Good comment Mr. Samer Mansour. Let us wait comment from others

With Warm Regards

V.Kadal Amutham
919444360480


On 21 December 2012 09:56, Samer Mansour <[email protected]> wrote:

> I would think this will distract us from our simpler mission, which is to
> promote open office. It can also be a bit of a double edge sword in the
> sense that if we are promoting another project and that project isn't
> received well, it could tarnish our brand or imply something about us which
> is not true.
>
> On Thursday, December 20, 2012, Kadal Amutham wrote:
>
> > Just a loud thinking. Why promote only openoffice? Why not other open
> > source software like Ubuntu? I try this technique to switch completely
> from
> > licence world to licence free word. ( Still,it is hard to find
> acceptance.
> > As already mentioned, there is no option of telling "Buy One  Get Two"
> >
> > With Warm Regards
> >
> > V.Kadal Amutham
> > 919444360480
> >
> >
> > On 19 December 2012 22:50, Alexandro Colorado <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > I also think typography goes a long way, having some great font on the
> > > page could really do a facelift without disrupting the CSS that much.
> > >
> > > On 12/19/12, Alexandro Colorado <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > Also been working with Jan to acomodate the mWiki theme, since the
> new
> > > > mediawiki come with a diferent CSS than the old Monobook theme.
> > > >
> > > > However this should be intune with the current
> www.openoffice.orgstyle.
> > > >
> > > > Lets work together to make AOO site look in tune.
> > > >
> > > > On 12/19/12, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >> cc'ing the marketing list, since we have some recent volunteers who
> > > >> said they had web design skills.
> > > >>
> > > >> We have two websites for the project:
> > > >>
> > > >> 1) A public-facing website at http://www.openoffice.org
> > > >>
> > > >> 2) A project-facing website at http://openoffice.apache.org
> > > >>
> > > >> In practice the distinction is not always clear.  There are many
> links
> > > >> that cross from one website to another.  For example, a user
> starting
> > > >> at http://www.openoffice.org/ and clicking the "I want to
> Participate
> > > >> in OpenOffice" ends on on this project page here:
> > > >> http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html.
> > > >>
> > > >> The websites have a similar look, but they differ in many small
> ways,
> > > >> and the cumulative effect of these differences is discordant (IMHO).
> > > >>
> > > >> To draw out the difference, I made two identical test pages that
> > > >> illustrate how the different style sheets treat common HTML
> > > >> constructs, and differences in page headers/footers:
> > > >>
> > > >> See:
> > > >>
> > > >> http://openoffice.apache.org/style-test.html
> > > >>
> > > >> and
> > > >>
> > > >> http://www.openoffice.org/style-test.html
> > > >>
> > > >> Note, for example, how our tagline differs between the pages.
> Also,
> > > >> the default font size on the openoffice.org is smaller than on
> > > >> openoffice.apache.org.  IMHO this is too small for default text.
> > > >>
> > > >> There are other things that are common between the two sites, but
> > > >> perhaps are non-optimal, like:
> > > >>
> > > >> 1) We're really not distinguishing blockquotes well.  We're just
> > > >> indenting.  Maybe we can add a left-aligned vertical bar?
> > > >>
> > > >> 2) The yellow background of the <pre> block is a bit extreme.  Maybe
> > > >> something more subtle?
> > > >>
> > > >> 3) The hierarchy of headers only deals with H1 and H2.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> I'm willing to help here, on integration of new stylesheets, getting
> > > >> stuff checked in, etc.  But I have neither the taste nor the talent
> to
> > > >> design a good looking set of styles.  Trust me, you do not want be
> to
> > > >> do design work.  So I'm hoping that someone reading this can
> volunteer
> > > >> to take the lead in proposing a good, modern, professional set of
> > > >> styles that we can use across both websites.
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks!
> > > >>
> > > >> -Rob
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Alexandro Colorado
> > > > PPMC Apache OpenOffice
> > > > http://es.openoffice.org
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Alexandro Colorado
> > > PPMC Apache OpenOffice
> > > <http://es.openoffice.org>
>

Reply via email to