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This is what they really look like, of course... (from Galiano Island
where I spend most weekends). http://smallthought.com/avi/seastar.jpg On 3/14/07, Boris Popov <[hidden email]> wrote: > iStockPhoto has a bunch, > > http://tinyurl.com/yocprv > > Cheers! > > -Boris > > -- > +1.604.689.0322 > DeepCove Labs Ltd. > 4th floor 595 Howe Street > Vancouver, Canada V6C 2T5 > http://tinyurl.com/r7uw4 > > [hidden email] > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > This email is intended only for the persons named in the message > header. Unless otherwise indicated, it contains information that is > private and confidential. If you have received it in error, please > notify the sender and delete the entire message including any > attachments. > > Thank you. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [hidden email] [mailto:seaside- > > [hidden email]] On Behalf Of Rick Flower > > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 1:56 PM > > To: Seaside - general discussion > > Subject: Re: [Seaside] Call For Design for the Seaside web site > > > > Brad Fuller wrote: > > > Michael Davies wrote: > > >> Okay, I got my hands dirty... > > >> > > >> I looked at the existing logo again and I think it's actually very > > >> good, so I had a play with the existing seaside page to see if a > few > > >> tweaks could start to liven it up. > > >> I used kuler to touch up the colours - the seaside logo is now in > > >> Mediterranean colours rather than North Sea colours! > > >> I used Century Gothic from the logo as the headline font, using > > >> colours from the palette that I generated in kuler. > > >> I copied Samuel's idea of a bottom-of-page navigation bar, and > added > > >> some other areas of colour to liven the page up. > > >> > > >> Now I did all this in a simple image-editing package (Seashore by > > >> coincidence), so this image isn't great, but I think it shows that > > >> there's things that could be done with the existing look. > > >> > > >> So what do people think? > > >> > > >> http://mykdavies.seasidehosting.st/resources/seasidepage.png > > > > > > I like the bolder colors of the logo and of the site. > > > I like the seaside logo: it is modern and shows sea and sun. IT > would > > > also work well if it needed to be B&W or grayscale at some point. > > I wonder if the top-logo (star fish + ocean/sun) might look better as > a > > real image (e.g. photo) if it wasn't too huge > > to download and find a nice star fish image to layer on top of the > left > > side.. I poked around on images.google.com > > and also on pbase.com for various things but I suspect it would be > > better to create an image from scratch using a > > camera (preferably with a wide-angle lens).. I was thinking of an > image > > that would show a tropic beach with the > > sun in one corner and perhaps a palm tree nearby along with the > starfish > > at the far left -- obviously a wide image.. > > Anyway, I'm guessing this will be shot down, but thought I'd throw it > > out there anyway.. :-) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Seaside mailing list > > [hidden email] > > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside > _______________________________________________ > Seaside mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside > > Seaside mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside |
Re: Call For Design for the Seaside web site
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In reply to this post by Rick Flower
Rick Flower wrote:
> Brad Fuller wrote: >> Michael Davies wrote: >>> http://mykdavies.seasidehosting.st/resources/seasidepage.png >> >> I like the bolder colors of the logo and of the site. >> I like the seaside logo: it is modern and shows sea and sun. IT would >> also work well if it needed to be B&W or grayscale at some point. > I wonder if the top-logo (star fish + ocean/sun) might look better as a > real image (e.g. photo) if it wasn't too huge > to download and find a nice star fish image to layer on top of the left > side.. I poked around on images.google.com > and also on pbase.com for various things but I suspect it would be > better to create an image from scratch using a > camera (preferably with a wide-angle lens).. I was thinking of an image > that would show a tropic beach with the > sun in one corner and perhaps a palm tree nearby along with the starfish > at the far left -- obviously a wide image.. > Anyway, I'm guessing this will be shot down, but thought I'd throw it > out there anyway.. :-) The nice thing about photos is that they can transport the viewer to the scene immediately - if it's executed well. If not, it just sucks. For the most part, photos are not done well on website, AFAIHS. It would be a great exercise to add a photo(s) on the site as long as it supports the concept of the site and is integrated well with the rest of the design. It needs to be part of the overall design, not an add-on. I think seaside needs to keep the logo (or create a new one if needed.) Logos provide immediate recognition of the product or service. Keeping the current one, and maybe changing the colors or sprucing it up, will help continue the recognition of seaside. _______________________________________________ Seaside mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside |
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In reply to this post by Boris Popov, DeepCove Labs (SNN)
I was not far away for the colors :
