[squeak-dev] squeak.org - next iteration - new error gif

Chris Cunnington smalltalktelevision at gmail.com
Thu Jan 24 20:35:47 UTC 2013


On 2013-01-24 3:31 PM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>
> On 24.01.2013, at 12:05, Chris Cunnington 
> <smalltalktelevision at gmail.com <mailto:smalltalktelevision at gmail.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>> 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:
>>>
>>> <Mail Attachment.jpeg><Mail Attachment.jpeg>
>>>
>>> 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 ;)
>>>
>>> As for proper attribution, a small-print footer in the lower right 
>>> corner should suffice (e.g. "graphic based on artwork by AMENAZAGFX").
>>>
>>> - 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.
>>>
>>>
>> http://box3.squeak.org:8624/error
>>
>> I've changed the gif. And it's much smaller.
>> I'll pull out the frames and background colors in the next rev.
>>
>> Chris
>
> When I'm back home next week I could try and make this with your 
> background color, which might be an even nicer effect than white. I 
> like your color scheme better :) But I don't have the source file on 
> my laptop with me right now.
>
> - Bert -
>
>
>
>
Super. No rush. I don't imagine I'll do another rev for about two weeks.

Thanks,
Chris
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