[Clipart] Frameshow.com & OpenClipArt.Org synergies

[Jon Phillips]

Cool!

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Aris Filokostas<aris at likno.com> wrote:
> Hello,
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> My name is Aris Filokostas and I am the founder of a small team of Greek web
> developers in Athens, Greece.
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> We are developing the following community-driven web portal for *frame
> designs*:
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> http://www.frameshow.com
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> We are now experimenting with a new free application in Adobe Air.
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> Just download the “AIR” version from here to see what it can do (it is on
> BETA so please be nice with us for any bugs!):
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> http://www.frameshow.com/download.htm
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> Now, the reason I contact you is that I see room for a beneficial tight
> cooperation between our two complimentary services.
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Cool

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> We evaluate several options for adding *attributed* cliparts inside the
> application so that users can enrich their designs with them. One of these
> solutions could be yours.
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> We will attribute every added clipart to the respective Designer and
> OpenClipArt.Org, so you have the opportunity to gain popularity to our
> growing user base.
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> We would also like to help you in growing your service with certain actions.
> We have already processed and converted ALL cliparts into the PNG format
> (not thumbnails but actual size), which is more appropriate for use by the
> end-user. We can send you the PNG files to add them as another download
> option (apart from the tumbnail PNG and the SVG file). In that way, we will
> be able to direct all our user base to your website in order to SEARCH FOR
> and DOWNLOAD additional cliparts into an application. This means free
> awareness and more exposure for the designer and OpenClicpArt.Org, as all
> our users will get very well acquainted with your service.
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Ok, so you are asking that we you want big png files. What size? We
can consider it.

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> We also believe that it would be a good idea to create a full CATALOG
> (index) of all designs, so that the end-user can download and browse small
> thumbnails of all designs OFFLINE, decide which ones she likes and then
> visit your website to download the particular designs. This will save your
> website from the "too many connections" problem, etc.
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This could be done. Do you have problems with "too many connections"
errors? I hope not.

We are an open source project, so are not directed by any company. Is
this something your company would like to fund as a feature to add? It
would be cool.

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> There is also an immediate need to improve the SEARCH mechanism. For
> example, if I want to find the file "ryanlerch_Children_Playing.svg" there
> is no way I can find this easily. The search mechanism has many problems at
> its current state.
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Yes, when we upgrade to the new ccHost, we will get much better
searching (and other things!).

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> We want to cooperate so that we can improve both services, let us know if
> the above are a good starting point. We are open to suggestions.
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Great! Please answer the questions and move things forward.

> Finally, can we talk with your management team through SKYPE to elaborate on
> the concept and describe certain problems we encountered on your service
> (with suggestions for fixes)?

Ok, the best is to just keep them coming or to file them as bugs. We
have a new site nearing completion which will address 90% of your
concerns, I'm convinced.

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> Thanks!
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> Best Regards,
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> Aris Filokostas
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> Likno.com
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> websites
> http://www.frameshow.com  Frame your digital photos with ease!
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