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/animals/marine_life/starfish/ 714061_starfish.php?id=714061 http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/animals/marine_life/starfish/ 2604430_beach_scenic.php?id=2604430 Samuel Le 14 mars 07 à 22:06, Boris Popov a écrit : > iStockPhoto has a bunch, > > http://tinyurl.com/yocprv > > Cheers! > > -Boris > > -- > +1.604.689.0322 > DeepCove Labs Ltd. > 4th floor 595 Howe Street > Vancouver, Canada V6C 2T5 > http://tinyurl.com/r7uw4 > > [hidden email] > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > This email is intended only for the persons named in the message > header. Unless otherwise indicated, it contains information that is > private and confidential. If you have received it in error, please > notify the sender and delete the entire message including any > attachments. > > Thank you. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [hidden email] [mailto:seaside- >> [hidden email]] On Behalf Of Rick Flower >> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 1:56 PM >> To: Seaside - general discussion >> Subject: Re: [Seaside] Call For Design for the Seaside web site >> >> Brad Fuller wrote: >>> Michael Davies wrote: >>>> Okay, I got my hands dirty... >>>> >>>> I looked at the existing logo again and I think it's actually very >>>> good, so I had a play with the existing seaside page to see if a > few >>>> tweaks could start to liven it up. >>>> I used kuler to touch up the colours - the seaside logo is now in >>>> Mediterranean colours rather than North Sea colours! >>>> I used Century Gothic from the logo as the headline font, using >>>> colours from the palette that I generated in kuler. >>>> I copied Samuel's idea of a bottom-of-page navigation bar, and > added >>>> some other areas of colour to liven the page up. >>>> >>>> Now I did all this in a simple image-editing package (Seashore by >>>> coincidence), so this image isn't great, but I think it shows that >>>> there's things that could be done with the existing look. >>>> >>>> So what do people think? >>>> >>>> http://mykdavies.seasidehosting.st/resources/seasidepage.png >>> >>> I like the bolder colors of the logo and of the site. >>> I like the seaside logo: it is modern and shows sea and sun. IT > would >>> also work well if it needed to be B&W or grayscale at some point. >> I wonder if the top-logo (star fish + ocean/sun) might look better as > a >> real image (e.g. photo) if it wasn't too huge >> to download and find a nice star fish image to layer on top of the > left >> side.. I poked around on images.google.com >> and also on pbase.com for various things but I suspect it would be >> better to create an image from scratch using a >> camera (preferably with a wide-angle lens).. I was thinking of an > image >> that would show a tropic beach with the >> sun in one corner and perhaps a palm tree nearby along with the > starfish >> at the far left -- obviously a wide image.. >> Anyway, I'm guessing this will be shot down, but thought I'd throw it >> out there anyway.. :-) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Seaside mailing list >> [hidden email] >> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside > _______________________________________________ > Seaside mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside _______________________________________________ Seaside mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside |
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That second photo is really great!
Ron > From: Samuel MORELLO > > I was not far away for the colors : > > http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/animals/marine_life/starfish/ > 714061_starfish.php?id=714061 > http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/animals/marine_life/starfish/ > 2604430_beach_scenic.php?id=2604430 > > > Samuel > > > > > > Le 14 mars 07 à 22:06, Boris Popov a écrit : > > > iStockPhoto has a bunch, > > > > http://tinyurl.com/yocprv > > > > Cheers! > > > > -Boris > > > > -- > > +1.604.689.0322 > > DeepCove Labs Ltd. > > 4th floor 595 Howe Street > > Vancouver, Canada V6C 2T5 > > http://tinyurl.com/r7uw4 > > > > [hidden email] > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > > > This email is intended only for the persons named in the message > > header. Unless otherwise indicated, it contains information that is > > private and confidential. If you have received it in error, please > > notify the sender and delete the entire message including any > > attachments. > > > > Thank you. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [hidden email] [mailto:seaside- > >> [hidden email]] On Behalf Of Rick Flower > >> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 1:56 PM > >> To: Seaside - general discussion > >> Subject: Re: [Seaside] Call For Design for the Seaside web site > >> > >> Brad Fuller wrote: > >>> Michael Davies wrote: > >>>> Okay, I got my hands dirty... > >>>> > >>>> I looked at the existing logo again and I think it's actually very > >>>> good, so I had a play with the existing seaside page to see if a > > few > >>>> tweaks could start to liven it up. > >>>> I used kuler to touch up the colours - the seaside logo is now in > >>>> Mediterranean colours rather than North Sea colours! > >>>> I used Century Gothic from the logo as the headline font, using > >>>> colours from the palette that I generated in kuler. > >>>> I copied Samuel's idea of a bottom-of-page navigation bar, and > > added > >>>> some other areas of colour to liven the page up. > >>>> > >>>> Now I did all this in a simple image-editing package (Seashore by > >>>> coincidence), so this image isn't great, but I think it shows that > >>>> there's things that could be done with the existing look. > >>>> > >>>> So what do people think? > >>>> > >>>> http://mykdavies.seasidehosting.st/resources/seasidepage.png > >>> > >>> I like the bolder colors of the logo and of the site. > >>> I like the seaside logo: it is modern and shows sea and sun. IT > > would > >>> also work well if it needed to be B&W or grayscale at some point. > >> I wonder if the top-logo (star fish + ocean/sun) might look better as > > a > >> real image (e.g. photo) if it wasn't too huge > >> to download and find a nice star fish image to layer on top of the > > left > >> side.. I poked around on images.google.com > >> and also on pbase.com for various things but I suspect it would be > >> better to create an image from scratch using a > >> camera (preferably with a wide-angle lens).. I was thinking of an > > image > >> that would show a tropic beach with the > >> sun in one corner and perhaps a palm tree nearby along with the > > starfish > >> at the far left -- obviously a wide image.. > >> Anyway, I'm guessing this will be shot down, but thought I'd throw it > >> out there anyway.. :-) > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Seaside mailing list > >> [hidden email] > >> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside > > _______________________________________________ > > Seaside mailing list > > [hidden email] > > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside > > _______________________________________________ > Seaside mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside _______________________________________________ Seaside mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside |
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In reply to this post by Samuel MORELLO
Both photos are very nice. Te second has more strenght,
cheers, Sebastian Sastre > -----Mensaje original----- > De: [hidden email] > [mailto:[hidden email]] En nombre > de Samuel MORELLO > Enviado el: Jueves, 15 de Marzo de 2007 02:59 > Para: Seaside - general discussion > Asunto: Re: [Seaside] Call For Design for the Seaside web site > > I was not far away for the colors : > > http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/animals/marine_life/starfish/ > 714061_starfish.php?id=714061 > http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/animals/marine_life/starfish/ > 2604430_beach_scenic.php?id=2604430 > > > Samuel > > > > > > Le 14 mars 07 à 22:06, Boris Popov a écrit : > > > iStockPhoto has a bunch, > > > > http://tinyurl.com/yocprv > > > > Cheers! > > > > -Boris > > > > -- > > +1.604.689.0322 > > DeepCove Labs Ltd. > > 4th floor 595 Howe Street > > Vancouver, Canada V6C 2T5 > > http://tinyurl.com/r7uw4 > > > > [hidden email] > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > > > This email is intended only for the persons named in the message > > header. Unless otherwise indicated, it contains information that is > > private and confidential. If you have received it in error, please > > notify the sender and delete the entire message including any > > attachments. > > > > Thank you. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [hidden email] [mailto:seaside- > >> [hidden email]] On Behalf Of Rick Flower > >> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 1:56 PM > >> To: Seaside - general discussion > >> Subject: Re: [Seaside] Call For Design for the Seaside web site > >> > >> Brad Fuller wrote: > >>> Michael Davies wrote: > >>>> Okay, I got my hands dirty... > >>>> > >>>> I looked at the existing logo again and I think it's > actually very > >>>> good, so I had a play with the existing seaside page to see if a > > few > >>>> tweaks could start to liven it up. > >>>> I used kuler to touch up the colours - the seaside logo > is now in > >>>> Mediterranean colours rather than North Sea colours! > >>>> I used Century Gothic from the logo as the headline font, using > >>>> colours from the palette that I generated in kuler. > >>>> I copied Samuel's idea of a bottom-of-page navigation bar, and > > added > >>>> some other areas of colour to liven the page up. > >>>> > >>>> Now I did all this in a simple image-editing package > (Seashore by > >>>> coincidence), so this image isn't great, but I think it > shows that > >>>> there's things that could be done with the existing look. > >>>> > >>>> So what do people think? > >>>> > >>>> http://mykdavies.seasidehosting.st/resources/seasidepage.png > >>> > >>> I like the bolder colors of the logo and of the site. > >>> I like the seaside logo: it is modern and shows sea and sun. IT > > would > >>> also work well if it needed to be B&W or grayscale at some point. > >> I wonder if the top-logo (star fish + ocean/sun) might > look better as > > a > >> real image (e.g. photo) if it wasn't too huge to download > and find a > >> nice star fish image to layer on top of the > > left > >> side.. I poked around on images.google.com and also on > pbase.com for > >> various things but I suspect it would be better to create an image > >> from scratch using a camera (preferably with a wide-angle > lens).. I > >> was thinking of an > > image > >> that would show a tropic beach with the sun in one corner > and perhaps > >> a palm tree nearby along with the > > starfish > >> at the far left -- obviously a wide image.. > >> Anyway, I'm guessing this will be shot down, but thought > I'd throw it > >> out there anyway.. :-) > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Seaside mailing list > >> [hidden email] > >> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside > > _______________________________________________ > > Seaside mailing list > > [hidden email] > > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside > > _______________________________________________ > Seaside mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside _______________________________________________ Seaside mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside |
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In reply to this post by Ron Teitelbaum
> That second photo is really great!
