[libreoffice-marketing] WhatsNew dialog on first start of a new version

[Heiko Tietze]

If we publish a new version we inform the user via infobar and ask to read the 
release notes. Besides the issue of stacked infobars, this information and the 
presentation is not really suited for end users. On the other hand, we always 
prepare awesome best-of videos, yet not everyone follows us on social media.


The idea is to simply show a dialog with a few images combined with a short 
text, arranged in a carousel with next/previous buttons.


The challenges are
a) we have to prepare this shortly before a new version goes into feature freeze
b) the localization of some strings can not start earlier
c) the images occupy a couple of bytes locally but are not used after the first 
presentation


If you dislike the idea, please comment on 
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159573


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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Wallpapers for desktop? Where are they. Debian has a lot and we don't!

[Heiko Tietze]

Sahil came up with the idea on the design Telegram channel - and I like it too. 
Not much response there otherwise.


On 16.11.23 10:39, Mike Saunders wrote:

Hi Sahil,

On 13.11.23 09:18, Sahil Gautam wrote:


*It would be a good idea to create a community contest, or some twitter
invitation to all those who can do this to make (Cool
Eye-friendly)Wallpapers. Such that someone can put it on their screens and
be proud of being a part of the community.*


Thanks for the idea -- I like it! And it's a great way to encourage people to 
get involved, even if they're not developers.


Currently we're running the "Month of LibreOffice" campaign, but in December, 
maybe we can run such a contest. What do others think? I'll ask the Design 
community too...


Cheers,
Mike



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[libreoffice-marketing] Mailing list -> Discourse

[Heiko Tietze]

I suggest to move the marketing mailing list into a Discourse forum at 
https://community.documentfoundation.org/. An example why this makes sense is 
the discussion around version 8 running across several mailing lists. Such 
discussions could be announced but should run on one place, at Discourse.


Best regards,
Heiko

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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] The Document Foundation is now on Mastodon

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There is @tdf...@birdsite.lakedrops.com, looking pretty official.

On 23.02.23 15:55, Mike Saunders wrote:

Hello everyone,

We've been on Mastodon with @LibreOffice for a while, but now we've created a 
separate account for TDF. This will focus more on the foundation's activities 
and updates:


https://fosstodon.org/@tdforg



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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] MARKETING PLAN: Recap of Discussion and Potential Labels

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On 30.11.20 17:39, Heiko Tietze wrote:

In the past we put some effort into STABLE vs FRESH...


...and I still don't get the STILL (all stable) ;-)

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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] MARKETING PLAN: Recap of Discussion and Potential Labels

[Heiko Tietze]

On 12.11.20 16:26, Italo Vignoli wrote:

Because of this approach, we are now focusing on the following labels...


Don't see any of these labels to improve the situation for ordinary users. While 
ROLLING might be easy to understand for Linux users, it's over-engineered in 
respect to LibreOffice.


In the past we put some effort into STABLE vs FRESH and the best might be to 
just keep FRESH.


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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] MARKETING PLAN: Some Proposals

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On 09.11.20 16:04, Italo Vignoli wrote:
> 2. Where to position the label: title bar, about box, start center

The label is part of the brand image, which is shown in the splash screen, the
about dialog, and it was planned for the start center. We alter what has been
defined for TDF at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Branding#Logos
Meaning it will be likely shown on other places too.


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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice branding: shades of grey

[Heiko Tietze]

Branding colors are typically static without a variation of grey. Imagine the 
Telekom magenta in a pastel tone. Or any other brand color with modification. 
But since this question is asked on marketing there might be different opinions 
- and we don't need to name our colors a branding.

