On 06/17/2009 08:39 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote: > I wonder if we could take an approach instead of creating the base image > from scratch this time, to go out and search the best of openly-licensed > content and try to provide a thematic selection? That way there is much
And have no default? What we will do, run a wizard at the first login so the user can chose his theme? > less pressure on us I think.... because the creative process is not > always so consistent in terms of time/effort involved, if we make a > selection of things already available perhaps we can deliver on a more > predictable schedule? (and get some publicity/exposure to artists who > aren't already on the team but already 'get' open licensing - maybe it > will help us convince them to join our effort :) ) Honestly, I am not a big fan of this approach, is like us dropping the ball and acknowledging we are not able to create ourselves something good enough. > The theme that unifies the selected images could be derived from the > codename. It would be great to have a whole cohesive set of images for > users to choose from too instead of just one like we've always done. Let's see the codename, but I am skeptical we will be able to find enough quality, Free images for an entire set with different personas. > This would still involve some effort from us too, to convert/crop photos > to the ratios we support and whatnot. > > We could have a competitive element to determine which one of the > selections is the wallpaper by default? > > It might be cool too, to work up a list of personas, each of which we > should try to aim a wallpaper at. For example, the Windows XP base set > of wallpapers has the flower and the pink wallpaper for girls... I hope we will do something with wallpaper extras for F12. -- nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/ photography: http://photoblog.nicubunu.ro/ my Fedora stuff: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/ _______________________________________________ design-team mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
