[squeak-dev] squeak.org - next iteration
Chris Cunnington
smalltalktelevision at gmail.com
Thu Jan 24 19:46:27 UTC 2013
On 2013-01-24 2:33 PM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> On 24.01.2013, at 10:10, Chris Cunnington
> <smalltalktelevision at gmail.com <mailto:smalltalktelevision at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
>> http://box3.squeak.org:8624/error
>> There is a nascent error message.
>>
>> (If anyone is wondering about attribution for that image, I looked at
>> the site it came from [1] and I do not see how it is supposed to be
>> attributed. AFAICT, the maker has not indicated who they are or
>> how they want to be attributed.).
>> [1] http://www.officialpsds.com/Hole-in-Paper-3-PSD50497.html
>
> It's great that you adopted my idea for the error page look. But it
> does not yet have that "ripped-open" feel, because in your version the
> inner shadows are missing, and the outer ones do not look
> smooth enough. Here are both for comparison again:
>
>
Inner shadows. OK. I think I mocked up a version, when you'd created a
complete gif. I'll go back and get yours.
> IMHO the error page should not have any of the frames but just a plain
> background and the hole in the middle (the nav bar is fine on top).
> And maybe 260 KBytes for an error image is a bit much? Mine is
> 20 KByte. I'm old-fashioned I guess, a quarter mega byte seems large
> to me ;)
260 Kbytes? I didn't notice. I'll use yours. And I'll remove some of the
framing.
>
> As for proper attribution, a small-print footer in the lower right
> corner should suffice (e.g. "graphic based on artwork by AMENAZAGFX").
OK. AMENAZAGFX it is.
>
> - Bert -
>
> PS: Perhaps proving my point above, the first version of this email
> bounced due to excessive size. Had to rescale your image, and save as
> jpeg.
>
>
>
If there is credit for the site being decent, and not my usual
half-baked job, it goes to Bert. Posts like this have tempered the
process to make better a product. But I'd be lying if I said they didn't
take a little getting used to. :p
Chris
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