[ubuntu-art] RFC: Ubuntu 6.06 Improvement Review

[Frank Schoep]

On Friday 09 June 2006 22:06, Viper550 wrote:
> Some of the ideas are good and all, but you've overlooked one thing
> about the bootup:
>
> Originally, when you made that minimalistic splash, you didn't like the
> new usplash artwork that had all the colors in it! But, now you WANT
> something like that? Oh, why don't you make up your mind!

I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. I assume the relevant portion 
of the document is the "Branding" subchapter on page 5. I'll try to 
elaborate.

On the current splash screen the Ubuntu logo is shown in a tangerine color 
which doesn't match any of the official colors. That is bad. Good thing is 
that only one or two colors are used to prevent aliasing because of the 13 
color limit.

Branding the logo using all colors won't succeed with usplash, especially not 
considering the proposed "delayed fade" concept which needs a gradual 
gradient of colors from back- to foreground.

The splash you talk about with all the colors in it was horrible by any 
standards (sorry if I just offended someone). There was more wrong with it 
than the "correct" branding could make up for.

"Minimalistic", which I created in an attempt to demo a textless boot, takes 
all points I wrote down in consideration, even including the color gradient 
palette for fading text items. I fail to see where it is inconsistent with my 
review document.

The fact that Minimalistic kind of matches up with the document should be no 
surprise as both convey my vision equally. I hope this clears up the issue, 
if not I'd be happy to discuss this more.

With kind regards,

Frank Schoep