On Tue, 2014-10-14 at 11:07 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 11:46:00AM -0300, Evandro Giovanini wrote: > > "upstream doesn't put a logo" is not the full argument as it doesn't take > > into account the *why* of that decision. They didn't put a logo in the > > panel because there was no room to put a logo there under the principles > > that guided their entire design. When someone who is not a designer, was > > not involved at all in that process, and doesn't even understand what went > > into it, comes in and starts making changes as if they were just cosmetic > > details you end up with a bad design. > > I'm not trying to dictate the design. However, I am sharing a requirement; So, all I can find on this topic in the Workstation PRD is the following: > The working group will also specify policies in terms of > branding, theming and desktop graphics, although these items > will of course need to be in line with the overall Fedora > branding guidelines and styles. I don't see how, from the above, you conclude that the use cases you mentioned (e.g showing that the OS is Fedora Workstation while giving a talk at a conference) are requirements. > > Let's not forget that a brand is not just a logo. Being the best operating > > system with GNOME has become part of Fedora's brand, and something that has > > gained it quite a few users over recent years. Making the GNOME experience > > worse would in no way help the Fedora brand. > > I find the suggestion that showing the Fedora logo would somehow "make the > experience worse" to be deeply troubling. Depends where you put it. I can easily imagine lots of ways in which the Fedora logo could make the experience worse. :) -- Mathieu -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
