Apologize in advance if I seem rude. Consider this constructive criticism. I'm a design enthusiast, novice practitioner, and studied design. All my points/questions will be bulletted out in no particular order:
- If it ain't broke, why fix it? - If you're going to fix something that's not broken, what do you hope to achieve? What do you risk? - Proportions and grids are a designers best friend. Without using and understanding them, are they still your friends? - What was wrong with the v1 splash screen? - Imagine balloons filled with equal amounts of water that need to exist in between every character. Would the balloons be equal in "Tails"? This is the basic concept of kerning. - By laying the USB stick down, you create a space from where the edge of the USB stick is and the screen which gives the splash screen much more dimension than it had before. - The sans-serif font you chose is different and appropriate, but the lower-case "a" in the most recent splash is beautiful. Is it a good idea to change to a typeface with less character? Maybe, maybe not. - Is it necessary to say operating system? Does that need to be there, does that make the design evoke more emotion or thought or fear or contemplation? - The solid block represents the terminal cursor, but tails is a gui based OS; does this break the conceptual flow? - The design of your splash is positioned entirely above the menu and footer text of the menu, creating a 50/50 flow of elements. Is this a good choice to make? My opinion is that it does one interesting thing, which is creates the space. But it looses the "happy face" of the USB connector. And the overall proportions are no longer flowy, but a little tense. *---* TANQUE wickr: letanque | tanque.pro | [email protected] *PGPKey: * http://pool.sks-keyservers.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x929D2552A998B662 *CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: This email message, together with all attachments, is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain legally privileged or confidential information. Any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please contact the sender immediately and delete the transmitted material and all copies from your system, or if received in hard copy format, return the material to us via the United States Postal Service. Thank you. * On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Tarun Rathor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Tails dev team, (Hope this is the correct email to send this message > to...) > > Basically straight to the point I decided to have a go and editing your > tails splash screen for the boot menu and made this (Check attachments) and > it would be great if on your next Tails ISO if you could use this edited > version of your tails boot up splash screen? (Its really up to yourselves > obviously) also no copyright infringement was intended but instead a > helping hand to Tails OS. > Also love the great work put into Tails, thanks guys. > > T > > > _______________________________________________ > Tails-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev > To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to > [email protected]. >
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