Comments on: WP 2.8 Design Challenge: to free or not to free? http://jeremy.visser.name/2009/04/26/to-free-or-not-to-free/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:50:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Why I Use VBulletin http://jeremy.visser.name/2009/04/26/to-free-or-not-to-free/#comment-4924 Why I Use VBulletin Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:28:26 +0000 http://jeremy.visser.name/?p=1034#comment-4924 [...] It’s my opinion that VBulletin is the best forum software available whether it be paid or free. If my knowledge on other forum solutions is not accurate, it’s because VBulletin has yet to give me a reason to look into other options. Don’t get me wrong, I love open-source solutions but just because something is open-source doesn’t make it the best option available. [...] [...] It’s my opinion that VBulletin is the best forum software available whether it be paid or free. If my knowledge on other forum solutions is not accurate, it’s because VBulletin has yet to give me a reason to look into other options. Don’t get me wrong, I love open-source solutions but just because something is open-source doesn’t make it the best option available. [...]

]]> By: Jeremy http://jeremy.visser.name/2009/04/26/to-free-or-not-to-free/#comment-2831 Jeremy Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:51:01 +0000 http://jeremy.visser.name/?p=1034#comment-2831 Okay, this blog post seems to be turning into a forum for letting of steam about pet peeves with WordPress. Try and hold it in, guys! P.S.: If you look in the stylesheet, you'll see the font order goes DejaVu, Vera, Verdana. They are all very similar fonts with much the same dimensions (very wide). I'm not going to add Liberation Sans, as it has different dimensions -- it is quite a narrow font, more in the same league as Arial. Okay, this blog post seems to be turning into a forum for letting of steam about pet peeves with WordPress. Try and hold it in, guys!

P.S.: If you look in the stylesheet, you’ll see the font order goes DejaVu, Vera, Verdana. They are all very similar fonts with much the same dimensions (very wide). I’m not going to add Liberation Sans, as it has different dimensions — it is quite a narrow font, more in the same league as Arial.

]]> By: demetris http://jeremy.visser.name/2009/04/26/to-free-or-not-to-free/#comment-2828 demetris Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:00:08 +0000 http://jeremy.visser.name/?p=1034#comment-2828 Jeremy, the PSD requirement is an issue, but, in my opinion, not the major issue with this “challenge”: It was announced just as we are about to see the first public betas of WP 2.8 and while 2.7 has been out for 5 months now, and all this in order to cover up one of the several issues of another half-baked idea, the horizontal menu. And, of course, there is going to be a poll: Polls are very useful -- for justifying bad decisions: But it was selected by popular vote! Cheers! PS: Have you tried adding Liberation Sans before DejaVu in the stylesheet? It is a very good-looking professional, open-source font, by the same folks that designed Droid, the Android font -- Many distros have it -- Debian and Ubuntu have it in the repos. Jeremy, the PSD requirement is an issue, but, in my opinion, not the major issue with this “challenge”:

It was announced just as we are about to see the first public betas of WP 2.8 and while 2.7 has been out for 5 months now, and all this in order to cover up one of the several issues of another half-baked idea, the horizontal menu.

And, of course, there is going to be a poll: Polls are very useful — for justifying bad decisions: But it was selected by popular vote!

Cheers!

PS: Have you tried adding Liberation Sans before DejaVu in the stylesheet? It is a very good-looking professional, open-source font, by the same folks that designed Droid, the Android font — Many distros have it — Debian and Ubuntu have it in the repos.

]]> By: that girl again http://jeremy.visser.name/2009/04/26/to-free-or-not-to-free/#comment-2819 that girl again Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:59:54 +0000 http://jeremy.visser.name/?p=1034#comment-2819 The Adobe-love is nothing new. Automattic <a href="http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/i-3-blogging-design-contest/" rel="nofollow">recently co-sponsored a laptop skin competition</a> which also required submissions in PSD format. And promoted it on wordpress.com. Seriously, how likely is it that you'll own a legally-acquired copy of Photoshop if you don't even pay for hosting? The Adobe-love is nothing new. Automattic recently co-sponsored a laptop skin competition which also required submissions in PSD format. And promoted it on wordpress.com. Seriously, how likely is it that you’ll own a legally-acquired copy of Photoshop if you don’t even pay for hosting?

]]> By: Chip Bennett http://jeremy.visser.name/2009/04/26/to-free-or-not-to-free/#comment-2818 Chip Bennett Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:53:20 +0000 http://jeremy.visser.name/?p=1034#comment-2818 Hmm... maybe I'm way off-base here, but given that the WP admin interface uses PHP and CSS, what's wrong with mocking up a design using, you know, PHP and CSS? Why is Photoshop needed at all? If the .PSD file is simply for "design selection", why can't the selection committee select from *any* image file? You are absolutely correct; *requiring* submission of a file in a proprietary format runs diametrically counter to the principles of freedom ostensibly espoused by WP. Hmm… maybe I’m way off-base here, but given that the WP admin interface uses PHP and CSS, what’s wrong with mocking up a design using, you know, PHP and CSS?

Why is Photoshop needed at all? If the .PSD file is simply for “design selection”, why can’t the selection committee select from *any* image file?

You are absolutely correct; *requiring* submission of a file in a proprietary format runs diametrically counter to the principles of freedom ostensibly espoused by WP.

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