Re: [Catalyst] Catalyst site design drafts feedback thread

2008-06-11 Thread Michele Beltrame
Hi Matt! > (1) http://www.browsing.co.uk/cat This is kind of a restyling of the current web site. It's OK, but with all that information is maybe a bit scary for the newcomer compared to others. And it has nothing really new compared to current, anyhow. > (2) http://agaton.scsys.co.uk/~matthewt/

Re: [Catalyst] Re: Catalyst site design drafts feedback thread

2008-06-11 Thread Gabriel Vieira
Hahaha. Nice! I didn't see that. On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 8:33 PM, Devin Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I like it for the mere fact that in the title it says "Chuck Norris's > Framework" > > :-) > > On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Kieren Diment <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On 12 Jun 2008,

Re: [Catalyst] Re: Catalyst site design drafts feedback thread

2008-06-11 Thread Simon Elliott
(1) http://www.browsing.co.uk/cat This is the one I would pick, even though it is bland. It looks like any other current site. But within the current line-up I would consider that a strength… I am well aware of this - the top 'tempter' paragraph is way too ugly and on this monitor makes the t

Re: [Catalyst] Re: Catalyst site design drafts feedback thread

2008-06-11 Thread Devin Austin
I like it for the mere fact that in the title it says "Chuck Norris's Framework" :-) On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Kieren Diment <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 12 Jun 2008, at 07:23, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: > > * Matt S Trout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-06-11 22:05]: >> >>> (1) http://ww

Re: [Catalyst] Re: Catalyst site design drafts feedback thread

2008-06-11 Thread Kieren Diment
On 12 Jun 2008, at 07:23, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: * Matt S Trout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-06-11 22:05]: (1) http://www.browsing.co.uk/cat This is the one I would pick, even though it is bland. It looks like any other current site. But within the current line-up I would consider that a st

Re: [Catalyst] Catalyst site design drafts feedback thread

2008-06-11 Thread Robert L Cochran
> Simon Elliott: > > (1) http://www.browsing.co.uk/cat > > Mark Keating: > > Well, I wonder how this one will really look inside a browser window that has a lot of installed toolbars? The two rows of links at the top have a toolbarish feel. > (2) http://agaton.scsys.co.uk/~matthewt/catsite/cat

[Catalyst] Re: Catalyst site design drafts feedback thread

2008-06-11 Thread Aristotle Pagaltzis
* Christopher H. Laco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-06-11 23:05]: > I'd much rather see a footer more like this one: > > http://movabletype.org/ ++ That’s exactly the kind of “what does the first-time visitor expect to see/do here?”-driven design (by which I mean the “how it works” not the “how it lo

[Catalyst] Re: Catalyst site design drafts feedback thread

2008-06-11 Thread Aristotle Pagaltzis
I’m going to preface this by saying sorry for being so negative, as I know how attached people can get to their creative output… please keep in mind that I am making these comments in the interest of improving Cat’s marketing. And I have to agree with Gabriel that none of these would really attract

Re: [Catalyst] Catalyst site design drafts feedback thread

2008-06-11 Thread Christopher H. Laco
Dave Rolsky wrote: On Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Matt S Trout wrote: Simon Elliott: (1) http://www.browsing.co.uk/cat Overall my favorite. The white text against the bottom of the grey gradient starts to fade, but I'm sure that's easily fixed. I wouldn't mind making all the non-tab text a little la

Re: [Catalyst] Catalyst site design drafts feedback thread

2008-06-11 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Matt S Trout wrote: Simon Elliott: (1) http://www.browsing.co.uk/cat Overall my favorite. The white text against the bottom of the grey gradient starts to fade, but I'm sure that's easily fixed. I wouldn't mind making all the non-tab text a little larger, but maybe my e

Re: [Catalyst] Catalyst site design drafts feedback thread

2008-06-11 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Dave Rolsky wrote: On Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Matt S Trout wrote: Simon Elliott: (1) http://www.browsing.co.uk/cat Overall my favorite. The white text against the bottom of the grey gradient starts to fade, but I'm sure that's easily fixed. I wouldn't mind making all the no

Re: [Catalyst] Catalyst site design drafts feedback thread

2008-06-11 Thread Sebastian Riedel
11.06.2008 22:00 Christopher H. Laco: Mark Keating: (2) http://agaton.scsys.co.uk/~matthewt/catsite/cat_mock_web_001.png The Catalyst logo as a crop circle is a very powerful mental moniker. I love that. Actually the catalyst logo IS a crop circle. :) -- sebastian __

Re: [Catalyst] Catalyst site design drafts feedback thread

2008-06-11 Thread Gabriel Vieira
> Simon Elliott: > > (1) http://www.browsing.co.uk/cat Maybe better with a brighter background, a better content distribution, a brighter background where there is "Choose your own ingredient", and a more informative bottom. Would be perfect in my opinion. > > Mark Keating: > > (2) http://agaton.

Re: [Catalyst] Catalyst site design drafts feedback thread

2008-06-11 Thread Gabriel Vieira
None of them attract me Catalyst or to navigate the site. Sorry. But if would really need to choose one, the #1 would be chosen. I think the actual design is modern then the options here. Sorry if I wrote something stupid. On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Matt S Trout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [Catalyst] Catalyst site design drafts feedback thread

2008-06-11 Thread Roderick A. Anderson
Matt S Trout wrote: Ok, here's how this is going to work: We're going to have one round of feedback, I'll give it a week or two or until this thread stops getting new posts. The designs are numbered so we have a simple way to refer to them; I've presented them in alphabetical order by creator s

Re: [Catalyst] Catalyst site design drafts feedback thread

2008-06-11 Thread Vincent Parsons
On Jun 11, 2008, at 3:54 PM, Matt S Trout wrote: Ok, here's how this is going to work: We're going to have one round of feedback, I'll give it a week or two or until this thread stops getting new posts. The designs are numbered so we have a simple way to refer to them; I've presented th

Re: [Catalyst] Catalyst site design drafts feedback thread

2008-06-11 Thread Christopher H. Laco
Here are the designs I've been given: Simon Elliott: (1) http://www.browsing.co.uk/cat The big white tab annoys me. :-) Mark Keating: (2) http://agaton.scsys.co.uk/~matthewt/catsite/cat_mock_web_001.png The Catalyst logo as a crop circle is a very powerful mental moniker. I love that.

[Catalyst] Catalyst site design drafts feedback thread

2008-06-11 Thread Matt S Trout
Ok, here's how this is going to work: We're going to have one round of feedback, I'll give it a week or two or until this thread stops getting new posts. The designs are numbered so we have a simple way to refer to them; I've presented them in alphabetical order by creator surname. Feedback shou

Re: [Catalyst] Authorization ACL: future plans?

2008-06-11 Thread ivorw
Jonathan, thank you for a most thought provoking reply. I couldn't work out whether you were playing devil's advocate, or if you completely believe that my generic approach is doomed to failure. I may get it wrong, but I will learn from the experience. There is no failure, only feedback. Saying "I

Re: [Catalyst] Frequent crashes with DBI using test server?

2008-06-11 Thread Knut-Olav Hoven
I have had similar problems using DBIC directly when running the dev server. I don't know why that happens, but maybe the perl HTTP server does not clean up everything it should after each request, or something (something, [...]) It runs on FastCGI with no problems at all (10 or 20 procs, don't