On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 7:50 AM, John McCreesh <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, November 26, 2009 6:59 pm, Bernhard Dippold wrote: > [snip] > > 1. ODF branding is important, but should not lead to weakening of OOo > > branding on user's desktops. > > > > 2. The OOo document icons are part of our visual identity and therefore > > used in several marketing areas. We should not give up this chance as > > there might be an alternative (icons with both branding elements). > > I remember how annoyed I was when I installed an early beta of Lotus > Symphony and it replaced all my OOo desktop icons with the horribly garish > IBM ones. > > As ODF becomes established, users may well have multiple ODF supporting > applications on their desktops. So IMHO having all those applications > sharing a standard set of desktop icons is not terribly useful. Users need > to know what application will start when they click an icon. > > John > -- > John McCreesh - Marketing Project Lead - OpenOffice.org > Join the hundred million - http://why.openoffice.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > I agree with John I also dont see a big push to a standarized JPG, Mp3 or PNG iconset. So why ODF should have one? Not even Tar-Zip has one. -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español IM: [email protected]
