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Coursekit is now Lore

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Re: Coursekit is now Lore

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post #9

The Coursekit identity (including the name) is one of the strongest I've seen in recent history. So I'm kind of bummed at the change. The long-winded apologia re: the new name and logo suggests to me that the team is making the switch for reasons that trump design considerations altogether. But for some reason they've couched their explanation in design language. IMO: customers/users are interested in product, not pr…

I have never heard of them. What are they so well knoiwn for?

Re: Coursekit is now Lore

#13
post #5

Ehhhhhh, am I the only one that hates both the name and the presentation? The name is so highly associated with 'folklore' which is so highly associated with stories that are legendary and part of culture, but clearly factually incorrect (thinking Paul Bunyon etc.). Inspiring fiction. This is not what Coursekit is. The presentation is hardly readable: extremely light grey type on a white background with spinny animat…

Yeah, I can barely read the type! I thought there must've been some mistake, but I guess it was a specific choice that they made. If I were Lore, I would change the type to dark grey or black right away.

As a follow up, it's also really hard to read the type in their "our Team Values" slider on the "About" page. It's pretty distracting. Since Lore targets people who create courses (who are often middle-aged or older, which sometimes comes with declining vision), legibility should be a priority when they consider their website.

Re: Coursekit is now Lore

#14
post #5

Ehhhhhh, am I the only one that hates both the name and the presentation? The name is so highly associated with 'folklore' which is so highly associated with stories that are legendary and part of culture, but clearly factually incorrect (thinking Paul Bunyon etc.). Inspiring fiction. This is not what Coursekit is. The presentation is hardly readable: extremely light grey type on a white background with spinny animat…

Glad you like it!

No need to respond facetiously to valid criticisms.

Re: Coursekit is now Lore

#15
Really impressive!! Looks like it's done entirely in HTML/CSS/Coffeescript.

I have to admit surprise that they would put so much effort into something that is not their product, though.

Re: Coursekit is now Lore

#16
post #3

It might just be me, but when I see announcements so overly-styled, without the styling having much semantic relevance to the content, I stop trusting the site that made the announcement. I want to place my faith in no-nonsense services, and an announcement like this is all-nonsense. Lore is an excellent name for a service, though.

I thought the presentation metaphorically enforced the message they were trying to deliver. To me, that's actually useful and not "over-styled" or "all-nonsense" - it's a valid technique to communicate with more than just words and to encourage a viewer (well, a viewer that doesn't distrust animation and/or "styling") to watch the entire presentation.

Re: Coursekit is now Lore

#17
post #9

The Coursekit identity (including the name) is one of the strongest I've seen in recent history. So I'm kind of bummed at the change. The long-winded apologia re: the new name and logo suggests to me that the team is making the switch for reasons that trump design considerations altogether. But for some reason they've couched their explanation in design language. IMO: customers/users are interested in product, not pr…

The Coursekit identity was great. It was done by Ed Nacional – http://ednacional.com

Re: Coursekit is now Lore

#19
post #5

Ehhhhhh, am I the only one that hates both the name and the presentation? The name is so highly associated with 'folklore' which is so highly associated with stories that are legendary and part of culture, but clearly factually incorrect (thinking Paul Bunyon etc.). Inspiring fiction. This is not what Coursekit is. The presentation is hardly readable: extremely light grey type on a white background with spinny animat…

Yeah, "lore" is nearly synonymous with "myth" to me. Funny choice.
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