Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Saturday 14 April 2012 07:54:40 Polytropon wrote: > > > > > Its 13 INCLUSIVE. You're calculating exclusive > > > > > > > > it also fits better to today's date. > > > > > > Fits even better next Friday! ;-) > > > > > oh, yeah, the big birthday bash. Is it organised via facebook? > > Who

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Teske, Devin
;> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:12 AM >>>>>> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>>>>> Cc: Julian H. Stacey; Tony; Steffen Daode Nurpmeso >>>>>> Subject: Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity >>>>>> &g

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Polytropon
freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > > > Cc: Julian H. Stacey; Tony; Steffen Daode Nurpmeso > > > > > Subject: Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity > > > > > > > > > > On Friday 13 April 2012 18:44:07 Steffen Daod

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Erich Dollansky
ti...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > > > > questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Erich Dollansky > > > > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:12 AM > > > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > > Cc: Julian H. Stacey; Tony; Steffen Daode Nurpmeso > > >

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Mike Woods
Quoting Sean Cavanaugh : > 13. > Not for all, though. 1945 - 1933 gives 12. Do I have to start a calculator now? Its 13 INCLUSIVE. You're calculating exclusive All i'm saying is, Iron Sky. :D Mike Woods Full of squishy cynicism ___

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Polytropon
@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Erich Dollansky > > > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:12 AM > > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > Cc: Julian H. Stacey; Tony; Steffen Daode Nurpmeso > > > Subject: Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity > >

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Erich Dollansky
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Cc: Julian H. Stacey; Tony; Steffen Daode Nurpmeso > > Subject: Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity > > > > Hi, > > > > On Friday 13 April 2012 18:44:07 Steffen Daode Nurpmeso wrote: > > > J

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Julian H. Stacey
> Once i went to Dachau with my school year in the mid-eighties our ( Happened to interest me, as I happen to live nearish, & into history), But to avoid being off remit for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions I set Re

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Steffen Daode Nurpmeso
> > > The 1000 year Reich lasted 6. > Do I have to start a calculator now? Once i went to Dachau with my school year in the mid-eighties our guide collected us (all) in a small, low-ceilinged room with a quadratic hole in the thick ceiling and spoke from conviction: Hier wurden keine Juden verg

RE: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
meso > Subject: Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity > > Hi, > > On Friday 13 April 2012 18:44:07 Steffen Daode Nurpmeso wrote: > > Julian H. Stacey wrote [2012-04-13 13:13+0200]: > > > The 1000 year Reich lasted 6. > > > > 13. > >

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Friday 13 April 2012 18:44:07 Steffen Daode Nurpmeso wrote: > Julian H. Stacey wrote [2012-04-13 13:13+0200]: > > The 1000 year Reich lasted 6. > > 13. > Not for all, though. 1945 - 1933 gives 12. Do I have to start a calculator now? Erich ___

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Steffen Daode Nurpmeso
Julian H. Stacey wrote [2012-04-13 13:13+0200]: > The 1000 year Reich lasted 6. 13. Not for all, though. --steffen Forza Figa! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, sen

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-13 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Tony, cc questions@ > I also hear > PostgreSQLis planning to sue FreeBSD for > stealing its design. URLs please. > I propose a new, supersimple look for FreeBSD based on > Helvetica. Requires Flash. 3rd party commercial bi

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-11 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Tony wrote: > The current design is an uneven mix of various styles, and seems more > forced than well thought out. First you have the shiny Satanic 3D-lookalike > logo (yes, despite what y'all say, it's still Satanic) that might look cool > the first few times one

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-11 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:29:42 +1000, Da Rock wrote: >> On 04/10/12 21:32, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: >> > Mark Felder  wrote: >> > >> >> Python on Planes is the future, mn. >> > Shouldn't that be spelled "plains", as in the places where the

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-11 Thread perryh
Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:29:42 +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > On 04/10/12 21:32, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > > Mark Felder wrote: > > > > > >> Python on Planes is the future, mn. > > > Shouldn't that be spelled "plains", as in the places where the > > > snake-containing gra

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-10 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Mon Apr 9 23:40:07 2012 > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:32:09 -0700 > From: per...@pluto.rain.com > To: f...@feld.me > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity > > Mar

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:29:42 +1000, Da Rock wrote: > On 04/10/12 21:32, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > Mark Felder wrote: > > > >> Python on Planes is the future, mn. > > Shouldn't that be spelled "plains", as in the places where the > > snake-containing grass grows? > > > > > > > > :-) > >

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread Da Rock
On 04/10/12 21:32, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Mark Felder wrote: Python on Planes is the future, mn. Shouldn't that be spelled "plains", as in the places where the snake-containing grass grows? :-) Ha! One would think so, but with ruby on rails one would think that python on plains

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread perryh
Mark Felder wrote: > Python on Planes is the future, mn. Shouldn't that be spelled "plains", as in the places where the snake-containing grass grows? :-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/fr

