Re: The header on www.uk.gnome.org

["Thomas Thurman" <thomas thurman org uk>]

On 23/10/06, Calum Benson <Calum Benson sun com> wrote:

On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 10:31 -0400, Thomas Thurman wrote:
> Most of the other GNOME sites have some kind of landscape along the
> top header. www.uk.gnome.org uses the same style but has a Union Jack.
> I think it might be better to use a landscape, both for uniformity
> with the rest of the site and because the Union Jack has rather
> jingoistic overtones these days.
>
> Something like this, maybe:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:White_cliffs_of_dover_09_2004.jpg

I somewhat agree, but you don't think "The White Cliffs of Dover" has
jingoistic overtones too?  Or am I just showing my age? :)

/me shudders at a sudden flashback to the Robson and Jerome version

Oh, probably, but at least it's a natural feature rather than a product of the state. I'm not sure what other scene would do: I think the other recognisable options are mostly London, and the world has quite enough London-centricism already.

Or, hey, how about Stonehenge?

peace

Thomas