[EuroPython] Did I visit the right website?

[Jean-Marc Orliaguet]

Jean-Marc Orliaguet wrote:

> Steve Alexander wrote:
>
>> I went to http://europython.org/ to see what I should do to propose some
>> talks.
>>
>> For a while, I was confused!  I thought that I was on the Strakt
>> website, because of the huge "STRAKT" right at the top of the page where
>> you'd expect "Europython" to be.
>>
>> I realize now that this is a banner advertisement, given to Strakt in
>> thanks for being a major sponsor.  I think that it's fine to thank
>> sponsors by giving them prominent advertising.  However, it just doesn't
>> look like a banner ad.
>>
>> The banner is not visually distict from its surroundings.  It is a lot
>> larger than the Europython logo, and dwarfs it in terms of its visual
>> impact.  There is no discrete "sponsor advertisement" text next to the
>> banner.  The banner is on the same line as the conference logo, whereas
>> most banner ads are on a line on their own (see slashdot.org).
>>
>>  
>>
>
> It also means that the sponsors got your attention. This is good...
>
> /JM
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FYI, the original design had a picture in the main part area in which it
was supposed to be written:

"EUROPYTHON CONFERENCE 2005"

before it was suggested to remove it because it took too much space and
because it didn't add much information. This is the old text vs graphic
debate..

http://www.medic.chalmers.se/~jmo/ep2005/

/JM