[okfn-labs] okfnlabs rebranding

Wed May 29 21:43:24 UTC 2013

The web fonts are not loaded in the archived version, so the screenshot is not 100% right.

Since the site is a Github repository it was easy to restore a version from 2 months ago. I put this up again for reference:

http://okfnlabs.gka.me/

Best,
Gregor

Am 29.05.2013 um 22:09 schrieb Eric Mill <eric at sunlightfoundation.com>:

> Here's a screenshot from the Internet Archive's snapshot from a month ago:
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> <image.png>
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> And okfnlabs as it is now:
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> <image.png>
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> 
> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:55 PM, Tom Morris <tfmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> Could someone please post a screenshot of the old version?  I clearly didn't pay enough attention to it to remember what the differences are.  BTW, clean design is not "anti-hacker."  Have volunteer (as opposed to paid) hacking dropped off significantly since the change?
> 
> My feedback on the current version:
> - main page is too long -- I don't need to see blog posts from the summer of 2012
> - logo doesn't work at icon res (looks fine full res) and, I think, is squished horizontally
> - projects page just spins forever "loading data"
> - events page lists 6+ month old events from 2012
> 
> Tom
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> 
> 
> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Gregor Aisch <gregor.aisch at okfn.org> wrote:
> 
> Oh no, what happened to the dark & wam & geeky okfnlabs theme?
> 
> To me the new look feels rather cold and emotionless, like a bright, windowless office room illuminated with neon tubes, lacking any sign of personality and human life. Not a fun place to hang around and hack on interesting stuff, but a serious place to do serious work on (probably boring) projects.
> 
> While I see that this is formally correctly representing the OKF corporate identity, the design has moved far away from attracting geeks and hackers, which I thought used to be the purpose of of the site.
> 
> Best,
> Gregor
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