Since I won't be able to make it to chat, I'll make a few comments here. Mateusz's design really looks like the best option at this point for a few reasons:
First of all, it looks better. While Mirek's is more likely to integrate into whatever desktop environment it opens in, I don't think that's really that big of a priority for a welcome screen, if at all. Part of the job of a welcome screen is to present the software in a way that is attractive (but not such that it gets in the way), and maybe not just another system component, or generic program. In short, showing that the software is Libreoffice, and giving a good first impression. I think Mateusz's design does that best. Second, and probably most importantly, Mateusz's design simply seems more usable. The sidebar is really what makes it work. There's enough room for icons /and/ text for each element of Libreoffice, and a wider clicking area for each (This is especially important as many new computers come with touchscreens, which, while it would be ridiculous to design the entire document editor with that in mind, it would be good for people who use touchscreens to be able to do basic things like open a recent document or start a new document easily.) There's also less worry about having enough horizontal area on a screen. Thirdly, (and not really importantly--this is a really small point) I like Mateusz's design because it has a sidebar, and I think that we should implement the sidebar as a default part of the user interface, because it makes better use of space, is more usable, and makes hidden features more accessible. Having both would be a nice little consistency that would be cool to have. To be fair, I like Mirek's welcome text for when no documents have been opened. Except open up should just be open. And I think Mateusz's design constantly displaying "Welcome" at the bottom is pretty awkward. It's out of the way enough to not be noticed by most users, and doesn't really say anything helpful or important. And there should be a place in the sidebar to create a formula. Anyway, that's my not very important opinion. Daniel -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Welcome-graphics-for-the-Startcenter-in-4-2-tp4077497p4080930.html Sent from the Design mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: design+unsubscr...@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