On 7/13/07, Jean Hollis Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
jonathon wrote: > Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > >> This chapter has a mix of screenshots done in WinXP and in Linux. > > Other than consistency, are there any reasons why > screenshots should be from the same Operating system using > the same theme? No other reason. However, keep in mind that some users place more importance on consistency than others do. Our guidelines recommend that in any one chapter, all the screenshots be from the same o/s and theme, but in practice many chapters are not internally consistent. I consider consistency of screenshots to be a low-priority concern (in the "nice-to-have" category), so I have been publishing chapters with mixed screenshots rather than waiting for someone to have time to make them consistent. Of rather more importance is getting the labels and callouts (done with Writer's drawing tools) included in the images, but while people are doing those fixes, they might as well redo all the screenshots for consistency. BTW, Peter H-B and I chose the WinXP silver theme because it's the best one we've found for producing crisp, clear screenshots that print well in both colour and black-and-white and look good when viewed on screen. I would prefer to use a Linux theme, but haven't found one that suits our criteria. --Jean
I would also like to have more screenshots done with Linux, but I agree with Jean that it is not so easy. KDE or Gnome? and what about the customizations? It is not just a matter of colour schemes. At present my window border has four buttons instead of the usual 3, but up until a while ago I used one window border with no buttons at all. There are several Mac-look-alike schemes where the buttons are on the top-left side of the window. In summary I think we risk to confuse people. Besides, I read a while ago that the majority of the OOo downloads is for windows system so so I think we should stick to WinXP silver theme. Cheers, Michele
