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Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 01:57:11 +0000
From: "Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
Organization: Caltech/JPL
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To: "Henry B. Hotz" <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
CC: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>, docs@postgreSQL.org
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Re: New logo PostreSQL
References: <36970055.54083774@alumni.caltech.edu> from "Thomas G.
	Lockhart" at "Jan 9,
	1999  7: 8: 5 am" <v03130305b2c19978efb0@[137.78.84.130]>
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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