Hi Calum,

Calum Benson wrote:
>
> On 24 Jan 2009, at 06:01, Stephen Lau wrote:
>
>> Hrm, it's a bit random.  The bubbles look good, but I'm not sure what
>> the white box (file?) or arrow are meant to convey.  Plus it seems weird
>> that there is a huge prominent CD icon there that isn't ... well, the
>> icon for getting a free CD.
>>
>> What about changing the Download icon to something like a downwards
>> arrow in a circle (which is about as canonical as I can think of for a
>> download icon), and then change the free CD icon to something like the
>> current CD icon with an envelope overlaid on it?  or maybe the CD
>> sticking out of an envelope?
>
> Another idea: use the current Download icon from the top of the page 
> (an image of a CD).  

The free CD icon will ultimately need to appear in the top-right 
navigation bar.

> Then change the icon at the top of the page to something more generic 
> (a downward pointing arrow or something, a la opensolaris.com), since 
> the page of downloads it points to includes tarballs and suchlike 
> anyway, not just CD images.

Thanks, I'll see what I can do about a downward pointing arrow icon and 
try to get something staged that aligns with what you and Steve have 
suggested here.

-Michelle
>
> Cheeri,
> Calum.
>
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