[OSGeo-Discuss] Gender neutral default image on webpage

Sun Jan 27 11:56:07 PST 2019

I wonder if it is worth removing the gravatar integration. If is not
sufficient for our needs?

Note all this is a discussion, trying to balance between what is important
and what is technically possible.

On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 1:38 PM Vicky Vergara <vicky at georepublic.de> wrote:

> What about names?
> "aam", "Alessandro","ander2712"
> If those are names, there is no last name.
>
> faceless, nameless, one paragraph Bio less, wiki-link less
>
> Unfortunately, I am still trying to figure out on the memeber list how to
> use the libavatar.
> In some cases, the member page has a picture because the member has an
> avatar linked to the mail
> But the member list php code is used to list many other items like
> projects, news, etc.
> and those don't have an avatar. That code use the uploaded picture,
> therefore things work like this
> On the list (list member, list projects, etc) it uses uploaded picture, no
> picture then for members its using the default member picture.
> On the member page, if user has avatar uses avatar, if no avatar use
> uploaded picture if no picture use default member picture.
>
> For the moment, I am
> -0 not listing of members without "individual image" on the list of
> members,
> +0 on not listing members with no full name
> +0 on members not having a one paragraph bio AND not having a wiki-link
> There is a button where the member can opt-out of being listed.
> But the non listing of members without "X" has to be done automatically.
> (I need to investigate for when time comes)
>
>
> Regards
> Vicky
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 12:50 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Your feedback makes me think we should hide entries that don’t have a
>> photo.
>>
>> My thinking is part of the point of the website is to show that open
>> source is made by people. Pages and pages of placeholder photos make us
>> look like the faceless mob that protential adopters are told to fear to
>> trust.
>>
>> Would rather fewer people with real faces from an outreach standpoint.
>>
>> 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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