On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 05:00:04PM +0200, Tobias Kremer wrote: > Point taken! I didn't mean to insult anyone! I'm sorry if that was the > impression I gave.
Either way it's now corrected :) > I find it highly problematic and cumbersome to discuss layouts from a > graphical > point of view. One can argue about content, navigation, overall structure and > other logical things but often the pure design aesthetics just can't be put > into words. It's an emotional thing, thus my purely emotional response ;-) I know, but I figure designers are used to interpreting people's best attempts at putting their feelings into words which makes it worth trying. > I'll will however try my best to provide some constructive criticism: > > (1) http://www.browsing.co.uk/cat > > If I had to chose one of the proposals it definitely would be this one. With > some more polishing it could end up quite nice. > > (2) http://agaton.scsys.co.uk/~matthewt/catsite/cat_mock_web_001.png > > I really don't like the "mustard" color scheme which moreover doesn't work > together with the red catalyst logo. The picture takes up way too much screen > real estate. > > (3) http://ion0.com/hx/cat/new-version-2-26.jpg > (4) http://ion0.com/hx/cat/catalystSiteDesign3.jpg > > Too blurry, too much clumsy shadowing and glowing. Too many colors in (4) that > don't work together well. > > (5) http://agaton.scsys.co.uk/~matthewt/catsite/catsite-Penfold.pdf > > Way too simplistic. Fonts are too big. > > > I am however, much appreciative that you've provided an example of what > > you think is better - perhaps you could include an explanation of why you > > think it's better, though? The point here is I'm presenting -first- > > -drafts- of ideas. +1/-1 can wait until the final designs are done. > > Do you mean the other framework websites or my own proposal? I was thinking about yours but can I get away with asking for all of the above? Given myself and kieren both find most of the other sites objectionable it'd be nice to see why you prefer them. -- Matt S Trout Need help with your Catalyst or DBIx::Class project? Technical Director http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/catalyst/ Shadowcat Systems Ltd. Want a managed development or deployment platform? http://chainsawblues.vox.com/ http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/servers/ _______________________________________________ List: [email protected] Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
