Re: F9 installation screenshot

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El dt 29 de 04 del 2008 a les 19:29 +0300, en/na Pavel Shevchuk va
escriure:
> >http://www.8bitjoystick.com/archives/photos/Redhat_Linux_Install_Kitchen.jpg
> 403 here
> 
> >I don't feel so good about the idea. Its giving me Windows XP
> flashbacks *shudder*
> Windows installer shows text. People don't read text, they want cool
> slideshow with reflections, animations etc. And popular logos like
> firefox and vlc cone will do magic, people will also notice other cool
> apps like amarok and gimp

This won't be easy or cheap (in kb) to localize if we have to have a
collection of screenshots for each language supported by anaconda.
Maybe the text could be overlayed or painted above a common image
(keeping also in mind RTL languages).


/Josep

> 
> On 4/29/08, Jeremy Katz <katzj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 18:43 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote:
> >  > Jeremy Katz wrote:
> >  > > On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 17:04 +0200, Nils Philippsen wrote:
> >  > >> We used to have the installer flip through a slideshow of images back in
> >  > >> the old days -- does that code still exist? In that case it would be
> >  > >> easy (albeit to late for F9) to have this.
> >  > >
> >  > > All the code is still there.  The difficulty is really in someone
> >  > > stepping up to create the content
> >  >
> >  > We can start by setting a place (in the wiki?) listing the
> >  > specification: PNG (can/should we use other formats? vectors?),
> >  > resolution and probably the location (directory).
> >
> >
> > Currently, the code looks for png only.  That could be changed if it
> >  helped from a size perspective.  The directory is
> >  currently /usr/share/anaconda/pixmaps/rnotes (and with lang-specific
> >  dirs under there) but that's very able to be changed
> >
> >
> >  Jeremy
> >
> >
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