From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 9 06:10:43 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC466106566C for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2012 06:10:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy5-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy5.bluehost.com [IPv6:2605:dc00:100:2::a5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6EF668FC08 for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2012 06:10:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 1951 invoked by uid 0); 9 Apr 2012 06:10:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 9 Apr 2012 06:10:43 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.com; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=rG8SHTeN2lHCUYuWw2m+hfHVq3vQN+lG95m+lQ+XkIA=; b=ZKaT4v0E7D+0x7CG0d240m1izDvZoYaBrH8NmRni2uLX7zN0MMMCK68AqXlfot5d8CTadhqZ5C+zE83ZI8GVpns8u9+Dc5A/ybAs7N42kOR0cxMobrQIOhBJtbfO5v1f; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=localhost) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SH7oI-0002eH-K1 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:10:42 -0600 Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 00:10:41 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120409061041.GA19613@hemlock.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <037B3FEC-F9C0-434F-BB9A-C299D4BE45B5@fisglobal.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <037B3FEC-F9C0-434F-BB9A-C299D4BE45B5@fisglobal.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} 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 06:10:43 -0000 On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 10:16:49AM -0700, Devin Teske wrote: > On Apr 8, 2012, at 5:40 AM, Tony wrote: > > > > http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/ > > It's like a punch-line almost. > > I admit to enjoying the "Helvetica Trailer" video linked-to above. > > I even admit to liking the proposed motto's. > > But I disagree with any sentiment that designcouncil.org.uk embodies > the same clean lines and well-thought-out design that is being > encouraged here. Most egregious is the mishmash of serif with > sans-serif and misaligned content areas. I thought maybe you were just being snarky here, but then I took a look at the site. I actually had a minimal "education" in design, once upon a time, and the first thing I think when I see the Design Council site is "Was that thing designed by children?" It is nothing like what Tony suggests would be a good approach to the design of the FreeBSD site, which is actually a good recommendation for the design he suggests for the FreeBSD site. Gawd, it's comically bad for something called the "Design Council", unless you take the name as an ironic reference to the idea that design by committee is a horrible idea. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]