I certainly think a logo vote is in order, especially considering
Shalin's reply.
However, I do think the poll is useful. While I don't think the current
look is that great, its certainly possible the community disagrees and
is happy with it. Starting an initiative to change things would not make
a lot of sense in that case.
There are limited votes at the moment (around 10) but its interesting to
note, none have voted that they like the current look (though some dont
care).
With an appropriate data point that a lot of people are looking for a
look improvement, I can point to that when I come up with an idea to
prompt some new designs from the community. If I can point to data
showing that the community is looking for ui improvement, an
enterprising designer will know his work is in demand and will be
appreciated.
Then again I could be wrong. But in either case, armed with my data, I'm
on a personal mission to make the UI look great, and whatever concrete
steps are ahead, I'll be more than happy to pitch in. My issue is that I
am not a great design guy - but I know there are plenty of great design
guys out there - I just want to flush them out, and let them know their
work is desired.
- Mark
Yonik Seeley wrote:
That's like asking if Solr should be made faster or easier to use :-)
No logo/cosmetic changes have been made to the admin pages recently
because no one has taken the time to find consensus and submit a
patch. Getting everyone to say "yes let's change things for the
better" won't change anything.
Perhaps a poll about what logo people prefer would be a more concrete step?
-Yonik
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Mark Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://myhardshadow.com/poll.html
If you have a second, please answer this single question poll about the look
of the solr admin pages. It would be nice to gauge what the community thinks
of the current look. Take off of my question earlier to the solr dev list:
http://www.nabble.com/solr-admin-look-td18556364.html
Obviously a lack of votes will signal a lack of interest in the look of the
solr admin pages, which is basically option 4.
- Mark
