On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 07:47:03PM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > > AFAIK the holdup for that one is that someone has to get us a
> > > copy of the font needed to make headers...
> >
> > What font is it, and who is "someone?"
>
> The font is Frutiger Roman
> (http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-www/2005-08/msg00048.php).
>
> The "someone" is the problem, since it's a commercial font.
Is there an unencumbered font out there that we could use instead?
> > > What's the argument for showing less on the frontpage?
> >
> > Just the one you made: if it's too "busy," people will be confused
> > and not enlightened.
>
> That's an argument for not having too many type of things ,not
> necessarily for having too many things of the same type. (Eh, that
> wasn't clear. Point: we could have 10 news and 10 events, it's no
> more confusing than 3. But it takes more time. Having 10 different
> things would be more confusing)
I'm thinking we could take a close look at some competitors' web sites
and see what's on their front page. We ought to be able to find some
kind of "busy-ness" metric and stick to it :)
Cheers,
D
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