Debian testing watch wrote: > FYI: The status of the desktop-base source package > in Debian's testing distribution has changed. > > Previous version: 0.3.20 > Current version: 4.0.0 >
Ok, I thought we reported this a couple months back, and that it was to be resolved... but now that Desktop Base has migrated I decided to see if it was still a problem. A screen shot from before upgrade: http://www.shadowglade.net/images/BeforeScreenshot.png A screen shot from after upgrade: http://www.shadowglade.net/images/AfterScreenshot.png No offense to the artist involved but that looks horrid. The previous was professional, subdued, and yet effectively branded as Debian. The current solid white swirl is garish and visually distracting. From an ergonomic and graphic design point of view this is embarrassing. Visual elements on the desktop should not distract or interrupt the viewing experience of the user. This jumps from screen and beats the swirl into my forehead leaving a noticeably sore but visible tattoo... well not really but jebus! You might as well poke my eyes out with it already! :-) Was this intended? I don't recall this image on the candidate list at all, and yet it is here. Adding insult to injury (or maybe that's the other way around), I no longer have a copy of the previous desktop background that I actually liked! Clobbering the file completely is ridiculous when we have many prior desktop backgrounds from long ago. Could we have at least renamed the nice one and kept it too? Fortunately I have an old copy in a chroot that I could rescue it from. Sorry if I seem harsh, but I really really think this is a bad choice. Please, please tell me it is an honest mistake. Thanks, Matthew McGuire PS: Sorry if you got two of these, I think I sent it to a dead email address the first time. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
