CouchDB is a database built for the Web.
Or, like I already mentioned, we could use this quote:
"Let me tell you something: Django may be built for the Web, but
CouchDB is built of the Web."
- http://jacobian.org/writing/of-the-web/
Thoughts?
On 17 Apr 2010, at 17:21, Phil Rand wrote:
> "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]
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