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread Polytropon
Allow me a few additions: On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 13:58:43 -0500 (CDT), Robert Bonomi wrote: > 2) Make sure *every* '' tag has a "meaningful" "alt=' field. (if it > is just a filler/spacer image, _still_ put an 'alt=" "' field on it. > This explicitly declares that the image has 'no conte

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread Robert Bonomi
Tony wrote: > > Hi all! > > Thanks everyone for all the feedback - it has been most helpful! > > Just to clarify, Siegel+Gale and the UK Design Council are just the places > where I work. I should have taken them out of my signature to avoid > confusion, my bad. > > I will start work on a major >

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread Lars Eighner
On Sun, 8 Apr 2012, Tony wrote: Satanic 3D-lookalike logo Satanic logo complaints: Hallmark of retarded trolls -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org maili

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread Mark Felder
On Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:55:07 -0500, Tony wrote: I will start work on a major Rails-based redesign I'm praying this is a troll. Ruby as a language is so broken, and anyone who has tried to host a Ruby project knows my pain. The only thing you could have said that would set off my troll sen

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread Tony
Hi all! Thanks everyone for all the feedback - it has been most helpful! Just to clarify, Siegel+Gale and the UK Design Council are just the places where I work. I should have taken them out of my signature to avoid confusion, my bad. I will start work on a major Rails-based

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 02:40:12PM +0200, Tony wrote: > Hello! > > As much as I love FreeBSD, I'm a bit alarmed by its webdesign / corporate > identity. Since FreeBSD is the world's best OS, I believe it should have a > design that reflects this. A design that is so neutral and stripped of any >

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-09 Thread Fabian Keil
Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 14:40:12 +0200, Tony wrote: > > As much as I love FreeBSD, I'm a bit alarmed by its webdesign / corporate > > identity. > > What's wrong with it? It's very accessible (especially for > blind users) and it presents the availabe information in a > structured

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-08 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 10:16:49AM -0700, Devin Teske wrote: > On Apr 8, 2012, at 5:40 AM, Tony wrote: > > > > http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/ > > It's like a punch-line almost. > > I admit to enjoying the "Helvetica Trailer" video linked-to above. > > I even admit to liking the proposed motto'

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-08 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 14:40:12 +0200, Tony wrote: > Hello! > > As much as I love FreeBSD, I'm a bit alarmed by its webdesign / corporate > identity. What's wrong with it? It's very accessible (especially for blind users) and it presents the availabe information in a structured way. Sure, it does not

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-08 Thread Edward M
On 04/08/2012 05:40 AM, Tony wrote: Hello! As much as I love FreeBSD, I'm a bit alarmed by its webdesign / corporate identity. Since FreeBSD is the world's best OS, I believe it should have a design that reflects this. A design that is so neutral and stripped of any unnecessary details that the

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-08 Thread RW
On Mon, 9 Apr 2012 01:25:54 +0200 Mikkel Bang wrote: > Den 23:44 8. april 2012 skrev RW > følgende: > > > > > The FreeBSD site isn't great, but this site is worse. > > > > Has no-one ever pointed-out the irony that the top 20% of the page > > bangs-on about simplifying, and has a "fight bloat on

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-08 Thread Da Rock
On 04/09/12 07:44, RW wrote: On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 14:40:12 +0200 Tony wrote: Tony http://siegelgale.com/ The FreeBSD site isn't great, but this site is worse. Has no-one ever pointed-out the irony that the top 20% of the page bangs-on about simplifying, and has a "fight bloat on your website" l

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-08 Thread RW
On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 14:40:12 +0200 Tony wrote: > Tony > http://siegelgale.com/ The FreeBSD site isn't great, but this site is worse. Has no-one ever pointed-out the irony that the top 20% of the page bangs-on about simplifying, and has a "fight bloat on your website" link, but the other 80% is a

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-08 Thread Devin Teske
On Apr 8, 2012, at 5:40 AM, Tony wrote: > Hello! > > As much as I love FreeBSD, [snip] > I propose a new, supersimple look for FreeBSD based on > Helvetica. [snip] > Tony [snip] > http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/ It's like a punch-line almost.

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-08 Thread Fbsd8
Tony wrote: Hello! As much as I love FreeBSD, I'm a bit alarmed by its webdesign / corporate identity. Since FreeBSD is the world's best OS, I believe it should have a design that reflects this. A design that is so neutral and stripped of any unnecessary details that the user's attention is dire

Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-08 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, not again. Erich On Sunday 08 April 2012 19:40:12 Tony wrote: > Hello! > > As much as I love FreeBSD, I'm a bit alarmed by its webdesign / corporate > identity. Since FreeBSD is the world's best OS, I believe it should have a > design that reflects this. A design that is so neutral and stri

FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity

2012-04-08 Thread Tony
Hello! As much as I love FreeBSD, I'm a bit alarmed by its webdesign / corporate identity. Since FreeBSD is the world's best OS, I believe it should have a design that reflects this. A design that is so neutral and stripped of any unnecessary details that the user's attention is directed straight