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[opensuse-artwork] Abstract Backgrounds
by Francis Giannaros 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

Hi! I've noticed that in recent versions the wallpapers have generally moved away from the scenic/landscape images (though we had the chameleon for a bit) with a little branding, to more abstract monochrome type of wallpaper stripped of branding. I was wondering, were there any compelling reasons for this? Seeing the Fedora background (with the hot-air balloons and "Fedora" in the bottom-right) got me thinking a little. There are nice advantages to wallpaper branding: * Users always take screenshots. A completely different user can immediately recognise which desktop they're using if they see their desktop wallpaper, so that's really good for instant identification. * Making users more obviously proud of using openSUSE (this might sound petty, but it happens) I think a huge chameleon is way too bold and generally colour-rich for a background, but are landscapes ruled out? I wasn't sure if I was the only one that preferred a nice landscape so asked a few people, specifically pointing out a few abstract ones (10.2, 10.3, kde celtic) and some other landscape ones (stormgreen, etc) and most preferred the landscape ones and a couple said the kde celtic. Might not be a representative survey, but I think there's good reasons for at least having an abstract background with branding, or a landscape one with such. Any thoughts? What do others prefer? Regards, -- Francis Giannaros http://francis.giannaros.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-artwork] Re: [opensuse-wiki] Yet another plea for testing
by Francis Giannaros 03 Jul '07

03 Jul '07

On 7/3/07, Frank Sundermeyer <fs(a)suse.de> wrote: > I also would like to hear your feedback on mainting the new starting > page - it has become more complicated: Looks great! A few ideas: * I see it's running on Mediawiki 1.5.8 -- this is pretty ancient. Would this be a good opportunity to upgrade? * After speaking as well with Robert the other day, we thought anchor tags could have font-style: none, and then on a:hover be underlined. This looks a little neater (and more contemporary these days, I think), fits in better with the links in the navigation, and it's still obvious that they're links if they're the same blue that they are now. * I really think we have too many navigation links :D. For the right column, what do you think about removing the whole "Documentation" and "Interactive" sections? Documentation is already mentioned on the left, and perhaps the left column could also have "Communicate" link which links to [[Communicate]] which outlines all those interaction methods. This way we reduce the amount of links on the homepage (so the user isn't immediately overwhelmed), and there's a more clear distinction for the left/right columns. The left column having project information, documentation etc, while the right column strictly handles news and events. Kind thoughts, -- Francis Giannaros http://francis.giannaros.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-artwork] Abstract Backgrounds
by Francis Giannaros 03 Jul '07

03 Jul '07

Apologies to those on the wiki list who got that email; losing the mailing list game once again :) On 6/22/07, Hylke Bons <h.bons(a)student.rug.nl> wrote: > > I really disagree with the idea that the background wallpaper should > > be made to be changed. Of course users have this option, but you're > > quite mistaken if you think that all users customise their background. > I don't think it's "made to be changed", otherwise it would be one solid > color. :) The wording kind of insinuates that however. > > There are 7 computers in my house: 3 have the default wallpaper still. > > Some users really never bother to customise the way their desktop is. > > Furthermore, even users that customise their desktops share > > screenshots of the desktop frequently when they've just tried out the > > distribution (and hence with the default background). > > > > The extract also doesn't make any mention of branding (which I think > > might even be more important than a landscape background). > Branding is usually in a different color then the background, and thus > distracting. It looks like an icon. I'm sorry but this is plainly untrue. The only connection they both would have is that they're on the desktop; in actuality I think you'll be extremely hard-pressed to find _anyone_ that confuses a little mark of branding with an icon. Some small corner branding can be very good for instant identification of distribution, as I said. This is an important factor on 'consumer'/home user Linux desktops, I think. Kind thoughts, -- Francis Giannaros http://francis.giannaros.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+help(a)opensuse.org

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