On Apr 19, 2010, at 11:41 AM, James Fisher wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I've had a long weekend away. Nice to see this thread's still active.
>
> I've procured a copy of Myriad, and swapped Candela out. My opinions
> haven't really changed in that regard, but the majority seem to be in favour
> of keeping Myriad. (Though I almost cried at comparisons of Candela with
> Comic Sans. I could show you what that would look like; you'd be
> horrified. It's a shame that that abomination has destroyed any
> reputability of any other rounded fonts.)
>
I'm fairly certain that we can't check Myriad into the ASF repo, no matter what. (Well, unless
we can convince the authors to put it under an open license.)
On a separate note I'm not sure how I feel about CSS fonts in general. Maybe I'm an old timer,
but Helvetica and Georgia are all we really need!
Too bad, the Myriad screenshot looks really nice, but I think we shouldn't get too hooked
on the impossible.
> WRT Chris' fork:
>
> * I like the copy; I've pulled it
Thanks! (Although your screenshot still shows the old copy.)
I also changed the quote to one that doesn't mention Django at all:
“I’ve never seen software that so completely embraces the philosophies behind HTTP...
this is what the software of the future looks like.”
— Jacob Kaplan-Moss, Django creator
> * The background color I was using was too gloomy, but I'm not sure swapping
> back to plain is the best solution. I've lightened the cyans I was working
> with.
> * I understand the desire to keep the old logotype, but the "relax" slogan
> looks even more cramped now that the rest of the site has more space.
> * The left-hand-side navigation could be OK if the right CSS was applied.
> The bullet points seriously break up the left align, which I would say is
> bad. Also, it suffers from the problem that was the reason I moved from
> there: the huge amount of space it takes from the body text. That's alright
> with promo material, but if (e.g.) you wanted to style a wiki using the same
> (or similar) design, it would be terribly cramped.
I have a feeling pages other than the front page would not dedicate the upper 500px to a relaxing
picture of guy on a Couch under a lamp, so we could so something for nav in that space.
I agree, the bullet list isn't good. That's the point at which I stopped working...
>
> This is how things stand:
> http://github.com/eegg/couchdb_web/raw/master/screenshot.png
>
With Myriad, I like the nav at the top right a lot more. Maybe it'll look ok in Helvetica
also?
> Large caveat: the bold text for "CouchDB ... time to relax" should actually
> be in *Semibold*. Annoyingly, I can't set that with my warez copy of
> Myriad. Perhaps someone could edit the SVG and re-rasterize, and I'll pull
> it.
>
>
> James
>
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Robert Dionne <dionne@dionne-associates.com
>> wrote:
>
>> This is looking quite nice. I'm not a grammar expert but I think you can
>> lose the two commas.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> On Apr 19, 2010, at 11:58 AM, J Chris Anderson <jchris@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 17, 2010, at 9:30 AM, Noah Slater wrote:
>>>
>>>> CouchDB is a database built for the Web.
>>>>
>>>> Or, like I already mentioned, we could use this quote:
>>>>
>>>> "Let me tell you something: Django may be built for the Web, but
>> CouchDB is built of the Web."
>>>>
>>>> - http://jacobian.org/writing/of-the-web/
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I've forked James' git project and some work on it. Here is a screenshot:
>>>
>>> http://jchrisa.net/media/couchdb-web/couchdb-web.png
>>>
>>> The fork is at http://github.com/jchris/couchdb_web
>>>
>>> The main changes are to the copy, the font (back to myriad) and back
>> toward something like his first layout (but without the pillows.)
>>>
>>> Thanks James for the inspiration. I think this still requires some work,
>> but it was fun to get my hands dirty.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 17 Apr 2010, at 17:21, Phil Rand wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "CouchDB is a database at home with the web."
>>>>>
>>>>> Or "...comfortable with the web."
>>>>>
>>>>> Regarding fonts, I feel like a beer drinker at a wine tasting. They
>> both
>>>>> look fine to me.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2010/4/13 Robert Newson <robert.newson@gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Very nice design. s/geared for the web/designed for the web/ ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:41 PM, Paweł Stawicki <
>> pawelstawicki@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> I like the new design. Font is not so important for me, can be
old
>> one,
>>>>>> can
>>>>>>> be new one.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Paweł Stawicki
>>>>>>> http://pawelstawicki.blogspot.com
>>>>>>> http://szczecin.jug.pl
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 22:35, J Chris Anderson <jchris@apache.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Apr 13, 2010, at 1:22 PM, James Fisher wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:40 PM, J Chris Anderson <
>> jchris@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Apr 13, 2010, at 12:21 PM, James Fisher wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Apalling internet connection atm. Try:
>>>>>>>>>> http://i41.tinypic.com/156aeds.jpg
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I really like the simplicity.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I think you will have a hard time convincing people
to change the
>>>>>> word
>>>>>>>> mark
>>>>>>>>>> associated with the current CouchDB / Relax logo.
