From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 9 04:04:09 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70E3E106564A for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2012 04:04:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eam1edward@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-f182.google.com (mail-ob0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 317278FC0C for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2012 04:04:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obbwc18 with SMTP id wc18so7066640obb.13 for ; Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:04:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=OjMDyp3HWodqlNpyQB+lT/IPses8cI9iA4Hi6UcLxRM=; b=SdLz5LSlhByWQEcTbEeyW6JrMC6tP//Vojb0yyfJDGlUPUvRPWAFw2lKCB7RZXv0qj jcSbHR2pLjp6a3Wol6QoTdwm5eheWGgswMwdr34anWOIGNlDIUkDw/BcA672cKOdVP0c +rTH4iC6IRT0fa76DNlcixK9LoFItPrWle9HmkOUZR8eKlzPSYECa1H2Qw9Fals3fuOK XaklJbLZ6Jcso5Clf/hoVb32ZVSV4wS5pA7D8adpE8viNxzp/f4LGnpe49qe6kYmKuCh Sp6pnXbTD7db7uhwTv7zgHBt5HopFbEV52wnoLyOeUpvbe40rBx09v3rq1tePdjIZD2z pH6g== Received: by 10.60.27.170 with SMTP id u10mr8059934oeg.50.1333944248802; Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:04:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([174.134.109.226]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id om2sm15111181obc.6.2012.04.08.21.04.07 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:04:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4F8260DD.5040204@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:09:01 -0700 From: Edward M User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120329 Thunderbird/11.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD's backwards webdesign / corporate identity X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:04:09 -0000 On 04/08/2012 05:40 AM, Tony wrote: > Hello! > > As much as I love FreeBSD, I'm a bit alarmed by its webdesign / corporate > identity. Since FreeBSD is the world's best OS, I believe it should have a > design that reflects this. A design that is so neutral and stripped of any > unnecessary details that the user's attention is directed straight on to > the content as opposed to how the content looks. A design that you can look > at over and over without getting annoyed. > > The current design is an uneven mix of various styles, and seems more > forced than well thought out. First you have the shiny Satanic 3D-lookalike > logo (yes, despite what y'all say, it's still Satanic) that might look cool > the first few times one looks at it. Now though it's more like "what the > hell *is* that thing anyway"? (ref: Tres > Logos > ) > > Then you have a surrounding layout trying to cater to that logo, but fails > miserably as it was made by programmers as opposed to people with an actual > education in design. There is no natural > flow and the whole thing just > comes off as corny - > and this makes us all look bad. I also hear > PostgreSQLis planning to sue FreeBSD for > stealing its design. > > I propose a new, supersimple look for FreeBSD based on > Helvetica. > No devil logo, no bells and whistles, just straight forward "FreeBSD" - the > world's best operating system. So simple that hardly anything it will go > out of fashion and need to be replaced, so simple that it'll remain as > current now as it will be a hundred years from now. > > "Perfection is achieved, not when there's nothing left to add, but when > there's nothing left to take away." > > Tony > http://siegelgale.com/ > http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Now your are starting to sound like a troll. get lost