On 09.07.19 12:12, Mike Saunders wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> We have various colours in our branding, as shown on the wiki:
> 
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Branding#Colors
> 
> However, there are no greyscales there. Andreas Kainz (who worked on the
> NotebookBar in LO 6.2) has made some suggestions here:
> 
> https://i.imgur.com/7quWJ0Z.png
> 
> What does everyone think? They look good to me!
> 

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[libreoffice-marketing] Renaming the "Tabbed" variant of the Notebookbar

[Heiko Tietze]

On social media, we refer to "Notebookbar" (and sometimes MUFFIN) but do not 
show this word in the UI. So a request was made [1] to rename the variants to 
"Tabbed Notebookbar" and "Tabbed Compact Notebookbar". However, Tabbed and 
Notebookbar sounds to me non-native speaker like tech-talk and I suggested 
"Verbose Catalogues" and "Compact Catalogues" (admittedly not really better). 
Another idea was to show MUFFIN with the separator.

So I'm seeking here for more input. Should we change the names and what would 
suit both recognizability and simplicity?

Thanks in advance,
Heiko

[1] https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125009


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Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Tip Of The Day

[Heiko Tietze]

On 11.04.19 23:00, Charles-H. Schulz wrote:
> ...is why I couldn't locate the document in the folder tree today. Do you 
> think
> you could change the permissions on the folder or should we ask Guilhem for 
> help?

Permission granted on the folder now.

Cheers,
Heiko


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Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Tip Of The Day

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On 11.04.19 17:21, Charles-H. Schulz wrote:
> Thanks! Do you happen to have the path to the document or is it willingly 
> obfuscated?

It's under resources, here is the direct link 
https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/apps/files/?dir=/Resources=63842
Not sure the folder structure is the same for everyone.


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Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Tip Of The Day

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On 11.04.19 14:40, Charles-H. Schulz wrote:
> I must be dense but I've looked on NextCloud and cannot find the document. 
> Also, I would like to have one centralized place for tips so if it goes on 
> one place on NextCloud, so be it. But please DON'T ERASE the pad! :-)

Shared the link in the first message here again 
https://nextcloud.documentfoundation.org/s/D6zAC5wddW83xWT
It's LOOL powered so direct editing possible. Access is granted for everyone 
(just enter an alias first).

I don't dare to touch the marketing board :-)


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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] what can I do for... LibreOffice

[Heiko Tietze]

On our Get Involved page we list some other categories for contribution (QA, 
documentation, marketing). We talked about this site recently as it is not 
welcoming. Speaking of design it is not clear to novices what that means (QA/BZ 
work with focus on UI/UX, proposals and mockups for improvements, definition of 
requirements and guidelines, icons design, creation/selection of images for 
various parts in the program, templates etc.), and that we have work for 
everyone. I think that has to become clear. Another idea was to show the 
picture of the contact person.

On 10/10/18 1:25 PM, Redon Skikuli wrote:
> Before the call I would like to share some preliminary work we have done.
> This will help us have a better initial idea of the work:
> https://cloud.collective68.tech/s/nEPDzFHYBe9jEmg
> 
> Can you also share details about how I can join the call?
> 
> Thank you,
> *---*
> 
> *Redon Skikuli*
> *e-mail: **re...@skikuli.com *
> *web: **www.skikuli.com *
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 2:43 PM Daniel A. Rodriguez <
> drodrig...@libreoffice.org> wrote:
> 
>> Another good example
>>
>> https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/contribute/
>>
> 


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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice slogan

[Heiko Tietze]

On 13.02.2018 16:07, Wolfgang Rohm wrote:
> I have to admit, that I don't know how to upload my suggestions to the
> LibreOffice Wiki documentation.

/done


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[libreoffice-marketing] Default color for shapes

[Heiko Tietze]

tl;dr: Change Sky Tango Blue into Light Lime 2 for shapes?

Shapes are painted in blue, probably because this was one of the basic Tango 
colors. However, we changed the standard palette recently. And in order to not 
show a hex value a lot of sources files needs to get touched. And now I wonder 
if we better got with a more LibreOffice'ish green as default color. My 
suggestion is Light Lime 2 for the area and Lime for the border. Consequently, 
it has also be the color for the shape icons - and wherever we used the blue 
before. Little drawback is the typical system blue for highlighted controls 
such as toggled buttons or scrollbars, which contradicts with green. Not too 
much, IMHO.

