On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:40 PM, Michael Barton <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Jan 20, 2015, at 9:22 PM, Vaclav Petras <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Vaclav Petras <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I'm not really concerned about splash screen but I think we should > change the Welcome screen/window. My suggestion is to simply remove the > picture and the sentence "Welcome to...open source GIS". This will save a > lot of vertical space which will be great advantage for small screens, for > example virtual box instances (the default screen size I got with > VirtualBox and OSGeoLive was not enough to accommodate this window). The > other reason why we need to save vertical space is actually a need to add > more things. There is "one row" for error message but I would like to see > this replaced by a block with info box for errors, warnings and general > help messages (e.g., what to do next). > > > IMHO, this kind of stuff does not belong on the spash screen. Errors and > warnings (hopefully there are none) already show up in the terminal window, > and we have help available on the main start up screen. > > The splash is an entry—and an advertisement—for GRASS. Looking nice is > actually important, but especially for a piece of high end visual software. > I don’t think we should make the first view that people have when they > start GRASS be boring or ugly just to accommodate tiny screens. It would be > nice if there are any with graphic design expertise who could weigh in here. > > The splash screen is replaced shortly by the (much more prosaic) main > start up screen anyway. So why not keep it something that has visual appeal. > > Sorry for the confusion. I'm speaking about welcome/start/setup/ window which actually appears *before* the splash screen and it has an old school picture which just eats vertical space. See the following links (or start GRASS :-). http://grass.osgeo.org/grass71/manuals/grass_start.png http://grass.osgeo.org/grass71/manuals/helptext.html > > I hope to find some time to change this tomorrow before RC2 if there are > no voices against. I will remove the picture (including its ISIS > alternative) and the green (motto) text. I hope to find some good title > text for this welcome/startup/setup screen/window. > > > Please do not mess with the splash screen until we’ve heard from others. > > My 2 cents worth > > Michael > > > > With this it could be interesting to revise naming of the following page > where filename, title and content don't match. > > http://grass.osgeo.org/grass71/manuals/helptext.html > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:05 PM, Michael Barton <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I agree with Bringing… rather than Opening… > > > > Bringing is better English and many people would not get the double > meaning of Opening… > > > > I still like a map for the splash screen. Of the 2 logos you did, I > think the white background looks classier. > > > As I said, I'm more interested in changing page titles then the splash > screen , however I like the idea of some simple splash screen. The white > background image I did could be used in trac and in manual. I'm just not > sure if it is ok that it is not text but image. For the manual it should be > anyway replaced by something which contains version of GRASS and the name > of the module (which should be manageable since page title tag contains the > module name). > > Vaclav > > > Michael > > > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 4:50 AM, Nikos Alexandris < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On 20.01.2015 11:38, Martin Landa wrote: > >>> > >>> 2015-01-20 6:18 GMT+01:00 Helena Mitasova <[email protected]>: > >>>> > >>>> I like this one - I think it well represents what GRASS is. (perhaps > GRASS GIS?) > >>>> > >>>>> GRASS. Bringing advanced geospatial technologies to the world. > >>> > >>> +1 > >>> > >>> Much more better than the current: > >>> > >>> The world's leading open source GIS > >> > >> What about > >> > >> "GRASS, opening advanced geospatial technologies to the world." > >> > > > > I like more the "Bringing advanced..." than "Opening advanced..." > because it has emphasis on features. Not everybody understands advantages > of openness (yet). > > > > Note that it should be "GRASS GIS", not "GRASS" as much as possible. > > > > We can just create a image with logo+GRASS GIS+motto which could be used > as splash and perhaps elsewhere too, for example in headers/titles of pages > where we have just the logo and not name (Trac, manual). See attachment for > suggestion. > > > > Vaclav > > >
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