[Mageia-artwork] 2011/week 17 review

[Romain d'Alverny]

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:01, Donald Stewart <watersnowrock at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 28 April 2011 10:10, Thorsten van Lil <tvl83 at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> I see the following (fast) solutions:
>> 1. We use the current one and invert the colors. Would look like this:
>> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/cZLcXCTQb0wda752EbuM6cWFIzFZ2BaC21XF10gWwzE?feat=directlink
>> 2. We use a different available wallpaper of Alex. For example this one:
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/54316230@N06/5410392701/in/photostream
>>
>> (yes, the labels have to be modified for the release)

These two are more about Cauldron, given the illustration. But that's
my impression.

>> 3. Use something different, like this one (very dark):
>> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Sh_GexPv2D7YJFqdM3lnZMWFIzFZ2BaC21XF10gWwzE?feat=directlink

Too dark.

>> Further proposals are more than welcome, as a dark theme doesn't fit the
>> taste of the mass!
>
> Considering that gfxboot and plymouth are the same, but kdm, (gdm?),
> ksplash and backgrounds are different, I feel that some unification is
> required

Yes. Why not use the unified grid-like background image
(Wall*-04.jpg)? (with or without the Mageia name on it) - there it
would be unified with the boot sequence.

> I really like the dark image image and the inverted one, however, I
> thinks that that is too dark.
> Was there ever a decision made about the colour scheme that we should
> base things on?

So far, no. And it's a bit late to design this in a hurry.

Romain