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[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Contact with Community

[Heiko Tietze]

Hi Christopher,

you are very welcome in our project. Whether your volunteers are
developers, designers, translators, QA fellows, help authors... we
have teams for all disciplines. Start from
http://www.libreoffice.org/community/get-involved/ to find the how-to
pages at our wiki. Speaking about UX, the start page is
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design with all relevant
information. My advice is to just jump into the cold water and to read
and comment on Bugzilla http://bugs.documentfoundation.org/ (design
related tickets have the keyword needsuxadvice).
As Henry pointed out we also have Spanish speaking communities. A
group was created recently on Telegram
(https://telegram.me/libreoffice_es). The local communities are one of
the main pillars for LibreOffice. CC'ing the marketing about that who
may know details.

Thanks a lot for fostering Open Source,
Heiko Tietze (UX Mentor at LibreOffice)

2017-07-29 17:56 GMT+02:00 Christopher Díaz <christopher.diaz@gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> My name is Christopher Díaz Riveros, I'm a software development student
> in Lima, Peru. For some time now I have been supporting my Linux
> community, Gentoo Linux, and I have discovered a wide world of
> possibilities in open source.
>
> I tell you this because it has been so much benefit in my training as a
> developer that I am determined to start a new community in my country
> to be able to make technology-related career students find an open
> source community in which they can learn to work and get the same
> positive effect that I have had on mine. I have already been talking to
> some teachers, I am about to begin my final year of studies in
> institute, and they agree to start the community with students of the
> institution.
>
> As one of the main problems when getting involved with a community here
> is English, and few are able to have fluent conversations in that
> language, as it is a bit intimidating for most to approach an open
> source community. My community hopes to get in touch with different
> open source projects throughout the world and seeks to be a mid-point
> to interact among young people and communities.
>
> Having said all this I have only to offer the community of LibreOffice,
> the availability of our community (we still do not have a definite
> name) and see if anyone is interested in supporting this group of
> developers here and with a bit of luck to be able to turn it into a
> movement of all Latin America.
>
> Thanks and any kind of feedback is welcome :)
> Christopher Diaz Riveros
> ___
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[libreoffice-marketing] Branding 6.0

[Heiko Tietze]

Hello all,

we received some proposals for the next branding, but it has become
quiet now. So I added the ideas to
https://pad.documentfoundation.org/p/UX-branding-6.0 and would ask the
community if there is no further input. My personal favorite is #6,
keeping the original motif.

Cheers,
Heiko

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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice merchandise shop - slogan ideas?

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On 18.05.2017 13:03, Mike Saunders wrote:
>> #1 is perfect for marketing. The explanation what to control
>> follows likely in the text.
> 
> What text do you mean here? Do you think, along with the LibreOffice
> logo and the slogan, we should have some extra text on the merchandise
> as well? It might get a bit cluttered...

Good point, there is no control for us :-)
(Slogan works anyway, IMHO)


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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice merchandise shop - slogan ideas?

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> Can I please be removed from this email list?
> 
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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice merchandise shop - slogan ideas?

[Heiko Tietze]

IMHO #2 and #3 have too much meaning and require to understand the
message; #1 is perfect for marketing. The explanation what to control
follows likely in the text.

2017-05-15 13:50 GMT+02:00 Mike Saunders :
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm bringing this topic back up again in case there are any more ideas.
> To recap, we want to update our merchandise shop so that the products
> have a slogan, and not just a logo. Let's choose a slogan!
>
> My proposals:
>
> 1. Take back control
> 2. Powerful, creative, open
> 3. Freedom meets creativity
>
> Let me know which one you like best (or if none of them, feel free to
> suggest another one!)
>
> Mike
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[libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-projects] Re: LibreOffice Mascot

[Heiko Tietze]

Cuteness factor as Cor's louse :-)

