So, guess what? There are already 3 designers running for the pledgie prize collected for One-Click Installer new home!

Check those over there:

http://wiki.github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller/website-contest

This is excellent news. Thank you guys for participating!

Deadline

I’m aiming to close submissions June 19, 2009. So if you have a design or idea, mock it up and add to the wiki page, point to a blog post or something and let the public know you’re participating!

Logo

As Pavel mentioned over the wiki page:

I like it, but I was not sure about the shape of ruby gem.

This is something weird since Ruby users are used to see Ruby logo with the shape of a diamond, which is incorrect.

Let me explain it better: the mineral ruby can be cut in diamond shape, but is really uncommon.

More common shapes are facetted balls or emerald cuts. Take a look here for more examples.

Almost every package, tool or library associated with Ruby tends to use a diamond cut ruby as logo.

When analyzed this detail with Rodolfo Budeguer from Estudio Domo, we found that sticking to that shape would not only fall into the repetition (and be a copycat), but also move away from the goal of it.

If you pay close attention, will noticed that the emerald cut of RubyInstaller shows the 4 colors that are also present in… the Windows logo.

Why is that? Well, because is Ruby Installer for Windows

Voting and Deliverables

Once again, would like to mention public voting would define the selected design. No new design will be accepted after the deadline above mentioned. So make room to do the mockups soon!

Also, once we have the final votes for the designs. Selected designer should provide generated versions of mockups in CSS and HTML content, preferable in a public Git repository.

I’m so excited about this that I’m blogging at 4am!

Thanks again to Silviu, Francesco and Pavel to contribute and participate. Also other people that privately sent some feedback about RubyInstaller itself, not just the website

(Via DEV_MEM.dump_to(:blog) – Multimedia systems blog.) Original Link: RubyInstaller: designs and deadline details

I must say that my skills to ask for something are really lacking, and my design skills are even worse.

So, I’m bringing this topic to the table, seeking for ideas on how to improve the Ruby on Windows image beyond just code.

I’m willing to offer money to pay for it, since I’m quite aware that Open Source and contributions don’t put food on the table.

Of course, I’m not rich, so the balance needs to be found

So, what is the idea:

• Build the website with Radiant or a simple CMS over Ruby
• Design needs to be simple and provide access to:
1. News feed (small articles)
2. Download info and links
3. Getting Started Resources (info and links)
4. Contribute (RubyForge and GitHub info)
5. Support (access to mailing list and forums of interest)
• Initial artwork (logo and iso) already exist
• Application icons can be highly improved

For the record: there is no need to be a Windows user or designer, so people on Linux and OSX are welcome

If there is more interest, maybe a Bounty can be opened, but time, feedback and community response will tell.

Please, comment and pass the message!

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(Via DEV_MEM.dump_to(:blog) – Multimedia systems blog.) Original Link: RubyInstaller: One-Clicks need a new home, can you help him?

From http://github.com/luislavena/rubyinstaller

To http://github.com/oneclick/rubyinstaller

I’ve added a note there just in case. All the code up-to-date got migrated, so no loss.

(Via DEV_MEM.dump_to(:blog) – Multimedia systems blog.) Original Link: RubyInstaller repository relocated