Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 54316 invoked from network); 11 Jul 2010 20:56:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 11 Jul 2010 20:56:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 2415 invoked by uid 500); 11 Jul 2010 20:56:35 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 2347 invoked by uid 500); 11 Jul 2010 20:56:34 -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 2339 invoked by uid 99); 11 Jul 2010 20:56:34 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:56:34 +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; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:56:26 +0000 Received: by iwn8 with SMTP id 8so5665910iwn.11 for ; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:55:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.33.76 with SMTP id g12mr13506416ibd.199.1278881705215; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:55:05 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.36.8 with HTTP; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:54:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <32E86459-FA79-4CED-92F3-B88373914971@apache.org> References: <6307C060-1571-44F2-A1DF-1815F460B665@gmail.com> <1C09DD07-CAA2-455D-9E45-27341C160A34@dionne-associates.com> <793380B5-6604-4F2B-823D-77960D9EDAF1@gmail.com> <1B450E8B-99CA-4571-ADF7-6FFD3F7572D1@gmail.com> <0104FEBF-82F3-4719-9959-380FC66C416C@tumbolia.org> <32E86459-FA79-4CED-92F3-B88373914971@apache.org> From: Avi Flax Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:54:45 -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 Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 16:47, Noah Slater wrote: > There's an awful lot going on there. I understand that it is making a poi= nt, but I think that amount of visual clutter on the front page would be te= rribly distracting. I totally hear you. Mikeal's original idea was simply to have a browser and Couch. But I think it's important to illustrate that any application, programming language, etc, can interface with Couch, it's a big part of its appeal. I first tried to find a simpler way to represent the concept of an application "tier"=E2=80=A6 I searched for phot= os and illustrations of gears and engines. But I had a hard time finding freely usable images which didn't require attribution, so I gave up and went with the word cloud idea. If we wouldn't mind adding an attribution line to the bottom of the page, we could try using an illustration. Would it be worth trying keeping the names of those various technologies, but organizing them in a neater, simpler, cleaner way? AKA not a word cloud? Anyway, I'd be happy to try any suggestions. Or, if the group doesn't think this is worth pursuing, we can just drop it.