oh. And don't forget the K/Gdm theme
Ter, 2006-05-23 às 00:34 +0100, Luis Matos escreveu: > hello there: > > i want to bring to discussion on the list some aspects of desktop eye > candy that users valorize when they end the installation. Also, a bit of > marketing for debian. > > I think we should ship with debian etch an innovator image of debian's > desktop. > For example, the same image set in grub/lilo menu, gnome/kde splash, > gnome/kde/whatever background. > > I like the gnome 2.14 splash screen - even more with the swirl - located > at /usr/share/pixmaps/splash and i think that we could base on those > colors to make some new backgrounds that the user likes. > > I like the new splash screen, but don't like the background > (debian-background.svg in desktop-base). > > The changes i would like in the background is a whitier colour of the > image and putting the swirl in one corner, or in the middle, but > smaller. ( bad example in attachment). Or ... like the splash, the > combination of the gnome foot and the swirl. For kde or other window > managers the same could be applied, but with their logos. > > Also, the icons in gnome, come with the default ones. I think that they > are bad, they are not appealing for the user. I use the tango icon set > and i think it does the trick ( There is an ITP [1] with some legal > issues). > > Having a full in the same level layout oriented graphics, the user > experience would improve. Also the substitution of the gnome foot in the > menu by a swirl would maybe strong ... but by some icon like the one > from pkg-gnome-team [2]. I don't think it's great, but it is a cool > idea. > > well ... i am not a designer, but i like to have a good first desktop > approach, like i think all users, new users or even company > administrators (engineers). > > > [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=335555 > [2] http://pkg-gnome.alioth.debian.org/gnome-debian.png > > best regards, > -- Luis Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
