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[Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2010-02-06 at 12:39 -0600, Wolter Hellmund wrote:
> Note that on one hand you told me to make the outside of the
> room darker, and then you told me not to try to represent that metaphor.

No, I told you --though not in the most clear way-- that your door image
suffers from trying to keep even the darkest tones rather bright. This
point has nothing at all to do with whether it's a good concept or not.
I could dig out the log, but just recall our earlier misunderstanding
regarding the authorship of that blog ;)


> I don't think that the lynx looks unfriendly. It just looks like a lynx.
> Besides, I don't think we should remove the lynx from the coverpage as
> it is one of the elements that has received excellent feedback.

Feedback that didn't take into account who the audience is, what tone we
should aim for, the risk to appear like O'Reilley or Apple copycats or
the risk of silly codename animals that wouldn't allow us to build a
series of consistent title pages (to communicate that we know what we
do, deliver quality that doesn't ask for a complete rework right the
next time plus a sense of familiarity for trust).


-- 
Thorsten Wilms

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