On Sun, November 4, 2007 04:48, Jeff 'codemac' Mickey wrote:
* On Saturday, November 03 2007, Tobias Powalowski wrote:
Im against the non archifying, on screenshots you only see the distro that runs because of the wallpaper or splash screens nowhere else.
greetings tpowa
I agree with tpowa here, I think the arch branding should be kept. I think it does a lot for our own PR. If users don't like it, they can complain and we'll change it back.
As far as suggested standardization of it, I think that is a good idea as well. It gives a unified look. But I don't think it's something we should push up to the front of the todo list though... there are many things more important than it.
I'll agree on the consistency... and if we're going to customise it, at least make it look professional. For example, I really dislike the current KDE splash, it looks pretty average. For at least one or two releases after 'Wombat' it still included the wombat outline. Or in XFCE... the Arch Linux window border really looks tacky. I don't think it's default any more though, fortunately. That's what we don't want. I'd prefer to have default, but if we do customise anything, make it consistent, professional and easy to remove. Take a look at the screenshot thread on the forums. Nobody keeps the defaults (or at least among those who post there) . So, do we really need to have them? James