[Design] [Cosmo] Magic URL visual design review

[Mimi Yin]

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On Nov 22, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Matthew Eernisse wrote:

> If we want to say that localizing Cosmo for a specific language  
> also requires special graphics tools like Photoshop/GIMP, that's a  
> significant departure from the approach we've taken so far. I'm not  
> saying it's the wrong approach, but it does raise the bar for  
> participation, and as an open-source project, it something we  
> should consider carefully I think.

The truth is with content like this, whoever does the translation is  
going to have to have design skills, or work with someone who does.  
Even the simplified version I mocked up will fail when it gets  
translated into Finnish and most UIs don't look so hot when they get  
localized into ideographic languages like Chinese. I don't think  
we'll ever get to 100% with localization issues.

>> Mimi, Stick with you guns and go with the most visually appealing  
>> proposal. At least that's my vote (if I may even do so)

Thanks Jeremy. At this point, I'm not particularly attached to either  
design. we should pick whichever one gets us to Preview first :) All  
things being equal, I would pick the 2nd one because it allows us to  
have the collection name in the 'Add xxx to your account' text.

Mimi