Op 16-mei-2006, om 12:41 heeft [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Hi all
I'm writing to try to focus the energy that everyone is putting into
getting a great usplash image for Dapper.
I really appreciate the effort and the care and the creativity of the
proposals. At this stage in the release process there is absolutely no
way we can change the code or protocols associated with usplash, which
means this effort needs to be SOLELY focused on getting a great image.
We have to live with the constraints of the current usplash
implementation for Dapper, and can reinvent and improve the technology
in Edgy.
Remember, the usplash has to look great on old POWERPC devices as well
as Sparc and old PC's with dodgy video cards. We took the decision
some
time ago that working everywhere was more important than having high
resolution and lots of colours.
It's the mark of a great UI artist that (s)he can produce something
that
looks super despite challenging device constraints. I'm asking all the
people who are working to improve the usplash NOT to waste time trying
to change the code at this point - we are in deep deep freeze.
Instead,
to live within the constraints of usplash and propose images for
testing
which look as good as possible.
Mark
First of all, thanks for clarifying once and for all that the usplash
code cannot be changed anymore. There's been a lot of confusion about
that lately.
I'd like to ask you how the logo guidelines come into play in the
making of a usplash screen. Are we supposed to stick with the
currently used color scheme of brown for Ubuntu, blue for Kubuntu,
and yellow for Edubuntu? Do you think that the usage of the Tangerine
color undermines the typical Human brown color that seems to be less
and less used lately? Or are artists allowed to create anything they
like, as long as it's usable and looks good?
Also, is there a hard deadline for these splash screens?
Lastly, I've set up a wikipage for the usplash splash screen
proposals. You can find it here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Usplash/
DapperPropositions
Please add your splash screens to this page so that we can have a
good overview of the possibilities that may be considered. The last
thing we want this late in the development cycle is confusion about
where everybody's contributions are, I'd say.
Michiel
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