Here's another revision of that box for the website:
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ck.us/my.php?image=websiteexamp<http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?image=websiteexample5tf2.png>
le5tf2.png <http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?image=websiteexample5tf2.png>
As always, comments welcome.
~Lee
On 11/9/06, Youness Alaoui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey, wow!!! that thing is great! I`m really impressed... but I would still
like to add a few comments :)
1 - now it looks too colorfull, but I think it`s till ok to leave it that
wy
2 - the 'aMSN Messenger' label on the side of the box should maybe be
written the other way around.. the 'aMSN' being in the lower
part, I think it's more intuitive to read from bottom to top, currently it
looks like the text is inverted to us when we try to read
it.. but that could only be me, and maybe each one sees it differently
(for me, it's more natural to tilt my head to the right to read
it, maybe other would find it more natural to tilt the head to the left...
)
3 - the softpedia pick is a good idea, but I think it's not easy to see..
maybe make it bigger/clearer.. or maybe it's just the
quality of the screenshot... don't know.
About softpedia, I don't think they would mind, as long as you make the
icon yourself and not just copy paste their own icon in
there... the icon is pretty simple so it shouldn't be hard (I think) to
redo it your own way.
ok.. looking at : http://www.softpedia.com/awards/
it says : You can also use these graphics on printed materials or software
boxes. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need
other formats or higher resolution/dpi versions.
So I guess you're free to use them! :)
you can take a look at that url to see if you think another icon would be
more suited for the box...
Thanks againf or your excellent work!
KaKaRoTo
On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 09:10:56AM -0600, Lee Olson wrote:
> Thanks to everyone who replied with comments and suggestions. I have
> taken them into consideration and would now like your opinion on a
> revised version.
>
> You can see it here:
> http://img374.imageshack.us/my.php?image=amsnwebsiteexample2iv6.png
>
> As an experiment, I created a "softpedia pick" badge and added it to
> the box. Is it ok to use the badge on the box, or would this conflict
> with any terms that softpedia may have? Would it be better to go
> without the badge and stick with the plain box?
>
> Thanks!
> ~Lee
>
>
> On 11/9/06, Youness Alaoui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 05:36:11PM +0100, Philippe Valembois - Phil
wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > Lee it's not to critic your job... I think the idea is good to
change this
> > > image (I was thinking the same) but Youness' critics are justified I
think...
> > :) don't worry, I think Lee loves critics and is not susceptible! :)
> >
> > > > I feel like I always have to say a critic.. sorry about that :p
> > > > anyways, the image looks nice, I like the idea, but here are a few
> > > > suggestions, you can either take them or reject them, as I think
it is
> > > > already good! :)
> > > > 1 - How about removing the blue background, I do like it, but I
think it
> > > > kind of feels awkward the blue background on the image on a white
> > > > background website.. no ?
> > > I think like him : it prevents us to see well the box...
> > > > 2 - maybe write something on the side of the box ?
> > > > 3 - how about making the image bigger instead of just a little
'icon', and
> > > > have a few more details in it, like for example... a)
informational stuff,
> > > > like "windows/linux/mac/bsd certified"
> > > > b) funny stuff like "aMSN inside(tm)"
> > > > c) other stuff ?
> > > What I think is bad is it doesn't take all the width.... We have a
square on
> > > the middle and nothing on the sides...
> > > Maybe we should move the box on the left and put the features at the
right of
> > > it...
> > ohh, right, I also felt that way but didn't know what caused that
feeling... it's not well centered (maybe because of the addition of
> > ads or something), but I'm not too fond of the idea of having the
feature list inlined with the picture...
> >
> > > > 4 - we could add more text/image and have a few different colors
than
> > > > blue/white, no ? look at the elivecd.org website, and look at the
images
> > > > they have for their cd :
> > > > http://elivecd.org/img/_images/elive-package-open.png (.tgz svg :
> > > > http://elivecd.org/files/_files/elive-cddover.tar.bz2 ) it's nice,
no ? so
> > > > small important, 'ad'-like information would be nice..
> > > Well I think you really like the blue :d
> > lol
> >
> > > But in the end I think that the site is too "monotonous" (not sure
of
> > > translation) Too much blue... Anyway any change on the website
layout isn't
> > > possible for 0.96...
> > >
> > yeah, you told me some people said that to you, the correct word would
be... humm... too 'plain/boring'.. ok, it's not the correct
> > word, but it explains it a bit.. ahh, maybe the word is 'dull' :D
> >
> > > > 5 - I shut up with my extravagant requests..
> > > Well I just have an idea !! :d
> > > When you will have finished the box... We could create a full size
template to
> > > let users realize their own aMSN box ? (and maybe create a gallery
with
> > > photos of real aMSN boxes like here
http://www.kde-look.org/?xcontentmode=44)
> > hehe, a good idea, like the one with the tux-es (the one from which
you took your DP everytime).. but I think it will be a hassle to
> > set up that and we'll probably have toooo few people submiting
stuff...
> >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks Lee!
> > > Anyway thanks to you to propose a such idea because I wouldn't have
dared to
> > > ask you for a new graphic ;)
> > > >
> > > > KKRT
> > > Phil
> > >
> > >
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