> > Ron Ditto! Great pic. Ramon Leon http://onsmalltalk.com _______________________________________________ Seaside mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside |
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Okay, as there seems to be interest in re-working the current look,
I'll try to produce a working page based on the ideas in the mockup image. This will be over the weekend, so if anyone has any other feedback, please let me know. Avi, do you have access to the original artwork in a form that the Gimp can manipulate? Apologies for posting out of sequence all the time, but I only follow this group by digest. Thanks Michael _______________________________________________ Seaside mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside |
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> Avi, do you have access to the original artwork in a form that the
> Gimp can manipulate? I don't have the vector graphic, but I redraw it a long time ago in Inkscape for one of my presentations. Now I've also created some small examples that just use its shape, I would prefer something simple like this. Cheers, Lukas -- Lukas Renggli http://www.lukas-renggli.ch _______________________________________________ Seaside mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside |
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In reply to this post by Samuel MORELLO
> As i purpose last time, i have made a proposal for the design of the
> seaside site. You can find it here: http://seaside.ouvanous.com I asked a usability expert from Bern, Simon Raess, about his opinion on the proposed design. He writes (I translated it to english): - I like the design, but also have to mention that design is not my speciality. I especially like the fading vertical lines and the diagonal text graphics (seaside, download) that give the site a distinct look. From the color point of view I like the gree and dark blue (good contrast), light blue and orange looks fresh and maybe a little bit intruding. Fits well the spring. The only thing that bugs me is the combination of orange and red. I would try to make lighter stripes, e.g. orange-yello or orange-white. - The main navigation is not immediately recognizable as that. The problem is probably the fixed size of the columns: the distance between long and short words is very different and therefor cannot be seen as an entity. People will think that the navigation items are column titles. A possible solution would be to have the navigation separate and give the columns a title on their own. - The design is too wide. On a 1024 screen one has to scroll horizontally. - The different links are unclear: there are dark blue underlined ones, light blue underlined ones with a minus (-), light blue underlined ones with a plus (+), and clickable titles and images. It is not clear what the difference is and where do they point to (download). - The meta navigation (login, edit, ...) is very hidden, especially because there is enough space in the orange part (lr: I don't think this is a problem, as the meta navigation (or the pier commands) are only needed for editors). - The mixture of upper/lower case writing is unclear. Moreover the mixture between lower case writing, normal and italic writing is strange. It is difficult to see what belongs together. Summary from the expert: Graphically I find the proposal very good. The usability glitches should be easily fixable. Cheers, Lukas -- Lukas Renggli http://www.lukas-renggli.ch _______________________________________________ Seaside mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside |
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In reply to this post by stephane ducasse
I've had a play around and created a page very closely based on the
existing seaside.st homepage layout, to allow everyone to see what effect changing the colours and logos would have. There are three stylesheets you can apply which treat the logo differently - the starfish is the default, with two uses of the wave logo. I must admit that I think the starfish looks nice and clean... It's at http://mykdavies.seasidehosting.st/resources/Seaside_Seaside.html - please have a look and let me know what you think _______________________________________________ Seaside mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside |
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