2017-04-26 16:25 GMT+02:00 Taylor Jenkins <taylor.a.jenk...@gmail.com>:
> How about a tardigrade for a mascot?
> What is a tardigrade you ask? Also known as water bears, they are adorable,
> and also perhaps the most indestructable creatures known to man.
> https://youtu.be/6H0E77TdYnY
> https://www.tumblr.com/search/tardigrade%20gif
>
>
>
> On Apr 26, 2017 3:26 AM, "Stefan Weiberg" <stefan.weib...@germandev.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> To put my two cents in.
>>
>> The dragonfly is already used by DragonFly BSD and Opera Dragonfly.
>>
>> On 26/04/17 10:57, Heiko Tietze wrote:
>> > Since today is world penguin day [1] some journals reported about Tux,
>> > which is a good reminder to keep our discussion boiling with the
>> > reference how Linux found its mascot [2]. To summarize the discussion
>> > I created a pad [3]. Anything to add?
>> >
>> > [1]
>> > https://www.awarenessdays.co.uk/awareness-days-calendar/world-penguin-day-2017/
>> > [2] http://www.gregroelofs.com/greg_lnxpeng.html
>> > [3] https://pad.documentfoundation.org/p/UX-mascot
>> >
>> > 2017-03-31 9:51 GMT+02:00 Heiko Tietze <tietze.he...@googlemail.com>:
>> >> Hello all,
>> >>
>> >> additional to the unique branding of LibreOffice today, we want to
>> >> introduce an alternative to TDF's trademarked logo/icon elements that can 
>> >> be
>> >> used by the community with minimal restrictions: a mascot.
>> >>
>> >> The idea is similar to "Duke" from Java
>> >> (https://kenai.com/projects/duke/pages/Home), SuSE's chameleon "Geeko",
>> >> Mozilla has a lizard/godzilla/tyrannosaurus, Linux' "Tux" is famous, KDE 
>> >> is
>> >> going with the dragon "Konqi" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqi) and
>> >> Krita has "Kiki" (https://krita.org/en/kiki/).
>> >>
>> >> The first step would be to find some metaphors that enables designs to
>> >> be creative. Something like Freedom, Documents, Openness etc. Ideas for 
>> >> the
>> >> realization are of course also welcome. The mascot could be an animal 
>> >> like a
>> >> (grumpy old) cat to refer to the seven lives of LibreOffice or something
>> >> more symbolic.
>> >>
>> >> Based on your input we would later start the actual design task, and
>> >> ideally have a few options where the community can choose the best.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Heiko
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>> >>
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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Presence at Free Software and Linux Days 2017

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Shared on Twitter

On 04/06/2017 03:45 PM, Muhammet Kara wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am going to attend "Özgür Yazılım ve Linux Günleri" (Free Software and 
> Linux Days)[0] this weekend to give a quick talk, titled "LibreOffice 
> Geliştirmeye Hızlı Başlangıç " (Quick Start to LibreOffice Development).[1] I 
> know this is a short notice, but I appreciate if you could help spread the 
> word about it.
> 
> @Mike
> I have created a wiki page[2] about this, and also added to the events page 
> on the wiki. Could you please add it also to the events schedule?
> 
> Cheers,
> Muhammet
> 
> [0] https://ozguryazilimgunleri.org.tr/2017/
> [1] https://ozguryazilimgunleri.org.tr/2017/program.html
> [2] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Events/2017/OYLG2017

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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Branding for LibreOffice 6.0

[Heiko Tietze]

Hi all,

may I kindly ask again for comments? Whether it's additional input regarding we 
want to achieve with v6.0 or if it's just a go with what has been collected in 
the previous message plus remarks from Adolfo and Sophie.

Cheers,
Heiko

On 03/20/2017 11:36 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote:
> On 20/03/2017 23:03, Heiko Tietze wrote:
> 
>> Any comments are welcome, of course. I understand no reply as silent 
>> acceptance and would start the request by end of this week.
> 
> Given that we are busy working at the annual report text, can we please
> postpone the deadline at the end of March? This week it will be almost
> impossible to provide a comment to your email.
> 

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Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

[Heiko Tietze]

Great idea! Easy to name, broad associations, and beautiful artwork
including tatoos (for those who really love the product) and sticker
pins. Unfortunately there is http://www.dragonflybsd.org/images/
(never heard before). Challenge for designer to make it look
different?

