On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Carey Bunks wrote: > Glyph, I have to say that my sentiments are just the opposite of > yours. Although the latest splash (with the brush) is nice and > traditional looking, I find it has little identity and little > character. On the other hand I feel that the balloon splash captures > the mood and the spirit of the GIMP. I don't know how to express it > exactly, but to me the balloon says that the GIMP is out of this > world, it follows the alternate path, it allows you to dream not only > of what is...but of what may never be. The brush is just a brush. Well, that's very poetically phrased. Whichever way we go, let's not compromise. The brush hanging out of the balloon would ruin the whole thing... Personally, I think that GIMP has many faces, the 'go beyond' aspect definitely being one of them which the baloon captures, but the brush also embodies a certain professionalism and dedication to quality. GIMP and GTK really brought free UNIX up to par with commercial operating systems. It is the 'killer app' -- Linux's visicalc. It also allows for production of really *good* pictures. The random-splash-screen idea is a good one, perhaps with a few more of the interim splashes. Let's not include 'Oh, the humanity!' though, okay? :-) ---- The Tao is like a glob pattern: It is masked but always present. used but never used up. I don't know who built to it. It is like the extern void: It came before the first kernel. filled with infinite possibilities. [glyph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
