Guide for testing the artwork on Linux: Rename splash.png from the package as intro.png and place it along with sofficerc, backing_left.png, backing_space.png, and backing_right.png into your home folder. Then open the Terminal and write the following: sudo cp intro.png /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/ sudo cp sofficerc /etc/libreoffice/ sudo cp backing_left.png /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/shell/ sudo cp backing_space.png /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/shell/ sudo cp backing_right.png /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/shell/
To answer Italo: On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Italo Vignoli <italo.vign...@gmail.com>wrote: > On 1/27/13 7:25 PM, Mirek M. wrote: > > > Again, I'd encourage you to try it out before judging. > > If you're still firmly opposed to it, we can revert back to the 3.6 > > branding. > > Everything is white, nothing is green. Sorry, I do not like it at all. I > am not a design expert but a decent communication expert, and we have > already had a huge issue in the past when OOo switched from something > colourful to something completely white, and many users complained in a > rather strong way (and I was one of the most vocal). We should improve > the design of 3.6.4, which might be too greenish, by adding shades or > graphic elements, but we should not give up our green colour (which has > a meaning, as green is the colour of freedom in western culture). Sorry > for being probably too negative, because I am a volunteer and I know > myself what it means when your volunteer work is criticized, but I see > this whiteish look as a major issue (and a huge step backwards). I have to disagree with you there. Our original splash was predominantly white, and there were no complaints about it then. When the idea of a green splash was brought up, a sizeable percentage of our Google+ commenters argued against it: "please not green!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" - Alberto Sanchez<https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/102673546895803839652/107720692751646982324>, +1'd by Fran S, Alessandro Roncone, Jean-Baptiste Sauvage "If one of the green ones is chosen, please add an "anti-headache mode" which can turn it into greyscale colours." - Robin Jacobs "I know about the greenish of LibreOffice, but at least a little decrease of saturation could lead to a less strident ui on those DE that by default are built around blue, to make an example. Basically, I really appreciate this design. My point was only related to the color." - Alessandro Roncone White is also the predominant color in the Office 2010 splash screen, the Apache OpenOffice splash, this Office 2013 splash<http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&safe=off&tbo=d&gbv=2&biw=1024&bih=464&tbm=isch&tbnid=DwPafHo3TG3iJM:&imgrefurl=http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/office-2013-microsofts-bid-to-win-the-future/&docid=2mKhmJ_z8WIUaM&imgurl=http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/o2013-install-launch-640x360.png&w=639&h=359&ei=Fo0FUb66J-2b1AWkuIG4Cg&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:5,s:0,i:96&iact=rc&dur=7&sig=117166895286223770585&page=1&tbnh=168&tbnw=300&start=0&ndsp=6&tx=72&ty=67>, and almost all of Apple's box designs. I'm just trying to point out that the situation is not so clear-cut, and there are advantages to using white. Also, the new proposal isn't completely devoid of green. Do you think adding a green dog ear as in Mateus's proposal would help? -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
