From: Thomas G. Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
To: Henry B. Hotz <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: docs@postgreSQL.org
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Re: New logo PostreSQL
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 01:57:11 +0000
Message-ID: <369BFD77.1319842B@alumni.caltech.edu> (raw)
References: <36970055.54083774@alumni.caltech.edu>
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> >> http://www.mulberrytech.com
> >> green and white (with a bit of blue) suprisingly nice look
> >Nice look.
> Agree. There may be about as much real stuff as the other sites have,
> but it doesn't look busy or cluttered at all. The simple color scheme
> makes it easier on the eyes than most web sites. Very elegant!
> >> http://www.w3.org
> >> nice clean logo and look. Too many links on page
> >Not sure. Didn't grab me.
> Not as good as Mulberrytech, but not bad.
> >> http://www.javasoft.com
> >> nice look. Currently has a dumb truck graphic...
> >Too much stuff/scroll. No spread.
> Takes *way* too long to load. Only barely avoids overusing color in
> places. This one looks to me like the designer was told to use every
> trick in the book once on the page.
No duh! It's the JavaSoft page, for gosh sakes! What do we expect? :)
> In summary: let's not let our (obvious) interest in the technology
> obscure the real information we are trying to communicate. A simple
> design without any gaffes will avoid distracting from that
> information.
You're not off the hook that easily. We have already acknowledged that
we are design-impaired. And a good book on design won't cure us. So we
are trying to survey web sites and propose candidate looks. Got one or a
few to suggest which have the right look?
TIA
- Tom
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