-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thierry Vignaud wrote: > Vedran Ljubovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>>There would take very much diskspace, especially screenshots! And >>>what about the time needed to do all the screenshots, list >>>plugins.. >> >>Well obviously screenshots should be made while packaging. Apart >>from distributing the workload, this has another benefit of >>requiring packagers to test their packages. And also, screenshot >>would be present only for "programs" (e.g. packages that are listed, >>which usually are rather large anyway). Noone said that screenshots >>need to be up-to-date! I think most users would be satisfied with >>something a few versions back. Finally, those screenshot can be low >>res, as suggested by Olivier. So I could give up on the "Click here >>to enlarge" part :) then screenshots can be 8-bit PNGs constrained >>to 200x150 pixels. That shouldn't be larger than 20-30 kB. > > > what's more, this bring the coherency problem where packages would > come with screenshots made into different desktop, with different > themes, with different fonts, ... >
Make the policy that all application screenshots should: - -be of only the application (no desktop) - -not have window decorations - -use MandrakeGalaxy widget theme/style if applicable I tried one just to see what it would look like: http://ranger.dnsalias.com/mandrake/screenshots/imgseek2.png Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/hVYUrJK6UGDSBKcRAl3yAJwNjVezuTBfPHzB15kk+K3pbn9LPQCfUgcs VDNRuJmJsZMQQi+1segYcno= =8PzN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ***************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. *****************************************************************