2017-04-04 11:18 GMT+02:00 K-J LibreOffice <k...@libreoffice.org>:
> Hi all,
> what do you think about a dragonfly (odonata) [1], [2]. Carl von Linné
> called it: "Libellula" and so we get to "LibO".
>
> It is an animal which we can find all over the world (except Antarctica).
>
> "They are fast, agile fliers, sometimes migrating across oceans [...] They
> are symbols of courage, strength, and happines [...]". [1]
>
> "Dragonflies are strong fliers with fairly robust bodies" [2]
> "Dragonflies are powerful and agile fliers, capable of migrating across
> oceans, moving in any direction, and changing direction suddenly. In flight,
> the adult dragonfly can propel itself in six directions: upward, downward,
> forward, back, to left and to right.
> [...] The wings are powered directly, with the flight muscles attached to
> the wing bases. Dragonflies have a high power/weight ratio, and have been
> documented accelerating at 4 G linearly and 9 G in sharp turns while
> pursuing prey.["
>
> They are beautiful with many different colours.
> They are grown up from larvae (OOO).
> They are predators (@Cor).
>
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odonata
>
>
>
>
> Am 04.04.2017 um 08:55 schrieb Heiko Tietze:
>>
>> 2017-04-04 1:48 GMT+02:00 Tim-L--Elmira-NY <webmas...@krackedpress.com>:
>>>
>>> For me, I keep thinking that LO is slowly working to take on various
>>> platforms.  So far, LO has taken over Linux's platforms from
>>> OpenOffice.org
>>> - from day one.  Then Windows and Mac platforms came quickly.  Although
>>> LO
>>> has not made really much headway against MS Office, to me it seems LO is
>>> slowly gaining a market share a little at a time. LO is working on an
>>> Android version and later I do not doubt Apple's IOS will see a version.
>>
>>
>> Sounds like a cute virus :-)
>> (Such a mascot would have the added value of being a massage ball)
>>
>> As an intermediate state, the metaphors we do have so far:
>>
>> * Freedom (dove like bird, though occupied by Apache OpenOffice; and
>> disliked by some)
>> * Speed/Improvement (fast birds)
>> * (Smart and not aggressive) Hunter (bird of prey, raptor)
>> * Intelligence (Weimeraner dog on G+ "good hunter and faithful pet but
>> requires lots of exercise")
>> * Openness
>> * Documents/Wisdom (Owl)
>> * Cuteness / Seven lives (Big? grumpy? kitten or puppy dog)
>> * Speed (Horse, though used by EuroOffice; and disliked by some)
>>
>> That's a pretty good basis for skilled designers. Anything else?
>>
>
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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

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2017-04-04 1:48 GMT+02:00 Tim-L--Elmira-NY :
> For me, I keep thinking that LO is slowly working to take on various
> platforms.  So far, LO has taken over Linux's platforms from OpenOffice.org
> - from day one.  Then Windows and Mac platforms came quickly.  Although LO
> has not made really much headway against MS Office, to me it seems LO is
> slowly gaining a market share a little at a time. LO is working on an
> Android version and later I do not doubt Apple's IOS will see a version.

Sounds like a cute virus :-)
(Such a mascot would have the added value of being a massage ball)

As an intermediate state, the metaphors we do have so far:

* Freedom (dove like bird, though occupied by Apache OpenOffice; and
disliked by some)
* Speed/Improvement (fast birds)
* (Smart and not aggressive) Hunter (bird of prey, raptor)
* Intelligence (Weimeraner dog on G+ "good hunter and faithful pet but
requires lots of exercise")
* Openness
* Documents/Wisdom (Owl)
* Cuteness / Seven lives (Big? grumpy? kitten or puppy dog)
* Speed (Horse, though used by EuroOffice; and disliked by some)

That's a pretty good basis for skilled designers. Anything else?

