RE: Does Tapestry work with XHTML?

2006-05-31 Thread Townson, Chris
Please don't give up on the XHTML thing. Alex Russell is completely wrong in the article Jesse referred to. His condemnation of so-called "academics" (Alex's label) smacks of narrow-mindedness, lack of forethought and wilful unawareness of the very history of web development he briefly covers (

RE: Multiple skins with Tapestry

2006-05-23 Thread Townson, Chris
Absolutely use CSS! There should never really be any reason to have to change your (X)HTML for the purposes of styling (the markup should be a semantic representation of the content anyway, so using it as a representation of the display would be incorrect). ... The same goes for JavaScript ..

RE: Google Web Toolkit

2006-05-22 Thread Townson, Chris
> Horrible, horrible, GridBagLayout I loathe it. What an awful > mess. CSS is so many thousands of times nicer for doing layout > > I am sympathetic to the "applets not Javascript" argument, though. > "Applets with CSS layout" would be especially nice. > > But applets don't integrate

RE: new logo for Tapestry

2006-05-19 Thread Townson, Chris
On the subject of feathers ... Here are some more variations on a theme developed by my design contact for your consideration ... http://www.takethebanana.co.uk/tapestry/tapestrylogos_v006.jpg Chris > -Original Message- > From: Paul Cantrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19 May 20

RE: All proposed logos so far

2006-05-19 Thread Townson, Chris
> If I have learned one thing about graphic design, then it is that this > is a task that should be done by professional designers and definitely > not by developers. The same applies to java development done > by graphic designers. +1! ***

RE: resources for new Tapestry logo

2006-05-19 Thread Townson, Chris
> Is vector artwork available for the Apache feather? okay, found it: http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apache.org%2Ffoundation%2Fpress%2Fkit%2Fasf_logo.eps&ei=fqZtRPCHCpKeiAL00fyUBw&sig2=N3AoqcD0iUokKpB8KjKxIw

resources for new Tapestry logo

2006-05-19 Thread Townson, Chris
Hi, Is vector artwork available for the Apache feather? If people are interested in incorporating this into the new design somehow, it would probably be "A Good Thing" if scalable versions of the feather were made available for designers to use? Chris --- christopher townson - new technology

RE: All proposed logos so far

2006-05-19 Thread Townson, Chris
Ivano Pagano wrote: > Hi all, > > this is me playing on the ideas so far proposed... feel free > to comment > or play with it. > > http://www.mclink.it/personal/ML4516/tapestry/tapestry_logo.jpg > > this is the source: > http://www.mclink.it/personal/ML4516/tapestry/tapestry_logo.png > > I wa

RE: new logo for tapestry

2006-05-18 Thread Townson, Chris
> I think the mailing list blocked the file. Maybe you could > post a link for > us to download... oops ... of course ... apologies here is a link: http://www.takethebanana.co.uk/tapestry_logo_ideas.pdf C DIS

new logo for tapestry

2006-05-18 Thread Townson, Chris
Hi all, Attached is a PDF with some logo ideas for your consideration, kindly prepared by a designer friend of mine. ... and in her own words: I had a play with some logo ideas last night and they are attached for your viewing pleasure. I also had a little think about the approach the Tapest

RE: Re: new logo for Tapestry

2006-05-17 Thread Townson, Chris
> Kent Tong cpttm.org.mo> writes: > > > I agree that a logo competition should be held. ... any method would do as long as the outcome is a good design that is suitable ... > > At the mean time, my artist friend has created one at > > http://www.agileskills2.org/EWDT/Tapestry.jpg > > > > Ple

RE: new logo for Tapestry

2006-05-17 Thread Townson, Chris
> Hi, > > I agree that a logo competition should be held. > > At the mean time, my artist friend has created one at > http://www.agileskills2.org/EWDT/Tapestry.jpg > > Please comment. I mean no disrespect to your artists friend, but I think that needs a considerable amount of work before it c

RE: I do not like the new tapestry logo (constructive criticism)

2006-05-16 Thread Townson, Chris
> The Postgresql elephant is a terrific logo because it suggests > elephantine memory. Just seeing a unicorn by itself doesnt really tie > itself to the project. You could depict a knight or a dragon > to the same > effect - it might be something appearing on heraldic > tapestries; either > w