On 7/10/07, Stephan Binner <stbinner@suse.de> wrote:
On Friday, 22. June 2007 14:56:35 Francis Giannaros wrote:
I was wondering, were there any compelling reasons for this?
Visibility of desktop icons?
For strong landscapes, perhaps. This isn't the case with less noisy landscapes, and it certainly isn't the case because of a little branding in the bottom-right.
There are nice advantages to wallpaper branding: * Users always take screenshots. A completely different user can
Users don't take screenshots of wallpapers. Applications do cover wallpappers.
Windows don't always cover the desktop, whereas the majority of screenshots are full-desktop screenshots. Branding in the bottom-right corner would still be visible in the majority of non-maximised windows scenarios. There are other ways how to make a desktop recognizable as SUSE desktop like
the look of the start button or having a little chameleon in the window deco.
The K-menu button is indeed important, but I see no valid reason for why a little branding on the wallpaper has to be missed out. 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