Hi all, I must say I agree 100% with Tom.
I was reluctant to speak up as well, for similar reasons. However, the new default desktop is very distracting. And I agree in Tom's judgement that it won't win over older students... :-( + 1 for Jonathan Carter's "Waves" (it's only 1024x768 pixels, though) Love, Philipp P.S.: I went looking for different desktop backgrounds on the art.ubuntu.com and wiki.edubuntu.org sites. I couldn't find the "original" background at all. I really liked it. Has it been withdrawn? Is there a copyright issue with it? Tom Hoffman wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm very reluctant to bring up issues at this late date or to > criticize volunteer contributions, but when I had to reboot my > edubuntu desktop for the first time in a while, I was taken aback by > the new Edubuntu Default desktop. > > The retouched drawing of a girl with a superimposed smiley face > staring at me off my desktop is just creepy, and while it is > impossible to please everyone, I think one of the top priorities of a > default deskop image is to be not disturbing to any potential users. > > Also, I don't understand what the stripes at the bottom of the screen > are supposed to be doing graphically, and I don't even want to start > with the politics of a perfectly white girl on the desktop of a > distribution aimed in part at the developing world. Nor do I really > understand why she's reclining. > > Beyond that, it is my understanding that Edubuntu is aimed at primary > and secondary schools. My other objections notwithstanding, this > desktop would be completely inappropriate for older students. > > I keep an artist with an MFA in digital media living in my parlour for > circumstances like this one, and I've tasked her with cranking > something out by tomorrow, so perhaps I'll have a last minute > submission. Otherwise, I would strongly urge the project to play it > safe and use Jonathan Carter's "Waves" background on the > art.ubuntu.com site. It is important to remember that this desktop > pattern will often be repeated over 20 or 30 displays in a lab. It > ought not to be overly loud or busy. > > --Tom > -- :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::. Philipp Schroeder DIN15 / Information Architecture & Interaction Design www.din15.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- edubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
