[tei-council] Last question about badges

Gabriel Bodard gabriel.bodard at kcl.ac.uk
Fri Feb 20 09:38:23 EST 2009


In some cases, wouldn't "project uses" be more appropriate than "site 
uses"? I guess that is part of my problem with the verb "uses" for this 
purpose--we're never going to agree on what the subject should be. 
"Powered by" is nice and generic, and it's what a hundred other badges 
also say so it's well-understood as well as fairly generic.

G

James Cummings a écrit :
> I realise that no one wants any more suggestions, but why not 'Site 
> uses' rather than 'powered by' or 'I/We use'.  Saying the site uses TEI 
> is vague and impersonal enough for those who I/We might not be appropriate.
> 
> Just a thought as it occurs to me, feel free to ignore.
> 
> -James
> 
> Pierazzo, Elena wrote:
>> I think that "I use" will be better than "powered by", even is perhaps it doesn't convey all the meaning Lou was suggesting. I think that, being more understated, that will enourage people to use it.
>> I also agree with James suggestions.
>> Elena
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: tei-council-bounces at lists.village.Virginia.EDU [tei-council-bounces at lists.village.Virginia.EDU] On Behalf Of Gabriel Bodard [gabriel.bodard at kcl.ac.uk]
>> Sent: 19 February 2009 14:52
>> To: Lou Burnard
>> Cc: TEI Council
>> Subject: Re: [tei-council] Last question about badges
>>
>> I also very much agree that "powered by" is more serious and more
>> indiciative of what we mean than "we use". The very fact that we can't
>> decide between the wording "I use" or "we use" makes me nervous...
>>
>> G
>>
>> Lou Burnard a écrit :
>>> The other way to read "powered by" is with reference to an intellectual
>>> rather than an engineering context -- kind of "empowered by". Our site
>>> is the way it is because we think TEI.
>>>
>>> Susan Schreibman wrote:
>>>> I kind of like the 'powered by' rather than 'I use' or 'we use' -- powered
>>>> by makes me think of what lies behind the screen -- the code that makes it
>>>> all happen; powered by sounds significant to me,  active in a way that a
>>>> statement like  'I use' does not
>>>>
>>>> just my humble opinion
>>>>
>>>> ss
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Dan O'Donnell <daniel.odonnell at uleth.ca>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I was discussing the badges with somebody here and they made what seems
>>>>> to me to be a very sensible proposal, that I'm not sure I've heard
>>>>> before. If the point of the badge is to indicate generally that a
>>>>> project or person uses TEI, they suggested, why not simply have the
>>>>> badge say "I use [TEI Logo]" and/or "We use [TEI Logo]" instead of
>>>>> "Powered by [TEI Logo]" which may or may not be true in one or more senses.
>>>>>
>>>>> I very much like this. But my sense has been at right angles to the
>>>>> council on this all along, so let me throw it out there to be shot down.
>>>>> Is there a reason not to ask the designer:
>>>>>
>>>>> a) Increase the size of TEI logo on the button by maybe 10% so that it
>>>>> runs farther over the edge of the button
>>>>> b) Change the text to two buttons: "I use [TEI Logo]" and "We use [TEI
>>>>> Logo]"
>>>>>
>>>>> Since this is not rocket science (though getting things wrong is
>>>>> disproportionately embarrassing), let me ask for comments til next
>>>>> Monday. At that point, if I don't hear any objections, I'll get them up
>>>>> on the site.
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