I agree with your points--comments below: On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Gary C Martin <g...@garycmartin.com> wrote: > Hi Christian, > > On 30 May 2009, at 10:17, Christian Marc Schmidt wrote: > >> Hi Gary, this looks good, though I wonder about the loss of the XO in >> the center. The boot sequence was intended to establish the UI, and in >> many ways the XO does signify the Sugar brand as much (more?) as the >> logo. Suggestion: Could we not simply show the logo for a few seconds, >> before transitioning into the current boot sequence? I'd hate to lose >> the current sequence, I think it works very well, and Eben will attest >> that much time was spent arriving at where we are today... > > Yes, agreed, the original boot up is very hard to beat (showing a child as > central). Just bouncing ideas about here. My only criticisms of the original > would be: > > 1) not liking the kid icon breaking into a rotating arrow treatment (seems > too forced/smart, the whole XO icon is a stronger identity, appearing dots > show progress just fine)
Yes, I fully agree! A stationary XO icon would be simpler, less forced. > > 2) seemed odd for the dots to appear from 6 o'clock to 6 o'clock (12 to 12 > feels more natural to me) Agree with that, too. > > 3) lack of any colour (though this is tough to avoid breaking HIG > iconography on colour use) Here, I think it would be best if the XO would have the colors set in the UI... > > Regards, > --Gary > >> Christian >> >> >> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 10:59 PM, Gary C Martin <g...@garycmartin.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Folks, >>> >>> Just to get a basic, safe, default starting point in there, I've uploaded >>> one simple treatment to: >>> >>> >>> >>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Marketing_Team/Boot_Logo#Sugar_Boot_Logo_Animations >>> >>> Will try to upload a couple more tomorrow. >>> >>> Night, >>> --Gary >>> >>> P.S. Should pull this back on list, your call Sean, but probably worth >>> getting a couple more ideas up so that folks can input to some >>> alternative >>> treatments. >>> >>> On 30 May 2009, at 00:58, Sean DALY wrote: >>> >>>> Christian, Eben >>>> >>>> I'm not sure if you are on sugar-devel but this is I think an >>>> outstanding opportunity for Sugar branding, "celebrating" Sugar >>>> interface.iconography and greeting children. >>>> >>>> I know nothing about the plymouth boot animator, but i deduce that >>>> consecutively named files will do the trick >>>> >>>> I'm willing to attack this but before I try scraping screenshots, do >>>> you guys have any interface assets i could grab? >>>> >>>> Input greatly appreciated >>>> >>>> thanks >>>> >>>> Sean >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 12:32 AM, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Maybe we could work on it together? >>>>> >>>>> here's my idea.... like my booth rollup banner mockup which Christian >>>>> 7 Eben both liked, I want to stay as much as possible within the Sugar >>>>> HIG and iconography. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> boot should start with our logo ... smaller than in the previous SoaS >>>>> ... (not sure yet if should be with or without "labs") >>>>> >>>>> The ring is iconic ... I want to keep a ring at boot... but instead of >>>>> dots, I want XO avatars - kids! >>>>> >>>>> In the middle... each succeeding image with a colored Activity icon... >>>>> matched to the corresponding XO avatar appearing in the ring. So kids >>>>> understand that Activities are for them. >>>>> >>>>> And ending with... kids around the Journal! >>>>> >>>>> Alternate idea: cycling through the 12 logo color combos? >>>>> >>>>> Not mutually exclusive... logo could be on the bottom of ring >>>>> >>>>> What do you think? >>>>> >>>>> thanks >>>>> >>>>> Sean >>>>> >>>>> P.S. I've actually done something similar with a titling sequence for >>>>> a short film. I started with the final image and wiped elements, >>>>> backing down to the first image >>>>> >>>>> I use imagemagick a lot no problem to create a script which could >>>>> inject arbitrary text into a ppm file >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Gary C Martin <g...@garycmartin.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Sean, >>>>>> FYI, this came in off list. >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> --G >>>>>> >>>>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>>>> >>>>>> From: James Zaki <james.z...@gmail.com> >>>>>> Date: 29 May 2009 22:24:06 BST >>>>>> To: Gary C Martin <g...@garycmartin.com> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] [SoaS] Request for Artwork: Boot Screen >>>>>> I'm in touch with a design company who owes me a favour or two. >>>>>> >>>>>> I could get them to whip up some concept designs for inspiration? >>>>>> >>>>>> James >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 2009/5/29 Gary C Martin <g...@garycmartin.com> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 29 May 2009, at 21:37, Sean DALY wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sebastian, Gary >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'd like to take a stab at it, I've actually had an idea brewing for >>>>>>>> awhile >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cool, shout if you need extra hands/review. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --G >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> What's the deadline please? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> thanks >>>>>>>> Sean >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Gary C Martin >>>>>>>> <g...@garycmartin.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 29 May 2009, at 18:41, Sebastian Dziallas wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi folks, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> sorry for the short notice, but this is rather urgent. I've been >>>>>>>>>> spending yesterday afternoon to update the packages in our SoaS >>>>>>>>>> Yum >>>>>>>>>> repo >>>>>>>>>> to reflect the changes for Fedora 11. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> As it turned out, the plymouth package has been partly rewritten, >>>>>>>>>> and I >>>>>>>>>> was wondering (also with regard to #709), how we wanted to deal >>>>>>>>>> with a >>>>>>>>>> new boot screen. For now, I've just implemented the old Sugar logo >>>>>>>>>> again, but we might also want to have something more shiny >>>>>>>>>> (probably >>>>>>>>>> with a progress bar). >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Some form of progress indicator would be a useful addition. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I'm not really that good at art and the Sugar logo thing there was >>>>>>>>>> at >>>>>>>>>> first nothing more than a quick hack, so it'd would be really >>>>>>>>>> great if >>>>>>>>>> someone could have a look and work on such a boot screen. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'm happy to give it a look/shot from a graphics point of view if >>>>>>>>> no >>>>>>>>> one else steps forward. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> So. When did you need it by? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> OLPC is currently doing the same for their 1.5 software release, >>>>>>>>>> which >>>>>>>>>> gives us a good possibility to have a look at the file structure: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> http://www.freedesktop.org/~halfline/olpc.tar.bz2 >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Please let me know if there's anything I can help with. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'm new to plymouth, but looking at the content of olpc.tar.bz2 it >>>>>>>>> seems simple. My main question is where should I look for the >>>>>>>>> config >>>>>>>>> that describes which images get loaded in what order. Perhaps the >>>>>>>>> names just conform to some hardcoded protocol? How about the >>>>>>>>> location >>>>>>>>> of corner-image.png, perhaps hardcoded again? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'm just downloading your latest Soas build so will have a dig in >>>>>>>>> there to see what you have done already – I'm just wondering if >>>>>>>>> this >>>>>>>>> is really as easy as generating a bunch of png files with the >>>>>>>>> correct >>>>>>>>> file names :-) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>> --Gary >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>>>> --Sebastian >>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>> Sugar-devel mailing list >>>>>>>>>> sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org >>>>>>>>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> Sugar-devel mailing list >>>>>>>>> sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org >>>>>>>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Sugar-devel mailing list >>>>>>> sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org >>>>>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> anyth...@christianmarcschmidt.com >> >> http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com >> >> 917/ 575 0013 > > -- anyth...@christianmarcschmidt.com http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com 917/ 575 0013 _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) 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