Aaagh! Re: [Clipart] new site design in progress

[Alan Horkan]

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004, Bryce Harrington wrote:

> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 22:52:04 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Bryce Harrington <bryce at bryceharrington.com>
> To: Jonadab the Unsightly One <jonadab at bright.net>
> Cc: clipart at freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: Aaagh! Re: [Clipart] new site design in progress
>
> On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Jonadab the Unsightly One wrote:
> > Alan Horkan <horkana at maths.tcd.ie> writes:
> >
> > > I really preferred the old layout.
> >
> > I (mostly) liked what we saw in the screenshot, but what is up now is
> > much worse.  Are these changes deliberate, or are we designing around
> > a specific browser?
>
> Guys, I think the commentary could be toned down a few notches.
> Certainly there's work still to be done but rejon's doing an amazing
> amount of work here.  The feedback is helpful, although I think it could
> be phrased a bit more constructively.  Usually a screenshot is
> sufficient to indicate the issue.

It is just that the previous site was so good.  It is not that I dont
appreciate all the effort that Jon has gone to but the results speak for
themselves.  This started off as a logo change, not a complete overhaul.
The logo change and shrinking of the submit box would have been plenty.

- Alan