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I think that this would be a good idea. The "Blender 2.8" text makes it obvious what branch the build is. Aaron Carlisle Picture taker | Bit cruncher | Pixel pusher | Document writer | Artist Project administrator for the Blender 3D Documentation Project On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 10:57 AM, blendergit <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes agree, I was thinking in something, as you said, as “under > construction” to get a visual feedback. We can change during the > development and use it to show new features. > > IMHO, from users point of view, they will "feel" are using a new version, > not a “bug fixing” version of 2.78 and this will communicate 2.8 is not a > simple improvement, but a new “experience”. > > Only a concern about space for these images in GIT. > > Antonio > > > De: Mike Erwin > Enviado: jueves, 8 de junio de 2017 16:43 > Para: bf-blender developers > Asunto: Re: [Bf-committers] Does 2.8 deserve a different splash > imagealready? > > How about something with an "under construction" theme, like a 90s website. > A hint that it's pre-release. > > On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 10:05 AM blendergit <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm only wanted to share a thought I have had during my long testing > > sessions. > > > > During the test, sometimes I have to run in parallel version 2.78 and > > version 2.80 and when you start dozens of times Blender is very annoying > > (and prone to make mistakes) to review the version number to check if you > > are running 2.78 or 2.80. > > > > I think we have done a lot of work in 2.8 and it deserves already a > > different image for splash window and start to get a visual hint of what > > version are you running. > > > > This is only an idea, maybe I'm totally wrong. > > > > Cheers, > > Antonio Vazquez > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > -- > Mike Erwin > musician, naturalist, pixel pusher, hacker extraordinaire > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
