Re: New logo / Web site contest

2009-05-28 Thread Alex Cornejo
The current website is definitely not the worst website ever, however it certainly has room for improvement. BEGIN OF RANT The if its not broken don't fix it policy seems a pretty mediocre way to develop things, if the proposed logos/site design are poorer than the current one I'm sure jd will

Re: New logo / Web site contest

2009-05-27 Thread Andrei Thorp
I'll probably try sometime if I can find a moment... The current logo isn't bad, but maybe someone does have a better one -- and I've been complaining about the website for a while :) -AT On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Julien Danjou jul...@danjou.info wrote: Hi fellow users and developers,

Re: New logo / Web site contest

2009-05-27 Thread Julien Danjou
At 1243431482 time_t, Lucas de Vries wrote: What's wrong with the current design ? I like the way the awesome website looks, minimalistic yet pretty - seems fitting somehow. If you do choose a new design, I hope it won't be cluttered or over-shiney like a lot of websites tend to be lately.

Re: New logo / Web site contest

2009-05-27 Thread Uli Schlachter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Julien Danjou wrote: Hi fellow users and developers, I'd like to fresh awesome a bit. We still used a logo from the 2.x branch, and a website half-designed by me. I won't judge the logo, but as for my Web design skills, they suck hard. With

Re: New logo / Web site contest

2009-05-27 Thread Ben Hodgens
Lucas de Vries wrote: What's wrong with the current design ? I like the way the awesome website looks, minimalistic yet pretty - seems fitting somehow. I concur. The current awesome design is, in my opinion, very good. Minimalist, attractive (mouse-over graphic for menu is very nice), and

New logo / Web site contest

2009-05-27 Thread Julien Danjou
Hi fellow users and developers, I'd like to fresh awesome a bit. We still used a logo from the 2.x branch, and a website half-designed by me. I won't judge the logo, but as for my Web design skills, they suck hard. With our growing user base, I'm sure their is a couple of top designers around

Re: New logo / Web site contest

2009-05-27 Thread Andrei Thorp
I'll probably try sometime if I can find a moment... The current logo isn't bad, but maybe someone does have a better one -- and I've been complaining about the website for a while :) -AT On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Julien Danjou jul...@danjou.info wrote: Hi fellow users and developers,

Re: New logo / Web site contest

2009-05-27 Thread Lucas de Vries
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 03:11:57PM +0200, Julien Danjou wrote: I'd like to fresh awesome a bit. We still used a logo from the 2.x branch, and a website half-designed by me. I won't judge the logo, but as for my Web design skills, they suck hard. What's wrong with the current design ? I like

Re: New logo / Web site contest

2009-05-27 Thread Uli Schlachter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Julien Danjou wrote: Hi fellow users and developers, I'd like to fresh awesome a bit. We still used a logo from the 2.x branch, and a website half-designed by me. I won't judge the logo, but as for my Web design skills, they suck hard. With

Re: New logo / Web site contest

2009-05-27 Thread Andrei Thorp
Well, the website has some flaws in my view:  - Hover images on buttons have images that seem stretched + don't tile into the background  - Lots of unattractive plain white space  - Could use some more eye-catchingness right off the bat, some kind of hook (different screenshot would be a good