----- Original Message ----- <snip> > > We also need to be able to quantify what success would be. > > > > Putting the burden on GNOME, and the Fedora version of GNOME to carry all > > the > > branding of the distribution for Fedora Workstation is unfair, IMO. > > Well GNOME is providing us with the 'face' of the distribution, so for better > or > worse it is where such things naturally would go. Its kinda like how putting > a tattoo > on your skin has a lot bigger impact on peoples perception or idea about you > than what > brand of hip replacement you have, even though a hip replacement surgery is a > ton more intrusive > than getting a tattoo. And adding a tattoo can look good or really ugly depending on where it is. I think we should look into changing clothes and our accessories before branding permanently. > > Having a Fedora blue hue to the default shell-prompt is likely more > > recognisable > > and more generally useful a downstream change than the boot logo. See how > > well the Linux tux logo is recognised as the airplane media centre sign for > > failure. > I agree with this, that branding doesn't need to be about logo slapping, just > figuring > out design elements that makes us individually recognizable from others. So > for instance > an idea I had was that instead of slapping a logo on the activities bar > somewhere, maybe > something subtler like a faint background swirl along it would be more > effective and > less in your face. That is just a random idea though, not a demand from me > that is the > final solution. That's a refreshing (and soothing) stance. _______________________________________________ desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
