From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anand Kumria Subject: Re: RFC: Website redesign Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:39:00 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <3175605f-ff32-4fd6-bed3-7ae596ecbcde@q1g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <2c6b72b30804140656g14c24d8cwae016d62fe12f4a7@mail.gmail.com> <56e37551-4b8f-4164-a71d-79dba8635b7d@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com> <96F7571C-1D9D-4F0A-99F1-A2307DAB0374@wincent.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Apr 14 22:40:17 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JlVTB-0002Lu-9e for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:40:05 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758467AbYDNUjR (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:39:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758263AbYDNUjR (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:39:17 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:54292 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758057AbYDNUjQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:39:16 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JlVSK-00036U-Db for git@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:39:12 +0000 Received: from 62-31-42-82.cable.ubr03.dals.blueyonder.co.uk ([62.31.42.82]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:39:12 +0000 Received: from wildfire by 62-31-42-82.cable.ubr03.dals.blueyonder.co.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:39:12 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 62-31-42-82.cable.ubr03.dals.blueyonder.co.uk User-Agent: Pan/0.132 (Waxed in Black) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:29:00 +0200, Sverre Rabbelier wrote: > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Wincent Colaiuta > wrote: >> With all due respect, all of the designs you've posted look like >> _weblog_ >> templates, and that doesn't seem appropriate to me for a software >> website. One of the things I most dislike about the weblog format is >> the fixed-width centre column and the large tracks of wasted space down >> the sides; That is basically the current "Web 2.0 style". One of the "hotties" is a software project, and Free Software at that. I think the designs are a good first starting point. You have a range of colour schemes there, I think you need to pick one or two visuals -- and some appropriate icons (3D pandas? bender the robot? herring?) as well. Cheers, Anand