"CouchDB is a database at home with the web." Or "...comfortable with the web."
Regarding fonts, I feel like a beer drinker at a wine tasting. They both look fine to me. 2010/4/13 Robert Newson <[email protected]> > Very nice design. s/geared for the web/designed for the web/ ? > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:41 PM, Paweł Stawicki <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I like the new design. Font is not so important for me, can be old one, > can > > be new one. > > > > -- > > Paweł Stawicki > > http://pawelstawicki.blogspot.com > > http://szczecin.jug.pl > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 22:35, J Chris Anderson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > >> On Apr 13, 2010, at 1:22 PM, James Fisher wrote: > >> > >> > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:40 PM, J Chris Anderson <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> On Apr 13, 2010, at 12:21 PM, James Fisher wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> Apalling internet connection atm. Try: > >> >> http://i41.tinypic.com/156aeds.jpg > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> I really like the simplicity. > >> >> > >> >> > >> > Thanks. > >> > > >> > > >> >> I think you will have a hard time convincing people to change the > word > >> mark > >> >> associated with the current CouchDB / Relax logo. If you can go back > to > >> the > >> >> old (less relaxing) font and type-setting for that, > >> > > >> > > >> > Mmm, I do wonder how ingrained it is. I suppose the pros and cons > are: > >> > > >> > --- > >> > > >> > Myriad (if that is what it is) pros: > >> > > >> > * Expensive. Possibly gives a subconscious feel of luxury. > >> > * Already used. If (if) CouchDB already has a well-ingrained brand > >> > identity, it's wise to keep it. > >> > >> I think the "Already used" point is the most salient. There are already > a > >> ton of t-shirts, releases, etc all using the current logo. > >> > >> I think if we were gonna move from the current logo / word mark, we'd > only > >> move to something even more expensive. But that's my opinion... > >> > >> CouchDB is relaxing, but overplaying that too much can scare away people > >> who want to use it for serious things. > >> > >> > * Presumably has a much better character set if it's ever going to be > >> used > >> > extensively (I doubt it). > >> > > >> > cons: > >> > > >> > * Expensive. Even my own warez collection of fonts hasn't managed to > >> hoover > >> > it up. I doubt many people except professional graphic artists own a > >> > genuine copy. > >> > * Extensively used by Apple (http://www.apple.com/ I don't think > there's > >> > much they produce that *isn't* in Myriad). I suppose you could call > that > >> a > >> > pro if you want to piggyback; but I don't think the CouchDB identity > fits > >> > very well with brushed aluminium. I don't want to kick back on an > >> aluminium > >> > couch. > >> > * (my own feeling is that it is) a bit too formal. It has a "friendly > >> > high-class business" feel (can't find the words there). E.g. > >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriad_%28typeface%29 mentions it's used > by > >> All > >> > Nippon business class flights. > >> > > >> > --- > >> > > >> > Candela pros: > >> > > >> > * I think it looks like a couch, in a hard-to-define way. > >> > * Free (and libre) (at least for the purposes of @font-face and any > other > >> > CouchDB literature, AFAICT from the license). > >> > * Untrammelled by other prominent commercial use -- making it > potentially > >> > highly distinctive as "that CouchDB font". > >> > > >> > cons: > >> > > >> > * CouchDB community rebellion against it? (?!) > >> > > >> > --- > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >> and perhaps drop the saturation on the Cyan (light-blue-grey would be > >> nice > >> >> I think) you'd be getting somewhere. > >> >> > >> > > >> > I agree with you there, I think. Alternatively, turn up the > brightness. > >> > Doing a bit of both helps. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >> > >> >>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Julian Moritz < > >> [email protected] > >> >>> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>>> Hi, > >> >>>> > >> >>>> James Fisher schrieb: > >> >>>>> I've no idea if I can attach PNGs here, but here goes. Find > attached > >> >>>>> one proposed design. Only Inkscape atm, but I should be able to > >> >> convert > >> >>>>> to HTML with little fuss. A few notes: > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> Let me know if > >> >>>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> no png attached. Seems you've been interupted while writing this > >> email? > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Regards > >> >>>> Julian > >> >>>> > >> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Noah Slater <[email protected] > >> >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> On 13 Apr 2010, at 13:54, James Fisher wrote: > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>>> Certainly will do. I'm doing some rough sketches now; might get > >> >>>>> something > >> >>>>>> up in the next couple of days. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> Please take a look at these designs: > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> Homepage: > >> >>>>> http://twitpic.com/pme28/full > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> Homepage/Downloads: > >> >>>>> http://twitpic.com/pmetj/full > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> Homepage/Screenshots: > >> >>>>> http://twitpic.com/pmevr/full > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> Wiki: > >> >>>>> http://twitpic.com/pmexo/full > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> Wiki/Syntax reference: > >> >>>>> http://twitpic.com/pmf2r/full > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> I think we all agreed at the time that this was a good way > forward > >> >>>>> for the site. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> Search the dev mailing list for "Website redesign" and maybe get > in > >> >>>>> touch with: > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> maddiin <[email protected] <mailto: > >> >>>> [email protected]>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> He was doing most of the work on this last time! > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> Thanks, > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> N > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > > > -- Phil Rand [email protected] [email protected]
