Re: [libreoffice-design] Discussion about Extensions-Site-Layout

Hi Andreas,


On 11.10.08 05:24, Andreas Mantke wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> the new extensions-site is in a test-mode since some weeks now. We have already
> worked on a header graphic for the site. This is online now. But maybe there are some
> ideas for improvements of the sites layout. I hope to get some proposals / mockups
> from the "design-experts" here ;-)
>
> You can find the site here at the moment:
> http://extensions-test.libreoffice.org
>
> Regards,
> Andreas

I'd be happy to chip in a mock-up soon, but could you do me one favour 
in advance;

(I'm sorry to sound like a stubborn and difficult Designer, even though 
I am, but ...)
could you reinstate the original extensions logo?
...this one: 
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/cgi_img_auth.php/7/7e/ExtensionsLogo_110712NS.png

I realise you modified the placement, size (and indeed the very shape) 
of the triangles to attract /attention/, and you've succeeded: but for 
some wrong reasons...

The triangles are attracting "bad" attention because they are 
mis-aligned with the text (vertically).
This is the same as when you see one street-pole bent and the others are 
intact. It isn't desirable.
And the ability to discern the "X" created by the negative space between 
the triangles is lost when you remove the "X" from the context in which 
it would usually occur (i.e. at the same hieght as the neighbouring 
letters).

Believe me, the colour-contrast will be sufficent in attracting 
attention, the size-difference right now is unnerving.
And the inconsistencies in shape look unprofessional.

Also, the sharp corners of the new triangles conflict with the soft 
corners of the document symbol nearby.
And the radial gradient now employed doesn't suggest modularity like the 
broken conical gradient did.

I'm being nit-picky. I'm sorry. I'll be quiet now.
-Nik

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