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Why not use the unified grid-like background image +</I>><i> >> >> (Wall*-04.jpg)? (with or without the Mageia name on it) - there it +</I>><i> >> >> would be unified with the boot sequence. +</I>><i> >> > +</I>><i> >> > Romain, which grid image are you meaning? The current background or +</I>><i> >> > plymouth theme? +</I>><i> >> +</I>><i> >> This. <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54316230@N06/5425490722/in/photostream/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/54316230@N06/5425490722/in/photostream/</A> +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > I like this image very much also... +</I>><i> > Some points: +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > - I understand that having some corporate image in the login (kdm, gdm) +</I>><i> >  window is desired, but don't forget that gdm or kdm hide the center of +</I>><i> >  the screen. +</I>><i> > - Continuity between boot steps is a pretty nice feature... +</I>><i> > - I don't know if it happens to more people, but I find complex backgrounds +</I>><i> >  very distracting and hurt my eyes. If there are big letters or extreme +</I>><i> >  color changes in the background it annoys me. I could never put a portrait +</I>><i> >  of my children as background as many people do ;). +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > This is just a quick'n'dirty mockup: +</I>><i> > - plymouth: <A HREF="http://webdiis.unizar.es/~magallon/mga/mga1.jp">http://webdiis.unizar.es/~magallon/mga/mga1.jp</A> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Why do you want to change current one ? it's rather nice and just need +</I>><i> to remove beta mention +</I>><i> +</I> +I also think it is the best of what was proposed. My ideas were (where I +write 'should' or 'must', please read 'from my point of view' ;) ): + +- The name and logo must be present in the background. +- The transition from plymouth to dm must be smooth (even, if it is + possible, from grub to plymouth, but I think there is a short period + where kernel boot messages are on screen...). +- The center of the screen is the worst place to place the logo, as + dm's put their login/userlist dialog there, over the logo. + +So... change everything in this way: +- use the same image (blue grid) +- put the logo at the bottom of the screen (upper 2/3, filled with + grid, lower 1/3, half grid/half silver with the cauldron and name). +- put the dots (or any progress graphics) in the central third +- on boot, the dots just fade into the gdm/kdm login dialog. +- for (if) smooth change is also possible from grub to plumouth, use + the same bg and put the grub os list at the top. +- if the grid is also the default desktop bg, you also get a smooth + transition from dm to user desktop. + +><i> > - gdm: <A HREF="http://webdiis.unizar.es/~magallon/mga/mga2.jpg">http://webdiis.unizar.es/~magallon/mga/mga2.jpg</A> +</I>><i> > - desktop background: <A HREF="http://webdiis.unizar.es/~magallon/mga/mga3.jpg">http://webdiis.unizar.es/~magallon/mga/mga3.jpg</A> +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > So you fade smoothly from plymouth to gdm to default BG on login. +</I>><i> > +</I> +-- +J.A. Magallon <jamagallon()ono!com> \ Winter is coming... +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000300.html">[Mageia-artwork] 2011/week 17 review +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000277.html">[Mageia-artwork] [Bug 1010] [New] Things to do for plymouth +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#301">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#301">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#301">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#301">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-artwork">More information about the Mageia-artwork +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |