[ubuntu-art] USplash "Minimalistic" call for testing release 0.1

[Øivind Hoel]

On 5/13/06, Frank Schoep <frank at ffnn.nl> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I felt it was time to put my money where my mouth is, so here you go:
> http://www.ffnn.nl/media/external/ubuntu/usplash/usplash-minimalistic_0.1.deb
>
> What it has:
> - 100% correct Ubuntu colors
> - Sharp antialiased logo
> - No text, only "FAIL" if something goes wrong
> - Graceful fallback if fullscreen is not possible (rounded corners)
>
> It looks like this on a proper screen:
> http://www.ffnn.nl/media/external/ubuntu/usplash/minimalistic-working-full.jpg
>
> It looks like this on a non-scaling screen (notice the round corners):
> http://www.ffnn.nl/media/external/ubuntu/usplash/minimalistic-working-squashed.jpg
>
> Please test and let me know if it works, what you think and what can be
> improved [1] [2].
>
> I'm still a huge supporter of dropping the boot text: no other significant
> commercial OS I know of shows techno talk on boot, I think it's time to get
> Ubuntu into the 21st century like the others.
>
> I hope I've also disproved a lot of talk about how this can't be done properly
> and that I'm unaware of usplash limitations, I've kept them in mind even
> before starting my first sketches.
>
> I think I've solved the non-scaling screen issue quite elegantly by adding
> rounded corners to the splash, maybe they could be a bit rounder, but I think
> they're fine as is. At the moment, you don't really notice them in fullscreen
> mode, which is good.
>
> I would really _love_ to get some reports streaming in about this splash
> looking bad on someone's hardware so that I can get a reality check.


Wow, your splash looks absolutely fantastic. I'll give it a spin
now... Did you manage to fix the jaggedness?