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@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@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+help@opensuse.org