[Mageia-artwork] 2011/week 17 review

Thu Apr 28 12:41:41 CEST 2011

On 28 April 2011 11:32, Donald Stewart <watersnowrock at gmail.com> wrote:
+> On 28 April 2011 11:25, Romain d'Alverny <rdalverny at gmail.com> wrote:
+>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:01, Donald Stewart <watersnowrock at gmail.com> wrote:
+>>> On 28 April 2011 10:10, Thorsten van Lil <tvl83 at gmx.de> wrote:
+>>>
+>>>> I see the following (fast) solutions:
+>>>> 1. We use the current one and invert the colors. Would look like this:
+>>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/cZLcXCTQb0wda752EbuM6cWFIzFZ2BaC21XF10gWwzE?feat=directlink
+>>>> 2. We use a different available wallpaper of Alex. For example this one:
+>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/54316230@N06/5410392701/in/photostream
+>>>>
+>>>> (yes, the labels have to be modified for the release)
+>>
+>> These two are more about Cauldron, given the illustration. But that's
+>> my impression.
+>>
+>>>> 3. Use something different, like this one (very dark):
+>>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Sh_GexPv2D7YJFqdM3lnZMWFIzFZ2BaC21XF10gWwzE?feat=directlink
+>>
+>> Too dark.
+>>
+>>>> Further proposals are more than welcome, as a dark theme doesn't fit the
+>>>> taste of the mass!
+>>>
+>>> Considering that gfxboot and plymouth are the same, but kdm, (gdm?),
+>>> ksplash and backgrounds are different, I feel that some unification is
+>>> required
+>>
+>> Yes. Why not use the unified grid-like background image
+>> (Wall*-04.jpg)? (with or without the Mageia name on it) - there it
+>> would be unified with the boot sequence.
+>>
+>>> I really like the dark image image and the inverted one, however, I
+>>> thinks that that is too dark.
+>>> Was there ever a decision made about the colour scheme that we should
+>>> base things on?
+>>
+>> So far, no. And it's a bit late to design this in a hurry.
+>>
+>> Romain
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+>>
+>
+> Romain, which grid image are you meaning? The current background or
+> plymouth theme?
+>
+> I have always like this image, which is darker but not very dark:
+> http://www.flickr.com/photos/54316230@N06/5410393149/in/photostream
+>
+> Also, this icon is somewhat cleaner than the one that is current used
+> in the the post plymouth stages:
+> http://admin.home.djbstewart.operaunite.com/webserver/content/?session-redirect=noCookie/logo_mageia.png
+>
+
+I have updated this page to reflective the current situation as per
+what I know: http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=artwork:installer#desktop_backgrounds
+
+We need to decide is we will ship 800x600 resolutions, then the
+necessary modifications can be made.
+