Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-04-01 Thread G. Milde
On 31.03.08, Michael Thompson wrote: On the question of screenshots, a) it bugs me that the illustrations are all in a serif font, which should never be used on a screen, unless it's maybe old courier. Well, we should provide at least one screenshot resembling the appearance of LyX

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-04-01 Thread G. Milde
On 31.03.08, Michael Thompson wrote: On the question of screenshots, a) it bugs me that the illustrations are all in a serif font, which should never be used on a screen, unless it's maybe old courier. Well, we should provide at least one screenshot resembling the appearance of LyX

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-04-01 Thread G. Milde
On 31.03.08, Michael Thompson wrote: > On the question of screenshots, > a) it bugs me that the illustrations are all in a serif font, > which should never be used on a screen, unless it's maybe old > courier. Well, we should provide at least one screenshot resembling the appearance of LyX

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-03-31 Thread Rex C. Eastbourne
Paul A. Rubin wrote: Looks very nice. I have a few minor suggestions, mostly pertaining to the home page: 1. I would include the word license in the link to the license. Currently only Free Software / Open Source is highlighted, so it's slightly unclear whether this is a link to the actual

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-03-31 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Rex C. Eastbourne wrote: 2. I suggest a direct link to the visual tour, or at least the screenshots, in the left margin. When I'm shopping for software, that's usually one of the first things I seek out, and I'll sometimes not bother poking around a site if I can't see screenshots early on.

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-03-31 Thread Dominik Waßenhoven
Paul A. Rubin schrieb: Rex C. Eastbourne wrote: [...] What do you suggest for the visual tour aspect? Just to sum up, currently there is a link on the sidebar that says Visual Tour. [...] I think the current setup is fine. At the risk of redundancy, it might be worth including a

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-03-31 Thread Michael Thompson
Man, the website is amazing! I just wish the cool playground block letters of the old website could replace this incoherent three lets-have-fun-colors + Times Roman silliness. On the question of screenshots, a) it bugs me that the illustrations are all in a serif font, which should never

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-03-31 Thread Pavel Sanda
On the question of screenshots, a) it bugs me that the illustrations are all in a serif font, which should never be used on a screen, unless it's maybe old courier. Michael, feel free to re-create pictures in screenshot section and/or graphical tour. the screenshots you sent are fine,

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-03-31 Thread Michael Thompson
Michael, feel free to re-create pictures in screenshot section and/or graphical tour. the screenshots you sent are fine, just use standard colors and composition of toolbars. pavel Sorry, the lyx background was the strong light, back porch version, which looks pretty goofy. I have been

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-03-31 Thread Rex C. Eastbourne
Paul A. Rubin wrote: Looks very nice. I have a few minor suggestions, mostly pertaining to the home page: 1. I would include the word license in the link to the license. Currently only Free Software / Open Source is highlighted, so it's slightly unclear whether this is a link to the actual

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-03-31 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Rex C. Eastbourne wrote: 2. I suggest a direct link to the visual tour, or at least the screenshots, in the left margin. When I'm shopping for software, that's usually one of the first things I seek out, and I'll sometimes not bother poking around a site if I can't see screenshots early on.

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-03-31 Thread Dominik Waßenhoven
Paul A. Rubin schrieb: Rex C. Eastbourne wrote: [...] What do you suggest for the visual tour aspect? Just to sum up, currently there is a link on the sidebar that says Visual Tour. [...] I think the current setup is fine. At the risk of redundancy, it might be worth including a

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-03-31 Thread Michael Thompson
Man, the website is amazing! I just wish the cool playground block letters of the old website could replace this incoherent three lets-have-fun-colors + Times Roman silliness. On the question of screenshots, a) it bugs me that the illustrations are all in a serif font, which should never

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-03-31 Thread Pavel Sanda
On the question of screenshots, a) it bugs me that the illustrations are all in a serif font, which should never be used on a screen, unless it's maybe old courier. Michael, feel free to re-create pictures in screenshot section and/or graphical tour. the screenshots you sent are fine,

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-03-31 Thread Michael Thompson
Michael, feel free to re-create pictures in screenshot section and/or graphical tour. the screenshots you sent are fine, just use standard colors and composition of toolbars. pavel Sorry, the lyx background was the strong light, back porch version, which looks pretty goofy. I have been

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-03-31 Thread Rex C. Eastbourne
Paul A. Rubin wrote: Looks very nice. I have a few minor suggestions, mostly pertaining to the home page: 1. I would include the word "license" in the link to the license. Currently only "Free Software / Open Source" is highlighted, so it's slightly unclear whether this is a link to the

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-03-31 Thread Paul A. Rubin
Rex C. Eastbourne wrote: 2. I suggest a direct link to the visual tour, or at least the screenshots, in the left margin. When I'm shopping for software, that's usually one of the first things I seek out, and I'll sometimes not bother poking around a site if I can't see screenshots early on.

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-03-31 Thread Dominik Waßenhoven
Paul A. Rubin schrieb: > Rex C. Eastbourne wrote: >> >> [...] >> What do you suggest for the "visual tour" aspect? Just to sum up, >> currently there is a link on the sidebar that says "Visual Tour." > > [...] > I think the current setup is fine. At the risk of redundancy, it might > be worth

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-03-31 Thread Michael Thompson
Man, the website is amazing! I just wish the cool playground block letters of the old website could replace this incoherent three lets-have-fun-colors + Times Roman silliness. On the question of screenshots, a) it bugs me that the illustrations are all in a serif font, which should never

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-03-31 Thread Pavel Sanda
> On the question of screenshots, > > a) it bugs me that the illustrations are all in a serif font, > which should never be used on a screen, unless it's maybe old > courier. Michael, feel free to re-create pictures in screenshot section and/or graphical tour. the screenshots you sent are

Re: Visual Tour (Was: New LyX website)

2008-03-31 Thread Michael Thompson
> Michael, feel free to re-create pictures in screenshot section and/or > graphical tour. the screenshots you sent are fine, just use standard > colors and composition of toolbars. > > pavel > Sorry, the lyx background was the strong light, back porch version, which looks pretty goofy. I have