Hi Charles, Italo, The links to the proposed artwork are here: * TDF artwork <http://ubuntuone.com/3PVMix5hDrBtqARcYR298r> * Community artwork without ® <http://ubuntuone.com/5Egi8UftNSNL3jNwxncC3r> * Community artwork with ® <http://ubuntuone.com/5PDYO8aos1BOa8CVId8NS9> * sofficerc <http://ubuntuone.com/3lYToGq77OfnItEDKsAhBO> * SVG sources <http://ubuntuone.com/25bFNEcUwK8VAJcCK04iRx>
Please try it out before making a judgement. On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Charles-H. Schulz < charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > Well. This mail is a bit difficult. I took a look at the design. It IS a > non standard logo on a white background. > There are two major issues. > * the logo is NOT the standard logo. You're using an old one from 2010. The logo in the proposal comes straight from https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Branding, where it's listed as a valid option. That said, we opted for a lighter, if a bit less standard, version of the logo, as seen in Mateus's proposal. > * I don't have much to say for the startscreen, but honestly... the > splashscreen is something I could have done myself and I'm a profound idiot > when it comes to design. This looks bad, unfinished, and I obviously do not > have the documented rationale for your choice, but it's a bit like any > other choice would have been better. A complex design doesn't necessary mean a good design. Here, simple tends to be better. And if you look, that's the design ethos of most successful software companies. To give examples -- look at Microsoft Word's new splash screen<http://better-tablet.com//HLIC/d07e244bfbe53f6531eb17c87114c138.png> . And while iWork doesn't have a splash, it does have a box<http://www.downeu.net/uploads/posts/2010-07/1279860460_iwork09-box.jpg>-- and the front is occupied solely by the logo. On our social sites, the feedback seems mostly positive. > I am very worried about this choice (again, I'm constraining my comment to > the splashscreen), I'm worried for our image, I'm worried for the > impression millions of people are going to get every time they'll start > LibreOffice. > > I would like to thank you all for your contributions, I know it's not easy > and we all have lives outside here, but somebody must have gotten really > tired or something. > > I don't even want to suggest what to do at this point, what process to > follow, I don't want to choose for the team as it would be disrepectful > (and this mail is disrespectful enough already) but I can't shut up on that > one. Please reconsider or do something. It's terrible. > Again, I'd encourage you to try it out before judging. If you're still firmly opposed to it, we can revert back to the 3.6 branding. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to design+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
