
Hi Eben, these look great--very promising, and a nice way to envision extending the visual language of the static web site to other Sugar Labs microsites. I'll take a closer look at the layout and typographic treatments tonight, more soon... Christian On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Eben Eliaso

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs

2009-03-04 Thread Wade Brainerd
Looks nice and clean! My only comment is that Download does not look enough like a button. It looks more like a continuation of the header. The position and size of the button in addition to the lack of additional styling both contribute. Best, -Wade On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Eben Eliaso

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs

2009-03-04 Thread ,Josh williams
Hey Tomeu, Nice work on a.sl.o, its looking very functional. Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > Hi Josh, > > I'm wondering how we can move forward on this. I see two possibilities: > > - keep insisting to the Design team to give feedback on your mockups > and reach an agreement with them after a number if ite

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs

2009-03-04 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 16:03, Eben Eliason wrote: > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 5:27 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: >> Hi Josh, >> >> I'm wondering how we can move forward on this. I see two possibilities: >> >> - keep insisting to the Design team to give feedback on your mockups >> and reach an agreement wi

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs

2009-03-04 Thread Eben Eliason
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 5:27 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > Hi Josh, > > I'm wondering how we can move forward on this. I see two possibilities: > > - keep insisting to the Design team to give feedback on your mockups > and reach an agreement with them after a number if iterations. Christian and I both

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs

2009-03-04 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
Hi Josh, I'm wondering how we can move forward on this. I see two possibilities: - keep insisting to the Design team to give feedback on your mockups and reach an agreement with them after a number if iterations. - implement your design in activities-devel.sugarlabs.org and ask the community for

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs branding/theme unity

2009-02-27 Thread Christian Marc Schmidt
Thanks Carol, I¹ll send this correction to the illustrator... Christian On 2/27/09 11:57 AM, "Carol Farlow Lerche" wrote: > Slight grammatical problem with one panel on > > http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com/projects/sugarlabs/betasite/index.php?temp > late=page&page=learners > > "Kamala r

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs branding/theme unity

2009-02-27 Thread Wade Brainerd
Generally speaking, I have to agree with Gary. I feel like I'm being invited to a Gallery opening, rather than being encouraged to try some software :) I would really prefer to see something along the lines of http://getfirefox.com/ with content links pointing at well designed Wiki pages containi

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs branding/theme unity

2009-02-27 Thread Carol Farlow Lerche
Slight grammatical problem with one panel on http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com/projects/sugarlabs/betasite/index.php?template=page&page=learners "Kamala reads a webpage about sharks and LEARN that shark populations are declining." -- should be LEARNS. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:54 AM, David Fa

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs branding/theme unity

2009-02-27 Thread Gary C Martin
On 27 Feb 2009, at 14:54, David Farning wrote: > On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Christian Schmidt > wrote: >> Thanks Sean. We are in the final stages of proofing content on the >> betasite, >> and think we will go live this weekend. Stay tuned! > > Christian, I officially withdraw any reserva

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs branding/theme unity

2009-02-27 Thread David Farning
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Christian Schmidt wrote: > Thanks Sean. We are in the final stages of proofing content on the betasite, > and think we will go live this weekend. Stay tuned! Christian, I officially withdraw any reservations I had about the new site:) I showed it around my nephew

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs branding/theme unity

2009-02-27 Thread Christian Schmidt
Thanks Sean. We are in the final stages of proofing content on the betasite, and think we will go live this weekend. Stay tuned! Christian _ From: Sean DALY [mailto:sdaly...@gmail.com] To: ,Josh williams [mailto:joshcwilli...@gmail.com] Cc: David Farning [mailto:dfarn...@sugarlabs.org]

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs branding/theme unity

2009-02-27 Thread Sean DALY
Greetings Josh! In fact lots of work has been done on this by Christian, see for example: http://sugarlabs.org/go/MarketingTeam/Logo http://sugarlabs.org/go/MarketingTeam/Website and, in beta: http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com/projects/sugarlabs/betasite/index.php May I suggest you join the M

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs

2009-02-26 Thread Carol Farlow Lerche
I think a simple design such as Josh's is ideal to use for all kid facing pages. The school server could benefit from a similar theme. Personally, while I think someone talented (as Josh obviously is) could make a related theme for adults and kids, it is much more important to have a less text-in

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs

2009-02-26 Thread David Farning
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Wade Brainerd wrote: > Hey Josh, thanks for the offer of help! > I definitely like your simple and kid-friendly theme for addons. I wonder > off the top of my head though, if it makes sense to make addons.sl.o look > *more* like the other sl.o sites? Have you gott

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Design for a.sl.o and sugarlabs

2009-02-26 Thread Wade Brainerd
Hey Josh, thanks for the offer of help! I definitely like your simple and kid-friendly theme for addons. I wonder off the top of my head though, if it makes sense to make addons.sl.o look *more* like the other sl.o sites?Things are kind of confusing right now with the different styles of wiki,