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[libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

[Heiko Tietze]

Hello all,

additional to the unique branding of LibreOffice today, we want to introduce an 
alternative to TDF's trademarked logo/icon elements that can be used by the 
community with minimal restrictions: a mascot.

The idea is similar to "Duke" from Java 
(https://kenai.com/projects/duke/pages/Home), SuSE's chameleon "Geeko", Mozilla 
has a lizard/godzilla/tyrannosaurus, Linux' "Tux" is famous, KDE is going with 
the dragon "Konqi" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqi) and Krita has "Kiki" 
(https://krita.org/en/kiki/).

The first step would be to find some metaphors that enables designs to be 
creative. Something like Freedom, Documents, Openness etc. Ideas for the 
realization are of course also welcome. The mascot could be an animal like a 
(grumpy old) cat to refer to the seven lives of LibreOffice or something more 
symbolic.

Based on your input we would later start the actual design task, and ideally 
have a few options where the community can choose the best.

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[libreoffice-marketing] System theme or branded theme

[Heiko Tietze]

In tdf#106756 [1] the fundamental idea to blend LibreOffice well into the 
system theme is challenged. While we may be able to solve most of the issues 
the idea is tempting to have a unique look and feel with the possibility to 
customize the default according the system. Something like Mozilla does in 
Firefox with Auralis [2].

Would be good to get opinions on the ticket.

[1] https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106756
[2] https://blog.mozilla.org/ux/2013/11/australis-is-landing-in-firefox-nightly/
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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Branding for LibreOffice 6.0

[Heiko Tietze]

End of March granted. At least I got mail with this passage :-).

On 03/20/2017 11:36 PM, Italo Vignoli wrote:
> On 20/03/2017 23:03, Heiko Tietze wrote:
> 
>> Any comments are welcome, of course. I understand no reply as silent 
>> acceptance and would start the request by end of this week.
> 
> Given that we are busy working at the annual report text, can we please
> postpone the deadline at the end of March? This week it will be almost
> impossible to provide a comment to your email.
> 

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[libreoffice-marketing] Branding for LibreOffice 6.0

[Heiko Tietze]

Hello everyone,

the next major update of LibreOffice is planned for Q1/2018. That makes it 
necessary to start the design work now. With the experience from the last 
process I want to try something different this time: to ask the Open Source 
Design group for a professional visual design 
(https://github.com/opensourcedesign). We should request at least two variants 
in order to involve our community (despite the fact that we blog with a 
reference to OSD and everybody can contribute early), where users choose their 
preferred design later. And I would add a tough timeline to the request so that 
we can run a plan B if anything fails.

We should also improve ourself on how to start a request. Designers usually 
work well with a clear goal and a few constraints, such as metaphors, ideas 
around the product etc. And that's what I want to ask for in this mail.

My rough proposal:

Task:
* New motif (Question: Or do we want to keep the triangles rather than moving 
forward to hexagons?)
  + Current design
+ https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Visual_Elements
* Applying the motif to new splash screen / banner (661x169px)
  + Current design
+ https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Branding
  + Previous ideas
+ https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Playground/Splash_screen
+ https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Branding/Banner_Proposals 
* Applying the motif to flyers, stickers etc. 
  + Current flyers
+ https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Gallery_Flyers
* (Can we technically introduce a new progress bar and do we want to? There is 
a proposal https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:Chin_Zee_Yuen)
* (What else?)

Restriction
* Follow guidelines for colors and branding
  + https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Branding
* Create at least two ideas that can be presented to the community
* Finish the job until end of July 2017
* Use open data format or at least SVG
(What else?)

Metaphors (i.e. For what stands LibreOffice?)
* Transparency, Sustainability, Freedom
* Community
* MUFFIN
* Green
* Six, hexagon, ...

Any comments are welcome, of course. I understand no reply as silent acceptance 
and would start the request by end of this week.

Best wishes,
Heiko
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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice merchandise shop - slogan ideas?

