----- Original Message ----- > On 8 November 2016 at 20:43, Christian Schaller <cschalle@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I would say though that focusing on having a logo is limiting our approach > > in my opinion. You quickly recognize a Ubuntu screenshot due to their > > orange > > theme for instance, or a mac screenshot due to those 3 red, yellow, green > > buttons > > on their window decorations. So even without looking at the logos you > > quickly identify those > > systems when you see them. > > Fedora 10 had its own window decorations and icon theme. That has > changed and it is fine. Showcasing the original GNOME experience is > good and I still believe the logo in the panel [1] an non-disruptive > option to consider. Fedora 10 didn't use GNOME 3. I also already explained why the logo in the top left corner is problematic (is it a control, is it a menu, is it separate from the activities control?). Your screenshot is confusing, because you made other changes to your system. You have a menu next to the logo. There's already a logo in our setup where there is a menu there, in the Classic session. > On 15 November 2016 at 17:28, Bastien Nocera <bnocera@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Most of GNOME's visual identity also has design foundations, they're not > > gratuitous. Changing the visual identity (as opposed to making something > > based on GNOME recognisable) means throwing away part of the user testing > > and holistic approach to the desktop's design (from boot, all the way to > > the > > apps). > > The user testing phase here is a bit overestimated. They only tested > it once on 7 (seven) people, and the test covered tasks (like setting > up the email client), visual identity was hardly elaborated. Visual identity wasn't explicitly worked on, but changing the visual identity would change controls. > You can > read about the whole process in the blog. What blog? > Boot screen is fairly > independent, and the applications could be left alone. I also explained the reasoning about the boot screen. _______________________________________________ desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
