Hi all, I haven't taken a look at the actual design, so I do not have an opinion on the discussion here.
What I like is the idea to involve users into defining the future direction. But I guess we should rethink the way of doing it. I do not believe g+ (as I understood) is an appropriate way of doing it / activating users. Thus the results are subject of discussion. I more than happy to help finding / defining better ways to involve users in future if there is a larger interest in this topic. All the best, Björn Am Sonntag, 27. Januar 2013, 21:27:43 schrieb Mirek M.: > Guide for testing the artwork on Linux: > Rename splash.png from the package as intro.png and place it along with > sofficerc, backing_left.png, backing_space.png, and backing_right.png into > your home folder. Then open the Terminal and write the following: > sudo cp intro.png /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/ > sudo cp sofficerc /etc/libreoffice/ > sudo cp backing_left.png /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/shell/ > sudo cp backing_space.png /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/shell/ > sudo cp backing_right.png /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/shell/ > > To answer Italo: > > On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Italo Vignoli <italo.vign...@gmail.com>wrote: > > On 1/27/13 7:25 PM, Mirek M. wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Everything is white, nothing is green. Sorry, I do not like it at all. I > > am not a design expert but a decent communication expert, and we have > > already had a huge issue in the past when OOo switched from something > > colourful to something completely white, and many users complained in a > > rather strong way (and I was one of the most vocal). We should improve > > the design of 3.6.4, which might be too greenish, by adding shades or > > graphic elements, but we should not give up our green colour (which has > > a meaning, as green is the colour of freedom in western culture). Sorry > > for being probably too negative, because I am a volunteer and I know > > myself what it means when your volunteer work is criticized, but I see > > this whiteish look as a major issue (and a huge step backwards). > > I have to disagree with you there. > Our original splash was predominantly white, and there were no complaints > about it then. When the idea of a green splash was brought up, a sizeable > percentage of our Google+ commenters argued against it: > "please not green!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" - Alberto > Sanchez<https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/102673546895803839652/1077206927516469 > 82324>, +1'd by Fran S, Alessandro Roncone, Jean-Baptiste Sauvage > "If one of the green ones is chosen, please add an "anti-headache mode" > which can turn it into greyscale colours." - Robin Jacobs > "I know about the greenish of LibreOffice, but at least a little decrease > of saturation could lead to a less strident ui on those DE that by default > are built around blue, to make an example. > Basically, I really appreciate this design. My point was only related to > the color." - Alessandro Roncone > White is also the predominant color in the Office 2010 splash screen, the > Apache OpenOffice splash, this Office 2013 > splash<http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&safe=off&tbo=d&gbv=2&biw=1024&bih= > 464&tbm=isch&tbnid=DwPafHo3TG3iJM:&imgrefurl=http://arstechnica.com/informat > ion-technology/2012/07/office-2013-microsofts-bid-to-win-the- future/&docid=2 > mKhmJ_z8WIUaM&imgurl=http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp- content/uploads/2012/07/o > 2013-install- launch-640x360.png&w=639&h=359&ei=Fo0FUb66J-2b1AWkuIG4Cg&zoom=1 > &ved=1t:3588,r:5,s:0,i:96&iact=rc&dur=7&sig=117166895286223770585&page=1&tbn > h=168&tbnw=300&start=0&ndsp=6&tx=72&ty=67>, and almost all of Apple's box > designs. > > I'm just trying to point out that the situation is not so clear- cut, and > there are advantages to using white. > > Also, the new proposal isn't completely devoid of green. Do you think > adding a green dog ear as in Mateus's proposal would help? -- Dipl.-Psych. Björn Balazs Business Management & Research T +49 30 6098548-21 | M +49 179 4541949 User Prompt GmbH | Psychologic IT Expertise Grünberger Str. 49, 10245 Berlin | www.user-prompt.com HRB 142277 | AG Berlin Charlottenburg | Geschäftsführer Björn Balazs -- 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