Hi, (Over-quoting Just to relay Frank's comments to Tarun Rathor, in case they don't read the list and need to be Cc'd. I do read the list, please don't Cc me. If that's the same for you, just tell us.)
Frank leTanque wrote (26 Jun 2014 00:00:01 GMT) : > 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. Thanks for creating this splash screen. Note that Tails is written "Tails", not "TAILS". I'm curious to read Tarun Rathor's answers to Frank questions. Cheers, -- intrigeri _______________________________________________ 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].
