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Subject: Re: [kde-promo] booklet
From: Damien Tardy-Panis <damientardypanis () gmail ! com>
Date: 2010-08-07 1:48:01
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2010/8/6 Felix Michel <felix_michel@gmx.ch>
> > Hi Felix,
> >
> > I really enjoy that new layout.
> >
> > The color scheme is quite unusual in KDE but I like it, it's original. I
> > don't know what it will render once printed.
> > About the layout, I like the top banner with one logo for left page and
> one
> > for the right. It makes it lighter.
> > For the rest, it seems ok to me with the sidebar and the box arranged
> this
> > way.
> > Yeah, I like the idea to put the introductions on sidebars. I thought of
> > something like that when I write them in italic.
> > Let's wait other people give their opinion, I'm not a specialist in this
> > field ;)
> >
> > As I always love to give my opinion and my ideas, here are some
> suggestions
> >
> > :) :
> > - the table of contents should be displayed in an different way than the
> > rest of the text (much more like a table 4x2 ? maybe with an icon for
> every
> > part).
>
> i tried something with tables that doenst break the whole layout. what do
> you
> think?
>
I think it's much better this way as it makes use of all the space
available. And since the booklet will be A5, we need to use as much space as
possible (without making things too tight of course...).
This layout works fine in my view.
>
> > - In the same kind of idea, I think the first page of each part should
> have
> > something different. This way the reader could easily know where he is in
> > his "reading process". I don't know what it could be... put again an icon
> > here ? make some minor changes in the color ?, in the layout ?,... It's
> up
> > to you to find something different but that does not break too much with
> > the overall appearance of the document !
>
> i was thinking about changing the color of the label above (table of
> contents,
> communicate and so on). every chapter has it own color. but i dont know if
> it
> makes the whole thing to shiny and colorful.
>
> Personally I think that having several colors on such"big blocks" will make
a page too shiny.
We can keep the idea of having one color for each chapter but I would
suggest then to change the color of all the pages according to this color
(the above label, the sidebar and the box). This means we would have the
same layout for every chapter, and the same color for all the elements of a
chapter (not exactly the "same" color for all the elements, but the "same
kind".. just as you do with the current 'orange').
The whole booklet would be more colorful and maybe it will make it more
"dynamic" and less "boring" to read.
The difficulty will be to choose great colors that will be rendered
correctly when printed and colors that will "make it well with each other" :
maybe some pastels won't make each page too shiny ?
Don't know what this idea worth...it's just one among others...
> >
> > Now, we still have to work on the text before going further on the
> layout.
> > We should also think about the way the screenshots will be arranged with
> > the text.
> >
> > I think the booklet will rock if we keep improving it this way !
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > Damien
>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2010/8/6 Felix Michel <span dir="ltr"><<a \
href="mailto:felix_michel@gmx.ch">felix_michel@gmx.ch</a>></span><br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, \
204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">> Hi Felix,<br>
><br>
> I really enjoy that new layout.<br>
><br>
> The color scheme is quite unusual in KDE but I like it, it's original. I<br>
> don't know what it will render once printed.<br>
> About the layout, I like the top banner with one logo for left page and one<br>
> for the right. It makes it lighter.<br>
> For the rest, it seems ok to me with the sidebar and the box arranged this<br>
> way.<br>
> Yeah, I like the idea to put the introductions on sidebars. I thought of<br>
> something like that when I write them in italic.<br>
> Let's wait other people give their opinion, I'm not a specialist in \
this<br> > field ;)<br>
><br>
> As I always love to give my opinion and my ideas, here are some suggestions<br>
><br>
> :) :<br>
> - the table of contents should be displayed in an different way than the<br>
> rest of the text (much more like a table 4x2 ? maybe with an icon for every<br>
> part).<br>
<br>
</div>i tried something with tables that doenst break the whole layout. what do \
you<br> think?<br></blockquote><div><br>I think it's much better this way as it \
makes use of all the space available. And since the booklet will be A5, we need to \
use as much space as possible (without making things too tight of course...).<br> \
This layout works fine in my view.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); \
padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im"><br>
> - In the same kind of idea, I think the first page of each part should have<br>
> something different. This way the reader could easily know where he is in<br>
> his "reading process". I don't know what it could be... put again \
an icon<br> > here ? make some minor changes in the color ?, in the layout ?,... \
It's up<br> > to you to find something different but that does not break too \
much with<br> > the overall appearance of the document !<br>
<br>
</div>i was thinking about changing the color of the label above (table of \
contents,<br> communicate and so on). every chapter has it own color. but i dont know \
if it<br> makes the whole thing to shiny and colorful.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div>Personally I think \
that having several colors on such"big blocks" will make a page too \
shiny.<br>We can keep the idea of having one color for each chapter but I would \
suggest then to change the color of all the pages according to this color (the above \
label, the sidebar and the box). This means we would have the same layout for every \
chapter, and the same color for all the elements of a chapter (not exactly the \
"same" color for all the elements, but the "same kind".. just as \
you do with the current 'orange').<br> The whole booklet would be more \
colorful and maybe it will make it more "dynamic" and less \
"boring" to read.<br>The difficulty will be to choose great colors that \
will be rendered correctly when printed and colors that will "make it well with \
each other" : maybe some pastels won't make each page too shiny ?<br> \
Don't know what this idea worth...it's just one among others...<br> \
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: \
1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div class="h5">
><br>
> Now, we still have to work on the text before going further on the layout.<br>
> We should also think about the way the screenshots will be arranged with<br>
> the text.<br>
><br>
> I think the booklet will rock if we keep improving it this way !<br>
><br>
> cheers,<br>
><br>
> Damien<br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br>
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