[Clipart] Tasks for 'openclipart' package

[Bryce Harrington]

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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