Hi, 2007/9/19, Andreas Nilsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Lucas Rocha wrote: > > Hei dude, > > > > > >>> Guys, I'm getting worried: the 2.20 release is tomorrow and we haven't > >>> decided about the splash yet. There's no time for any discussion > >>> anymore. > >>> > >>> I guess the 2.20 splash could be "generic": some good-looking image > >>> with "GNOME 2.20 is out!". > >>> > >>> Andreas, what do you think? > >>> > >>> --lucasr > >>> > >>> > >> Hi Lucas! > >> Yeah, I've been worried about that as well for a couple of days now. > >> I'll do something generic showing the cool screenshots with the leaf and > >> the butterflies tonight. > >> > > > > Any news? :-) > > > > --lucasr > > > Hi Lucas! > http://andreasn.se/diverse/temp/gnome220.png > http://andreasn.se/diverse/temp/gnome220.svg > Hand on the heart, not the best I've coughed up in a while. ;)
Thanks a lot Andreas! Marketing fellows, any last minute comments about the splash? IMO, the banner should have a more generic message like: "GNOME 2.20 RELEASED!". The "Ten years of freedom" can be confused with the previous anniversary banner. --lucasr > >>> 2007/9/13, Murray Cumming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>> > >>> > >>>> On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 13:24 +0200, Murray Cumming wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 12:20 +0200, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>> 2007/9/12, Dave Neary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Let's go with Quim's idea putting improvements in universal access to > >>>>>>>> the forefront. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Ok, if there isn't anyone strongly against it... > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Andreas, I think it would be a good time to start working on the w.g.o > >>>>>>> frontpage splash screen. :-) > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> --lucasr > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> Totally. Glad we came to a conclusion! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> We don't yet know what languages are new in GNOME 2.20. We will know > >>>>> later today. So I think it's a bit early to mention internationalization > >>>>> as a theme of 2.20, assuming that's what you partly mean that with "open > >>>>> access". Please be patient for just a few more hours. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> As far as I can tell, no new languages will be supported (80% > >>>> translated) in GNOME 2.20, and we may actually have less supported > >>>> languages than before (54 in GNOME 2.16, 50 in 2.20, unknown in 2.18). > >>>> We can't claim that N'Ko languages are supported (because there are no > >>>> translations that actually use that pango shaper), and I don't wish to > >>>> make a big deal of the purely under-the-hood part of N'Ko support that > >>>> does now exist. So I don't think that we should use improved > >>>> internationalization as a major new them. I have mentioned the RTL > >>>> support, because that's real and cool. > >>>> > >>>> It's string freeze now, so this discussion is done, though there's still > >>>> some freedom for the splash and for a press release if someone chooses > >>>> to do one. This is the introductory paragraph now in the release notes: > >>>> " > >>>> The improvements in GNOME &gnomeversion; include: Improved support for > >>>> right-to-left languages; desktop search integrated into the file chooser > >>>> dialog; convenient new features in the Evolution email and calendar > >>>> client; enhanced browsing of image collections; simplified system > >>>> preferences; efficient power management and incredibly accurate laptop > >>>> battery monitoring. Developers receive more help with application > >>>> development thanks to a new version of the GTK+ toolkit, improved tools, > >>>> and a great new documentation web site. > >>>> " > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> www.murrayc.com > >>>> www.openismus.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> -- > >> marketing-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list > >> > >> > > > > > > -- marketing-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