[Heiko Tietze]

You mean beyond what we have?
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Slogan :-)

2017-02-21 15:07 GMT+01:00 Mike Saunders :
> Hi everyone,
>
> As you may know, we have a shop with LibreOffice merchandise (phone
> covers, mugs, T-shirts etc.) here:
>
> https://shop.spreadshirt.de/documentfoundation/
>
> We added some new items a while back, but the range on Spreadshirt is
> fairly limited. So I was thinking: how about refreshing the items on
> there with more than just the word "LibreOffice" and a logo? How about
> actually having a message or slogan printed on the items?
>
> For instance:
>
> * Liberate your documents / data
> * Your documents, your freedom
> * Take back control
>
> ...or something like that. It might make the T-shirts and mugs a bit
> flashier and more exciting! Does anyone else have slogan ideas (or
> indeed any other ways we could "spice up" the shop)?
>
> Thanks!
>
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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Christmas card

[Heiko Tietze]

On 12/08/2016 04:59 PM, Mike Saunders wrote:
> It's all created in LibreOffice Draw...

On 12/08/2016 03:59 PM, Mike Saunders wrote:
> QR code is in case anyone prints it out...

That's truly eating own dogfood, brilliant! About QR code there is a request to 
have this working (again) internally. Just to mention. 
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67090


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[libreoffice-marketing] Renaming the LibreOffice colors

[Heiko Tietze]

Hello marketeers,

the LibreOffice branding colors 
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Branding#Colors do not have good 
names but are numbered consecutively. Instead of "Green 1" we should better 
call this color "Moss Green". My proposal is in 
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104053 (black and white as 
well as the accent names could remain). Opinions are welcome.

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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Banner

[Heiko Tietze]

Hi Anxhelo,

mailing lists do not accept attachments. Usually, proposals are added at the 
user's space on our wiki. For example Klaus-Juergen, who is often doing this 
kind of tasks, has this page 
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:K-j/Drafts. 

Looking forward your banner,
Heiko

On 10/20/2016 12:51 AM, Anxhelo Lushka wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> My name is Anxhelo, I'm a TDF member and LibreOffice contributor, mainly
> on translations and part of the design team. I am a part of Open Labs
> Hackerspace in Tirana, Albania and we are organizing LibreOffice month
> which will be held in December. For that reason, I decided to implement
> a minimalistic design for a generic banner, which will help to promote
> LibreOffice.
> 
> I am sharing it with you as an attachment and would love your feedback,
> anything you like/dislike and/or would like to add/remove.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Anxhelo.
> 


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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Jeff Macharyas: Introduction

[Heiko Tietze]

Hi Jeff,

that's really great news! Despite from the textual aspects of marketing you are 
very welcome to support the visual design. I'm cc'ing to Klaus-Juergen who 
cares about the visual appearance and branding. We talked at the LibreOffice 
conference about the need for a better procedure regarding visual design. You 
are very welcome to help us.

Cheers,
Heiko

On 09/11/2016 05:04 PM, Jeff Macharyas wrote:
> I can contribute to the marketing efforts with graphic design, editing and
> writing.
> 30 years of experience in publishing and graphics, as well as technical
> writing, technical editing, writing for the web, copywriting and analytics.
> 
> Published on opensource.com
> 
> Master's in Cybersecurity and Computer Forensics (Utica College)
> Bachelor's in Communications (Florida State University)
> miniMBA in Social Media Marketing (Rutgers University)
> 
> Writing and design portfolio can be viewed at www.macharyas.com
> 
> Proficient in Adobe software as well as Scribus, GIMP, etc.
> Mac and Ubuntu proficient (Windows, too, if I'm forced to).
> 
> Currently based in Fort Pierce, Florida, USA but relocating soon to Upstate
> New York (probably).
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> 
> *Jeff Macharyas*
> *www.macharyas.com <http://www.macharyas.com>*
> 

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[libreoffice-marketing] Design blog post

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Hello everyone,

the design team just published the blog post "Easyhackers wanted!" about a 
design-only task.

http://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2016/06/17/easyhackers-wanted/

Spreading the word is appreciated.

Cheers,
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