[Zope3-dev] Icon/Graphic Design for Zope 3

sathya sathya@zeomega.com
Thu, 07 Nov 2002 13:53:27 -0500


deb , naveen and suresh are working on thru the web configuration . we 
are using  crummy icons for some of the components.
we can compile a list  and explain what they are . maybe your expertise 
with icon design will help.please let me know  if you are interested.

thanks
sathya

Rob Foster wrote:

> To Kapil:
> Thanks for the screenshot, I hadn't seen that before.
>
> To Kit:
> Please send me whatever you've got in Illustrator, I'm sure it will  
> help.
>
> To Everyone:
> 1. What is the bar that sits under the logo? What does it do (I've  
> never seen it before)?
> 2. What's the easiest way to get z3 installed on Mac OS X (I'm not a  
> Unix expert by any means, so any help would be appreciated)?
>
> Thanks for all the comments, etc. I agree with Jean Jordaan... I 
> think  the current look and feel (while pretty) might be a little 
> bloated. It  would be great to roll some of it into css so it can be 
> more modular.  I'll work a little on that and see what happens. I like 
> Plone, but I  think it's a little too flat... It would be nice to 
> marry the two  somehow.
>
> <soapbox>
> I think if the look and feel and UI tastyness/ease of use get a nice  
> upgrade, it could really help the adoption rate of Zope for  
> non-techies. Two good case studies for this are the weblog 
> applications  Movable Type and Blogger.
> </soapbox>
>
> Rob
>
>
>
> On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 12:55  PM, kapil thangavelu wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday 06 November 2002 03:50 pm, Rob Foster wrote:
>>
>>> Allow me to appeal to the right side of your brain for a moment...
>>
>>
>> when i consider that emacs is the ideal ui, i wonder if that side 
>> has  died ;-)
>>
>>> I am a graphic designer with a passion for excellent icon design. I
>>> would really like to get involved with the design efforts for Zope 
>>> 3.  I
>>> have pretty good experience with Zope for a graphic guy and I'd 
>>> like  to
>>> offer my design services.
>>>
>>> I've got eight years of web design experience under my belt.
>>> I can create metaphorically sound icons that look great.
>>> I can css my way out of several paper bags.
>>>
>>> So how do I go about it?
>>
>>
>> i'd recommend installing zope3 and looking at the zope top interface.
>>
>> speaking of which is there a z3 install doc somewhere?
>>
>> a quick preview of the design on which its based.
>>
>> http://cvs.zope.org/Packages/MoZTop/laguna/ 
>> laguna_xp.gif?rev=1.1&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup
>>
>> -k
>>
>
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