Re: another GNOME comp, 2

["Duane Richards" <duane extrawebs com>]

My name is Duane Richards, I've followed this list for several weeks now and
I am interested in contributing some code and experience to the gnome
website.

I think that this is where we need to start and I agree with Ryan that the
interface should be as seamless as possible between the gnome desktop and
the website if possible even to the level of inheriting some features of the
users desktop settings. For example there are different themes that can be
applied to gkrellm and the desktop windows themselves. Could we allow these
same themes to be applied to certain areas of the website?

I also agree that we should try and keep the overall 'mood' of the original
design and to model Helixcode's site would not be a bad thing.

duane
----- Original Message -----
From: Ryan Muldoon <rpmuldoon students wisc edu>
To: Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>
Cc: <gnome-web-list gnome org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: another GNOME comp, 2


> > 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
>
>
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