+1 And considering where most of our downloads are, documentation should be generous in what platforms are shown as well.
I assume most readers can adjust to the cross-platform variations in an open applications, just as the different releases of Windows have different ways of providing the standard UI elements used by Apache OpenOffice (differing among Windows XP, Windows Vista/7, and Windows 8). - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Rob Weir [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 08:02 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Proposal: OpenOffice screenshots for publicity On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Donald Whytock <[email protected]> wrote: > Wasn't there an issue a while back about creating screenshots on > particular platforms, something about it being a Microsoft copyright > issue to have screenshots for Windows, or an Apple copyright issue to > have screenshots for Mac? > There was paranoia, certainly, but I have not seen any credible argument against using screenshots from Windows or Mac. We might want, from an open source promotion perspective, to use open source platforms for creating our screen shots. But at the same time, an article for a Windows-focused tech journal would want the screenshot to reflect what their audience is familiar with. In any case, I have not seen a single instance of anyone get into trouble from using Windows screenshots. -Rob > Don > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
