Hi everyone.  Glad you all had a chance to take a look.  I am moving to
Seattle from Chicago tonight, so I will be away for about 4 days.  I will
get back and take a long hard look at all this and let you know.

Thanks so much,

James

On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Brian Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> Calum:
>
>  (Personal feedback, not speaking on behalf of Marketing team:)
>>>
>>>> From a technical point of view I wonder how much slower this will make
>>>>
>>> login time. "If we still have a splash screen in ten years, we have done
>>> something wrong." (I think I quoted dobey here.)
>>> Also wondering if this would annoy me when I log in for the, say, 30th
>>> time.
>>>
>>
>> Inclined to agree-- might be worth showing once per user, though, like the
>> "Welcome to OSX" sort of thing that Apple do.  After that, probably just
>> leave it somewhere that people can find it again, if they want to.
>>
>> Could be interesting to use this sort of technology to do a GNOME desktop
>> tour video, though, especially if it was updated to highlight the coolest
>> features in each release :)  (Although one problem that's always existed
>> with that idea is that not all distros ship all GNOME features, and/or add
>> their own...)
>>
>
> I would think that the most important and exciting features would be
> common to all or most distros.  Highlighting humanitarian features
> such as how it can be used in projects like the "One Laptop Per Child"
> program, its accessibility, its translation into 3rd world languages,
> its ease of use, etc. are probably all things that most distros wouldn't
> mind letting users know about, especially if it makes the desktop
> feel more exciting.
>
> Brian
>
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