IMO we should stay close to the concept of invitation from the Invitation application perspective. Having a ribbon and a handwritten text is more suggestive for events such as weddings or birthdays. Therefore we should not forget the technical aspect .. Yet I will try a version based on your suggestions or to adjust the existing ones a little.
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu <[email protected]> wrote: > On 06/18/2010 02:44 PM, Ciprian Amaritei wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Check the proposal I have made for Invitation app here: > > http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Ciprian/Invitation%20icon > > All suggestions are welcomed! > > > > Hm, although it respects Caleb's hints, I don't quite like either > proposal. Looking at it, it doesn't suggest "invitation" at all, but > mailserver configuration (which we actually do have in the "General" > administrative category). A good option would be to actually make a new > category for the mailserver settings and use one of these icons. > > Searching for "Invitation" on Google Image Search, I noticed two things: > > - invitation envelopes have a ribbon + knot on them, and they don't > usually get sent via landmail (thus no stamps nor postal markings) > - invitations start with handwritten "You're Invited" (see > > http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:7DmaO_QbCcmK0M:http://www.misquincemag.com/cm/misquincemag/images/quinceanera-invitation-xlg.jpg > for an example) > > So, a suggestion would be to eliminate the stamp and instead use a > ribbon around the envelope. > > Another suggestion would be to use an open envelope and a letter with > You're Invited on it. > > Also, I'm not sure the XWiki (SAS) logo should be there, since normally > people using XWiki don't see that logo, so it's a bit confusing. > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Caleb James DeLisle< > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Cool. > >> > >> The invitation application sends email to people and invites them to > join > >> the wiki. > >> If it's a closed wiki then the email may grant authority to join. > >> I was thinking something with an envelope and a postmark or something > like > >> that. > >> I'm sure you will come up with something great. > >> > > > -- > Sergiu Dumitriu > http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > -- Ciprian, Designer XWiki _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
