[odf-discuss] Banner idea

[Jean Hollis Weber]

Daniel Carrera wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-12-23 at 23:04 +0000, Daniel Carrera wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Proposal for the ODF Viewer banner. This will show you the sort of thing
>> I'm thinking of:
>>
>> http://opendocumentfellowship.org/~daniel/viewer-banner6.png
> 
> Btw. If people like this design, then I think that the next step is to
> make an animated GIF where the first frame has the logo and says
> "OpenDocument Format" and then it fades into this banner6 image. So the
> effect would be:
> 
> OpenDocument ... Get the viewer
> 
> The animated GIF is not suitable for all contexts btw. Some sites will
> prefer to use a static image like the one above and introduce
> OpenDocument in the context of the site (e.g. inside a section titled
> OpenDocument).
> 
> The animated GIF and the static PNG just serve different uses.

Daniel, I really like your design and the colours you chose. (I 
didn't like Pete's background colour, which you called orange but 
I see as yellow-gold.) And thank you for providing the series of 
images showing the steps you took to arrive at the final design. 
It's a fascinating example of how small changes can make a big 
difference.

I agree that an animated GIF as you described is a good thing to 
have.

I would also like to have a smaller button (maybe around 120x30) 
to use in some places where yours would be too big. I tried 
scaling down your image but it didn't look so great to me at the 
smaller size -- the letters were a bit thin and the logo is a bit 
too small for my taste. I think a bit of tweaking on a smaller 
button would make it look equally good. Also, I would like the 
small button to say "Get ODF Viewer".

Yes, I know, the rest of the group hasn't even agreed to the 
basic design. :)

Cheers, Jean