On Mon, 2012-03-26 at 10:47 +0200, Jos Poortvliet wrote:
Little, we package and ship it and probably apply some patches. But all that's a fair amount of work. Moreover, the integrated branding gives openSUSE a more polished, professional and integrated feel.
Basically, I think the splashes (and other branding we do, and shipping theme integration stuff like oxygen-gtk, common icon themes etc) are what makes the difference, towards the user, between a random, loose collection of software and an integrated OS.
I therefor think that yes, we should do this branding. Even though most if not all app authors put a lot of work in their splash, I think this is too valuable to not do.
Just my cents...
I think that vagueness is exactly why the question is being brought up. I get what you're saying, but at the same time, a lot of double-speak. (Congratulations, you're a true marketer! hehe) Let's reframe the question a different way. Suppose we were to give a presentation and someone in the audience spots the cool openSUSE GIMP splash screen and asks "What is different about openSUSE GIMP versus my own distro's GIMP?" What would be our answer then? I'm not opposed to these app splashes per se, but if we're going to claim branding on it, we probably need to start backing it up with qualified information. Bryen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+owner@opensuse.org