On Friday 05 Nov 2010 21:18:53 Ivan M. wrote: > Hi Christoph, Bernhard, all, > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Bernhard Dippold > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Christoph, all, > > > > [...] > > > > Even if I'd like to see different mimetype icons in the final release > > than the OOo3.2.0 icons, I don't think we can create some in the short > > timeframe, if we want to avoid lower quality. > > +1. We need time to iterate through designs and test them out > thoroughly to produce a high quality result. Of course, that doesn't > mean we have to stop what we're doing and wait - we will need good > momentum to deliver results in time and these directions will > certainly help in focusing our efforts.
+1 there is a lot stuff to be done, we have a home now, we're ready to go > > > We'll have to tell our users about the planned update of the graphics, > > but at least we provide colors... > > > >> * From LibO 3.3. to 3.4: Finalize the branding stuff for "initial > >> branding" and further refine it (e.g. create missing MIME icons > >> etc.) and use it for the software. More important, start working > >> on the "community branding" (e.g. brainstorming, community > >> values, demos, agreement, ...). > > > > This version should contain the final mimetype icons IMHO, even if they > > would rather be part of the "community branding" for LibO 3.5. But I > > don't want to release another version with the "old" icons - and don't > > see a reason to create an interim branding set of icons for just one > > release. > > I agree, although I think all branding should be open to minor tweaks > (definition: taking existing material and modifying it some small way > to improve its usability). It would be nice if we shipped with perfect > icons but based on user feedback, there might be something we missed > no matter how much testing we do initially. There could be a branding > review and opportunities for more substantial changes for major > version-number releases. > > >> * After LibO 3.5: Use the "community branding" and for both the > >> software and also for the web presence etc. > >> > >> What do you think? We may ask the TDF Steering Committee to decide on > >> that to make this somehow official. > > > > +1 +1 > > +1 from me too, with one small caveat: I'm not sure about how soon > these releases are going to come out (i.e., faster than once every 6-8 > months), so I wouldn't like to talk about version numbers without any > (rough) schedule. Agreed, however if our release cycle is close to OOo's then I see no problem, there is also the matter of how we number/name LibreO releases of course. I'm leaning toward sticking with OOo numbering until we have the full branding pallet developed, then decide on our own release label convention. cheers GL -- Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html -- E-mail to [email protected] for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
