Stan,
There isn't too much activity on this forum, so you may not get much feedback,
1. Yes, for new logo
2. Yes, willing to donate
3. Yes, for themes (svg support please)
4. No to Babylon in windows installer (very strong no)
5. No to blogs that say "logo sucks". Please no insults to original designers.
6. Yes to new name (separate contest?)
7. Yes to remix competition (after branding changes)
Before any of this though, there are a few bugs/enhancements that really need
to be addressed (drag multiple patterns, undo, better crash handling).
-Tres
On Sep 7, 2012, at 2:05 PM, Stian Jørgensrud <stian...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> I think it is time to arrange some kind of poll for the LMMS community (you)
> on two very important questions.
>
> They might not seem important, because LMMS has all functionality one could
> want and it works perfect for most people, but for new users and pretty much
> everyone when they think about the icon of LMMS, they are not satisfied. Let
> me put it gently: it makes the whole program look like a childish program
> (not professional). Actually it is so bad that when I installed Ubuntu Studio
> some years ago, because I knew there would be better multimedia programs and
> support of multimedia programs on the OS, I thought it was a program for
> learning kids math or write or, because of the note, to learn babies some
> simple music. I knew about GIMP, Audacity, MuseScore, Ardour, Blender... etc.
> However LMMS, even if I had read ten pages on LMMS and its functionality and
> heard thousands of good songs created with it, i would not have recognized it
> as the same program, or maybe i would considered it as a good joke... This is
> only because of the icon and the splash screen/startup picture. That time
> when I first opened LMMS, i thought the GUI also looked pretty simple. Today
> I think the way LMMS is built (GUI) is great. Everyone wants it to be simple!
> It is just that the logo and the startup screen really ruined my first
> meeting with the program. Yes, I unistalled the program and it is not strange
> that I did. Of course, today I regret. Two years later a friend showed me
> this amazing free program (without the startup screen :S).
> So, basically. It is kind of a big deal. This is not going to be a task for
> the developers. I am sure the community can handle this task. Look here what
> a community member made and consider to be a better splash screen
> http://lazerbladegames.blogspot.no/2011/12/icicle-cyberpunk-theme-for-lmms.html
> And I am 100 % sure that there are several community members out there which
> can make something better. (Real sorry for writing that lazerblade).
>
> So, after reading this horrible story you probably haven't changed your mind,
> you still choose yes.
>
> 1. Do you want to change the LMMS logo?
> - Yes
> - No
>
> 2. Do you want to change the startup picture/ splash screen?
> - Yes
> - No
>
>
>
> (Next stop; make a contest amongst the community and spread the word on the
> Internet. A post on one of the popular GIMP sites
> would make people with expertise interested. I would even consider donating,
> yeah money, to a prize pot or a trophy if it would
> help encourage people. The money, if needed, could also be used to promote
> the contest on different internetpages.
> And why wait with changing the amazing GUI but with the horrible colors? New
> themes/skins and colors could be included in the
> contest/contests as well.)
>
> --
> From
> Stian Jørgensrud
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