On Jan 1, 2008 6:13 PM, Daniel Geiger <dgeiger_343@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I believe it would be beneficial to Fedora to stabilize the artwork in > successive releases. IMO, radically changing the artwork each release > detracts from giving Fedora a recognizable look and feel. I think having a distinguishing desktop background by default for each release is important. So that its easier to tell at a glance which release, and thus which set of technologies are present. If we don't make destinctive visual changes, then its more likely that less familiar users will run across screenshots and screencasts that don't apply to the release they are actually using because the underlying functionality being expressed in the screen capture has changed. The rest of the graphics (except maybe splash screens) I would agree deserve refinement because they serve a more functional role. Users interact with window borders and buttons and icons and whatnot. But the desktop background itself is purely expressive. I think it must change significantly from release to release so that we avoid a measure of confusion over out-of-the-box expectations for the evolving desktop experience. I don't want people googling and finding a screencast on how to use NetworkManager in F8 and assume its a screencast done on F9 because the most distinctive visual element, the desktop background is too similar. -jef _______________________________________________ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list
