Hi<div><br></div><div>My 2c - I really like Mathieu's evolutionary proposal. At the same time running a contest to see what other ideas we can shake out of the trees seems like a good idea (just be sure to include Mathieu's proposal too!). Now would definately be a good time to run such a contest.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Tim</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Mathieu Pellerin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nirvn.asia@gmail.com" target="_blank">nirvn.asia@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Vincent,<br><br>Re modern-looking and professional, the above proposal tries to improve the situation there. I believe it does so successfully, but then again it's my subjective opinion :) <br>
<br>I think the "not professional" might be in big part due to the absence of high resolution versions of the logo to be used for launcher icons and documentation (see <a href="http://download.osgeo.org/qgis/doc/manual/qgis-1.7.0_user_guide_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://download.osgeo.org/qgis/doc/manual/qgis-1.7.0_user_guide_en.pdf</a>). The fact that the proposal is vector-based allows ppl to blow up the logo to very large scales for training session posters, be used on t-shirts, etc. I think that should help improve QGIS' branding / image.<br>
<br>Also, the proposal isn't one that pushes for a revolution, just an incremental refinement so that there can be a easily reachable agreement on using it to improve situation quickly (especially needed for better linux integration, see screenshots attached to the issue). A completely new logo might still be desirable down the road, that ain't for me to decide :)<br>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Vincent Picavet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vincent.ml@oslandia.com" target="_blank">vincent.ml@oslandia.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><div><div class="h5"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<div><br>
> Speaking of website improvement, I've just dropped in a proposal for a<br>
> refined - and more importantly _vector-based_ - QGIS logo here:<br>
> <a href="http://hub.qgis.org/issues/6688" target="_blank">http://hub.qgis.org/issues/6688</a><br>
><br>
> I've tried to stick to the original logo as much as possible as clearly<br>
> many people are emotionally attached to the current logo. Hopefully, the<br>
> proposal also refines the logo with more subtle lightning.<br>
><br>
> Having QGIS' website use _one_ standard logo throughout (i.e. header logo,<br>
> download button logo, etc.) would already be a nice improvement.<br>
><br>
> Hope this can be of use to the project.<br>
<br>
</div>Concerning the logo, could we have a definitive and community-based poll or<br>
contest on the 2.0 version logo ?<br>
<br>
I know the current one has supporters, and it has been there for a long time,<br>
charged with emotion and all. I like it for that reason too, but it is<br>
definitly not professional neither modern-looking.<br>
I get this remark quite often during training session, and it is quite sad for<br>
the QGIS «branding» as a professionnal and serious tool.<br>
<span><font color="#888888"><br>
Vincent<br>
</font></span><div><div><br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
><br>
> Math<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 5:48 AM, Tim Sutton <<a href="mailto:lists@linfiniti.com" target="_blank">lists@linfiniti.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Hi<br>
> ><br>
> > Yes I have seen it. With no disrespect to the GRASS folks I think it has<br>
> > enough problems that I would not like to copy it on our site. My<br>
> > (hopefully) constructive criticisms:<br>
> ><br>
> > * its very busy<br>
> > * it doesnt have good whitespace balance e.g. module of the day box with<br>
> > screenshots box floating to the right<br>
> > * I love jquery but jquery css is looking old already<br>
> > * there are too many underlines [ ] >> > and other characters that<br>
> > distract attention and make it look not so friendly<br>
> > * the panels on the left (search, latest news, map) should have been put<br>
> > to the right<br>
> > * there is too much white space in the heading area<br>
> > * the logo really needs a refresh<br>
> > * the heavy green bars distract your eye away from the content<br>
> > * there are too many different font sizes and font styles<br>
> > * the drop down menus feel visually disconnected from the tabs the spring<br>
> > from and menus from tabs just feels kinda wierd<br>
> ><br>
> > In short it could really use a designer to introduce balance, correct<br>
> > emphasis and remove distractions<br>
> ><br>
> > As such I would not be supportive of using it for our site I suggest to<br>
> > wait for the sphinx theme based on bootstrap to come out and then start<br>
> > moving our web content into that. We will do some customisations for the<br>
> > QGIS front page and Richard has been making awesome progress in getting a<br>
> > well put together bootstrap based sphinx theme in place for us when we<br>
> > can then skin using any bootstrap theme (e.g. checkout some of the<br>
> > themes at <a href="http://bootswatch.com/" target="_blank">http://bootswatch.com/</a>).<br>
> ><br>
> > So -1 from me<br>
> ><br>
> > Regards<br>
> ><br>
> > Tim<br>
> ><br>
> > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Werner Macho<br>
<<a href="mailto:werner.macho@gmail.com" target="_blank">werner.macho@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
> >> Hi there!<br>
> >><br>
> >> Anyone seen the new GRASS Webpage?<br>
> >> I really like the clean and intuitive style with lots of information<br>
> >> presented clearly on the top page ..<br>
> >> Probably we can adapt it to "our" new webpage?<br>
> >> It even looks good on mobile phones ..<br>
> >><br>
> >> Opinions on that?<br>
> >><br>
> >> kind regards<br>
> >> Werner<br>
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