Needless to say, I’m in agreement with these sentiments. GRASS is great software and it would be nice if we could convey that visually as well as functionally.
Michael ______________________________ C. Michael Barton Director, Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity Professor of Anthropology, School of Human Evolution & Social Change Head, Graduate Faculty in Complex Adaptive Systems Science Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-2402 USA voice: 480-965-6262 (SHESC), 480-965-8130/727-9746 (CSDC) fax: 480-965-7671(SHESC), 480-727-0709 (CSDC) www: http://csdc.asu.edu, http://shesc.asu.edu http://www.public.asu.edu/~cmbarton On Jan 21, 2015, at 3:37 AM, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> wrote: From: Vincent Bain <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: January 21, 2015 at 12:47:42 AM MST Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] New splash screen for GRASS GIS 7? Hi, quite long silent on this ML, I give my two cents to this very prolific topic ;-) Objectively : at such a high stage of maturity GRASS project clearly lacks a robust graphical identity; a "corporate charter" is perhaps a bit pedantic but it would be nice to lay down some guidelines for GRASS GIS logo/motto representation, in addition to "citing GRASS GIS software" section (e.g. here : http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_Citation_Repository). Designing a brand new splash for G7 may be an opportunity to set these things (logo, main font, slogan, etc.); the recent website design certainly goes this way, and should be a good starting point. Subjectively : compositing and typography nowadays are sorely tortured by digital technology facilities, and results rarely withstand the test of time: one should always be very cautious with 3d/shady/glossy/translucency/and-so-on effects... The welcome frame and splash screen should stick to a well-tempered style. To me a good design works if it still works in b&w (it is the case for the nice historical grass logo) and possibly without image. If inspired, I'll try to send a proposal. Vincent.
_______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
