<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Julian Oliver wrote: <blockquote cite="mid20060412162516.GD17937@dropworld" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">i absolutely agree. i wrote to the Gimp-user mailing list about this splash in general here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mail-archive.com/gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/msg09534.html">http://www.mail-archive.com/gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/msg09534.html</a> it'd be great to 'Ubuntufy' it for Dapper. julian ..on Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 06:58:26PM +0200, Frank Schoep wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hello Ubuntu Art Team, I wanted to discuss the posibilities of changing the current GIMP splash screen. I documented my thoughts and reasoning behind this proposal in the following bug report on Launchpad: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/38968">https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/38968</a> As you can see, the package maintainers pointed me towards the Art mailing list and it seemed like a very good proposition. I searched the archives of March and April 2006, but only found the following thread related to The GIMP: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/2006-March/000740.html">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/2006-March/000740.html</a> In the bugreport, I wrote the following: " GIMP's splash screen in Dapper feels rather unpolished compared to the one found in Breezy (will attach a comparison shortly). This is not strictly a bug in Dapper, but in my opinion a rather poor choice upstream. My suggestion would be to reuse the Breezy splash screen in Dapper, I'll elaborate a bit more on why I'm proposing this change. The current Dapper splash screen is the result of a competition set up by the GIMP Team celebrating the tenth anniversary of the program. I followed this contest from the start and I feel that none of the entries matches the elegance and polish displayed by the current splash screen in Breezy. Especially the winner, and thus the current splash, lacks in a few departments: - The GIMP title text is barely legible due to the font, shadow and bordering - Legibility gets worse for the color blind, try using the "Deuteranopia" display filter on the new splash, it becomes one big washed out gray area - A rusty dial doesn't instill confidence or inspire creativity - The green color doesn't match any element in the Dapper theme and feels out of place The current Breezy splash offers the following advantages: - The orange base color blends in perfectly in the new Ubuntulooks theme and the overall appearance of the desktop environment - The GIMP name is sharp and has a good contrast compared to the white background - The pencils are appropriately themed and (for me) do inspire creativity - The white background makes the splash screen uplifting and clean instead of depressing (the green in the new one is kind of dark) - The version number doesn't list the minor release so it could be reused without any further changes To rehash: I would feel that the Ubuntu Dapper release would benefit greatly by reverting a bad aesthetical choice upstream. I haven't held a popularity contest or something, but I hope I've been able to convey my thoughts and feelings on this subject with a solid list of arguments. If the Breezy splash is not an option, the Dapper example content also provides a GIMP splash screen which looks better than the current Dapper one. Look for this one in the Examples folder in your home directory on Dapper. All of the above is purely subjective and represents my view on the subject, please take this in consideration. " I attached a comparison image to the bugreport, which can be found online here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ffnn.nl/media/external/ubuntu/gimp-splash-compare.jpg">http://www.ffnn.nl/media/external/ubuntu/gimp-splash-compare.jpg</a> I hope I can set off a spark to make Dapper better and feel more integrated and polished. Thanks for reading this far and I'd be glad to receive your thoughts on this matter. With kind regards, Frank Schoep (Sorry if this one's a dupe, I previously sent this message from a different account) -- ubuntu-art mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> Wait a second, the splash screen actually looks better with the weird filter...but it would have gone better with the older theme...If that splash screen was a result of a contest, maybe we could have a public contest for the Gimp splash screen for GIMP 2.2.10 Dapper Drake Edition, or I could easily design one myself that would go good!<br> <br> Viper550<br> </body> </html>