From user-return-11402-apmail-couchdb-user-archive=couchdb.apache.org@couchdb.apache.org Mon Jul 12 18:22:09 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 78744 invoked from network); 12 Jul 2010 18:22:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 12 Jul 2010 18:22:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 9607 invoked by uid 500); 12 Jul 2010 18:22:08 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 9550 invoked by uid 500); 12 Jul 2010 18:22:07 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 9542 invoked by uid 99); 12 Jul 2010 18:22:07 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:22:07 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.85.214.180] (HELO mail-iw0-f180.google.com) (209.85.214.180) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:21:59 +0000 Received: by iwn8 with SMTP id 8so6928303iwn.11 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:20:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.144.75 with SMTP id y11mr7944369ibu.15.1278958838346; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:20:38 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.36.8 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:20:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <1C09DD07-CAA2-455D-9E45-27341C160A34@dionne-associates.com> <793380B5-6604-4F2B-823D-77960D9EDAF1@gmail.com> <1B450E8B-99CA-4571-ADF7-6FFD3F7572D1@gmail.com> <20100712103625.GA3903@home.mens.de> From: Avi Flax Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:20:18 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: CouchDB brand identity and design of couchdb.apache.org To: user@couchdb.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 06:52, Jan Lehnardt wrote: > Very much +1 on all Noah said. Ditto > To keep things moving, I'd be happy to volunteer to play benevolent dicta= tor for the site and work with proper designer and community input. +1! On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 08:52, afters wrote: > I think your main goal here is to figure out what messages the website is > intended to send, and to what audiences. As for the design: form follows > function. 100% agree. That's why this discussion is worth having, and it's not primarily about design. It's now primarily about what information we want to convey to what people. You could say this is information design, but in this case it's OK for at least a discussion to inform Jan for when he makes a call. The visual design is the least important aspect of all this. On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 13:57, Mikeal Rogers wrot= e: > CouchDB doesn't just serve JSON, it serves *any* content-type you set in = an > attachment and with list and show it can even generate HTML and XML > resources. > > This is why I just wanted to have "HTTP" without a specific content-type. Great point! However,=C2=A0JSON is an important part of Couch's story. I agree that we shouldn't lose the fact that Couch can store and serve up any format of data, but we also need to make clear all of the advantages of using JSON for structured data.