On 9/29/06, Eric Goldhagen <eric@openflows.org> wrote:

Drupal is what it is not because of the one or two huge high profile sites using it. It is what it is because of the multiple thousands of small sites. The large folks will always have the money to make it do anything they want, so we must focus on what people with limited resources need -- in other words, the majority of users.

And, as mentioned elsewhere, make it easy for folks to change. This might be for the beginning designer, as well as simple CSS editing (including formatting the CSS file so that colours, widths, etc. are near the top and well commented).

I think we need to separate the debate and discussion of what a default theme needs from the discussion/review of any visual design mockups or proposals.

+1 -- Eric, your write up here is good, but perhaps a point form version would make it easier to checklist against. -- Boris Mann Vancouver 778-896-2747 San Francisco 415-367-3595 Skype borismann http://www.bryght.com