Re: background space usage

2008-10-26 Thread Mairin Duffy
Ian Weller wrote: On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:28:17PM +, Charlie Brej wrote: Current solar background's consume 33Mb. This a bit on the heavy side, especially on the Live CD which is over its image limit. Currently there are 4 different images (morning, noon, evening, night) sent out in 4

Re: background space usage

2008-10-26 Thread Ian Weller
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 11:28:17PM +, Charlie Brej wrote: > Current solar background's consume 33Mb. This a bit on the heavy side, > especially on the Live CD which is over its image limit. Currently there > are 4 different images (morning, noon, evening, night) sent out in 4 > different si

background space usage

2008-10-26 Thread Charlie Brej
Current solar background's consume 33Mb. This a bit on the heavy side, especially on the Live CD which is over its image limit. Currently there are 4 different images (morning, noon, evening, night) sent out in 4 different sizes (4:3, 16:10, 5:4 and 8:3 for dual screen). What we could do is to s

Re: Solar_3200x1200_* partly transparent column of pixels

2008-10-26 Thread Charlie Brej
Another little thing: For a technical reason[1] the last image, in the array of sizes in the background transition xml, is the one chosen for the thumbnail. In solar, this currently is the dual screen which very few people have and in most single screen setups the thumbnail looks quite distende

Solar_3200x1200_* partly transparent column of pixels

2008-10-26 Thread Charlie Brej
Minor imperfection: In the 3200x1200 dual screen images there is a column at X=1151 which has a slight transparency. It is in fact very difficult to see it in gimp but it does become visible on desktop backgrounds with a contrasting solid colour behind.