[OSGeo-Discuss] Gender neutral default image on webpage

[Vicky Vergara]

Hi all

Here is the svg

I am using the colors defined in the style guide



On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 2:50 AM Tom Chadwin <tom.chadwin at nnpa.org.uk> wrote:

> Disagree with Barry - I do like it. However, I do think the high-contrast
> design means the placeholders can overpower the actual photos. I would
> definitely knock back the darkness of the background colour, and probably
> knock back the whole thing a fair bit. I'm thinking that the palette should
> reflect a disabled icon or menu item in a GUI, so be faded. Other than
> that, I really like it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Discuss [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of
> Barry
> > Rowlingson
> > Sent: 22 January 2019 08:36
> > To: Vicky Vergara
> > Cc: OSGeo Discuss list
> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gender neutral default image on webpage
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 4:53 AM Vicky Vergara <vicky at georepublic.de>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello all
> > > I made a gender neutral default image representing an OSGeo member.
> > > Hope you like it.
> >
> > Not sure I do like it! The head is so large compared to the body, and
> > the body so devoid of feature I don't immediately read it as an
> > abstract human representation. I'm almost reading it as a lower-case
> > 'i'. Plus the logo is ever so slightly off-center from the circle
> > which is triggering my OCD tendencies a bit.
> >
> > Maybe if the body was a bit larger and connected to the head. It is a
> > very bold and high-contrast design, and appears very large on the page
> > so the overall impact is quite massive. Maybe if the icons were
> > smaller it wouldn't matter so much, but as the page is currently my
> > browser shows only four people on a screen at once, and most of that
> > is avatars and fairly empty squares with names in. Sorry if I've
> > drifted off topic into the web page design now....
> >
> >  Happy to tweak it a bit if you've got an Inkscape SVG to share.
> >
> > Barry
> >
> >
> >
> > > On this page
> > > https://www.osgeo.org/community/members/
> > > The image is shown when the member does not have an libavatar . (work
> > in progress, on displaying the uploaded image on this page)
> > >
> > > On the profile page, the
> > > libavatar  takes precedence
> > > if not found then uploaded image
> > > if not found then the default image is used
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Vicky
> > >
> > >
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