Re: another GNOME comp, 2

[Ryan Muldoon <rpmuldoon students wisc edu>]

> On 14 Dec 2000, Ryan Muldoon wrote:
> 
> > There is a GNOME palette, and gnome-looking graphics.
> 
> Since when?
> 
> There is only tradition, and tradition can be changed at will (for
> precedent, look at the latest www.gnome.org, which used none of the
> "brown" colors of previous web sites).
> 
> Let your imagination run wild,



Sure, there are no official GNOME colors.  But there is a tradition.
Personally, I really don't like the colors of the current website, or
the blue swoosh things, or the "computing made easy".  Why?  It didn't
make me think of GNOME.  Look at Apple's website.  Or Microsoft's.  Or
Be's.  All of them have an interface that is similar to that of the
GUI.  To me, that is a good thing.  I think Helixcode's website does an
excellent job of this - gnome.org should strive to do the same.  The
website should be pushing the platform - to do that, you need to show
the "mood" of gnome.  To me, part of gnome's appeal is its
aesthetic.  Maybe I'm alone in that.  In my experience designing
websites, those that are successful push the mood of the content.  The
framework should be so good, it is transparent to the user.  


    --Ryan