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From: Dave Page <[email protected]>
To: Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
To: Alexey Borzov <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Applying new design
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 17:11:42 +0100
Message-ID: <E7F85A1B5FF8D44C8A1AF6885BC9A0E4306429@ratbert.vale-housing.co.uk> (raw)

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Eisentraut
> Sent: 14 September 2004 16:55
> To: Alexey Borzov; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Applying new design
> 
> Alexey Borzov wrote:
> > As usual, the results are available at 
> > http://alexey.beta.postgresql.org/
> >
> > I also took the opportunity to create a simpler and more consistent 
> > navigation (although it's not yet finished).
> 
> A designer who was once hired to advise on the "art" stuff 
> while I was coding told me, the human eye always looks for 
> lines and edges.  I like your design and organization 
> overall, but the fuzzy, weak, double lines that you use to 
> delimit boxes are definitely a design mistake under the above 
> rule.  Go for sharp edges and some color contrast.

Hi Peter,

The design was submitted by a guy called Lukasz who was kind enough to
produce it for us for free. When it was submitted I forwarded the design
to the list and the overwhelming response was that everyone thought it
was just what we wanted. As I recall, the only, even slightly negative
comment was that we should maybe try a non-shiny version of the logo.

Whilst I agree that the eye does look for lines and edges, in this case
I think the lines are sufficiently sharp that they do the job they are
intended to, but are soft enough to retain the style that we all liked.

Regards, Dave.

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