On 01/15/2010 10:33 PM, Lukáš Vlček wrote: > > This brings up the most important question: What is the purpose of the > background in Fedora? > Users can find tons of neutral backgrounds on the net and switch if they > like (and I believe they do it) but I believe that for background in > Fedora the most important function is to carry a message! The purpose of the *default* background in Fedora is to be usable (un-intrusive, comfortable to look at) and easily recognizable (having a "Fedora" feel). > I am quite new to this mail list so this might have been discussed > before but I think that there is no reason why F13 shouldn't be shipped > with several different backgrounds, they should all stick to specific > theme (or carry the same message) but should be variable enough so that > different people will find some. This is what we tried for F12: a default image (abstract, usable, simple, blue) and a number of additional images trying to cater to different audiences. Read for reference: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2009-June/000250.html AFAIK, the plan is still holding for F13. -- nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro :: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ design-team mailing list design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
