Re: [CsMain] Website Theme Mockup

On 2/17/2010 1:48 PM, Denis Washington wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 February 2010 17:24:27 pm res wrote:
>> Looks nice. For my personal taste, the current color scheme is somewhat
>> too pastel-y.
>> Besides my subjective opinion, since the shades of blue are relatively
>> light, there is not much contrast between the white background or text.
>> So darkening things would probably improve readability.
> The pastely-ness was a deliberate descision - from my experience, such a color
> scheme generally gives a feeling of professionalism, and that impression was
> what I wanted to archieve. I might overestimate this effect, however.

I find this pastel color scheme quite professional looking and do not 
feel that it needs much change. As Frank points out, however, there is a 
bit of problem with both the blue and off-black text somewhat fading 
into the background. This does introduce a bit of strain on the eyes and 
makes it somewhat difficult to focus on the text, though this is 
nit-picking. Overall, the mock-up is very nice.

>> Since "CrystalSpace 3D" and "CrystalSpace" are already used synonymously
>> it might be better to use additional "qualifiers" if when clarity is
>> needed, such as "CrystalSpace 3D engine" for the engine, "CrystalSpace
>> project"/"community" for the umbrella.
> This would be another, if slightly more ackward, solution. But I don't think
> it would be hard to adjust to the "CrystalSpace" / "CrystalSpace 3D"
> difference, and taking that route would make for a somewhat nicer branding for
> advertising (in the open-source sense, that is). Otherwise, there is always
> the chance of confusion of CrystalSpace-the-engine and CrystalSpace-the-
> complete-development-kit. Or exotic questions like "is the CrystalSpace
> community the community working on CrystalSpace or on CEL(start) too?" The
> suggested branding change would provide clarity.

Perhaps "Crystal Space SDK" is more descriptive than "Crystal Space 3D" 
for what is being termed 'engine' above.

-- ES

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