[Clipart] Tasks for 'openclipart' package

[Bryce Harrington]

I went ahead and did a 0.2 with the metadata; hope that's cool.
Just has the author/title/license info.

Bryce

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> Hi Aki,
> 
> I was looking at your scandinavian service signs - would you mind
> sending in a version 0.2 with metadata added?
> 
> Bryce
> 
> On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, [ISO-8859-1] "Áki G. Karlsson" wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> > 
> > >>mechanism previously suggested. I think it would be a real incentive for 
> > >>people to submit their work. Maybe we should go the extra mile of having 
> > >>a "display" page open when the thumbnails are clicked where the comments 
> > >>would show below the image, similar to art.gnome.org for example. It 
> > >>could also take care of issues concerning the display of svg in some 
> > >>browsers using an <embed> tag or some such thing (and even display the 
> > >>svg horizontally centered and offset from top - a real novelty!).
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >
> > >Good idea, I've added it to the roadmap - want to mock something up?
> > >  
> > >
> > I'll mock something up for a 'display' page and send you the URL.
> > 
> > >>Some things concerning the website:
> > >>- While I generally like spartan design, I feel that "the clipart site 
> > >>to end all clipart sites" could be a tad more lively. Even a simple 
> > >>logo, or a logo proposition, in the top left would go a long way.
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >
> > >Yeah, we had tried to make a logo earlier but had a hard time getting
> > >something good so decided to wait until good artists with better ideas
> > >showed up.
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > I liked the boxes and the OCAL letters. It might be a good idea to 
> > repeat the call for logos...
> > 
> > >>- The colors are quite drab, and the umbilical cord with the Inkscape 
> > >>site needs to be severed. How do you think a white/off-white combination 
> > >>would look?
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >
> > >You're probably right; we just needed to get something up quick, since
> > >there was so much stuff needing to get set up.  I think if someone was
> > >willing to put in the time to experiment with some redesign ideas, we
> > >definitely could improve the site a good bit.  You're right that it has
> > >the inkscape look a bit too strongly, and would be nice to gain a more
> > >distinctive look.  
> > >
> > >The one thing we really like about the current site is that it's all
> > >self-contained (no dependencies to phpNuke or the like), and is quite
> > >easy to edit and maintain (thanks to CSS).  So with a new site design we 
> > >would want to retain those characteristics
> > >  
> > >
> > I like those characteristics as well. I'll use the mockup to propose 
> > some changes...
> > 
> > >>- This clipart site has no images! Which is original, but contrary to 
> > >>every expectation. The browseable index will fix that though.
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >
> > >Yeah, tell me about it; it's strange having such an imageless site.
> > >Really, it's just a matter of needing folks to put some time into it -
> > >so far it's just been me and rejon (mainly rejon).  So we definitely
> > >have room to get more people involved in jazzing up the site.
> > >  
> > >
> > 
> > If you care to add me, I'd be more than willing to put in some work. I'm 
> > not the best designer in the world, but I make webpages for a living, so 
> > that's something.
> > 
> > Some more thoughts:
> > It is not entirely correct that the site has no images.... There are the 
> > screenshots, which is something one would expect from an 
> > application-specific site. Come to think of it though, there are at 
> > least two useful roles for screenshots on this site: Something like the 
> > "Inkscape in use" page, demonstrating "sessions", showing the apps that 
> > people are using and giving indication of how they're using them. This 
> > helps developing artists become more application savvy and is hence 
> > useful. The other use is to show screenshots of productivity 
> > applications using the clipart. An example I can think of is OpenOffice 
> > with the clipart collection set up by fenix's installer, scribus 
> > importing OCAL clipart etc. This is publicity, and also useful for users 
> > IMHO.
> > 
> > Best regards
> > 
> > Áki
> > 
> > 
> > 
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