If you can go
>> back
>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> old (less relaxing) font and type-setting for that,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Mmm, I do wonder how ingrained it is. I suppose the
pros and cons
>>>>>> are:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Myriad (if that is what it is) pros:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> * Expensive. Possibly gives a subconscious feel of luxury.
>>>>>>>>> * Already used. If (if) CouchDB already has a well-ingrained
brand
>>>>>>>>> identity, it's wise to keep it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think the "Already used" point is the most salient. There
are
>> already
>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> ton of t-shirts, releases, etc all using the current logo.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think if we were gonna move from the current logo / word
mark,
>> we'd
>>>>>> only
>>>>>>>> move to something even more expensive. But that's my opinion...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> CouchDB is relaxing, but overplaying that too much can scare
away
>> people
>>>>>>>> who want to use it for serious things.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> * Presumably has a much better character set if it's
ever going to
>> be
>>>>>>>> used
>>>>>>>>> extensively (I doubt it).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> cons:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> * Expensive. Even my own warez collection of fonts hasn't
managed
>> to
>>>>>>>> hoover
>>>>>>>>> it up. I doubt many people except professional graphic
artists own
>> a
>>>>>>>>> genuine copy.
>>>>>>>>> * Extensively used by Apple (http://www.apple.com/ I
don't think
>>>>>> there's
>>>>>>>>> much they produce that *isn't* in Myriad). I suppose
you could
>> call
>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>> pro if you want to piggyback; but I don't think the CouchDB
>> identity
>>>>>> fits
>>>>>>>>> very well with brushed aluminium. I don't want to kick
back on an
>>>>>>>> aluminium
>>>>>>>>> couch.
>>>>>>>>> * (my own feeling is that it is) a bit too formal. It
has a
>> "friendly
>>>>>>>>> high-class business" feel (can't find the words there).
E.g.
>>>>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriad_%28typeface%29 mentions
it's
>> used
>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>> All
>>>>>>>>> Nippon business class flights.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Candela pros:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> * I think it looks like a couch, in a hard-to-define
way.
>>>>>>>>> * Free (and libre) (at least for the purposes of @font-face
and any
>>>>>> other
>>>>>>>>> CouchDB literature, AFAICT from the license).
>>>>>>>>> * Untrammelled by other prominent commercial use -- making
it
>>>>>> potentially
>>>>>>>>> highly distinctive as "that CouchDB font".
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> cons:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> * CouchDB community rebellion against it? (?!)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> and perhaps drop the saturation on the Cyan (light-blue-grey
would
>> be
>>>>>>>> nice
>>>>>>>>>> I think) you'd be getting somewhere.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I agree with you there, I think. Alternatively, turn
up the
>>>>>> brightness.
>>>>>>>>> Doing a bit of both helps.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Julian Moritz
<
>>>>>>>> mailings@julianmoritz.de
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> James Fisher schrieb:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've no idea if I can attach PNGs here,
but here goes. Find
>>>>>> attached
>>>>>>>>>>>>> one proposed design. Only Inkscape atm,
but I should be able
>> to
>>>>>>>>>> convert
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to HTML with little fuss. A few notes:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Let me know if
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> no png attached. Seems you've been interupted
while writing this
>>>>>>>> email?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>>>>> Julian
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Noah
Slater <nslater@me.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:nslater@me.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 13 Apr 2010, at 13:54, James Fisher
wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Certainly will do. I'm doing some
rough sketches now; might
>> get
>>>>>>>>>>>>> something
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> up in the next couple of days.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please take a look at these designs:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Homepage:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://twitpic.com/pme28/full
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Homepage/Downloads:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://twitpic.com/pmetj/full
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Homepage/Screenshots:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://twitpic.com/pmevr/full
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wiki:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://twitpic.com/pmexo/full
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wiki/Syntax reference:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://twitpic.com/pmf2r/full
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think we all agreed at the time that
this was a good way
>>>>>> forward
>>>>>>>>>>>>> for the site.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Search the dev mailing list for "Website
redesign" and maybe
>> get
>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> touch with:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> maddiin <maddiin@googlemail.com
<mailto:
>>>>>>>>>>>> maddiin@googlemail.com>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> He was doing most of the work on this
last time!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> N
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Phil Rand
>>>>> philrand@gmail.com
>>>>> philrand@pobox.com
>>>>
>>>
>>
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