On 12 Jun 2009, at 05:58, Carsten Dominik wrote:
On Jun 12, 2009, at 12:59 AM, Memnon Anon wrote:
Leo <sdl....@gmail.com> writes:
On 2009-06-11 21:49 +0100, Carsten Dominik wrote:
I am attaching the picture to this email, you can also retrieve it
from
http://orgmode.org/Org-mode-scc.png
That screen shot looks very beautiful. There's one minor glitch. The
font is non anti-alias.
Pictures often give people their first impression of a software, as
stupid as it is. What do you all think of the used colors?
I do to some extend agree with you. The buffer picture does
look very colored and a bit unrealistic. A real buffer would
look less colored because the distribution between text and
functional elements would be different. These lines are so short
to make them readable at all in a screenshot.
Will readable lines make the case? It all boils down to the question
you pose: "what's its function?".
I actually do use these colors currently and find them quite
workable.
I think there's a difference between what's workable and what's
`attractive at first sight'. These days everything must be "web20",
soft, polished, nice graphics, ... Too attract people, it must not be
workable, but pretty. I agree with the poster about the "90s look".
If the function of the screenshot/logo is to attract people and make
them click through, it must be appealing AND pick their interest. The
one screenshot on worg with the R plots has some of those qualities,
but I think it's too dark and contains too much info (window is too
big for a scaled-down screenshot).
The alternative --only the logo-- is not bad, but I would add a
slogan, such as "Your life in plain text"; short and bold. The logo by
itself is not well-known and might not invoke this "Hey, what would
that be? Let me see!" reaction.
Hmmm, are there any marketeers on this list?
Cheers,
Peter.
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