Re: GNOME2 and Splash Screens

[Seth Nickell <snickell stanford edu>]

I wasn't suggesting you make it smaller, I think its fine to have it
larger, I was suggesting you use a different aspect ratio.

This:

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Tends to be a more aesthetically pleasing window than:

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There's a whole camp of design philosophy that tries to sell this for
everything from architecture to print media, but its much more
applicable on a monitor, where there is already a particular shape to
the screen space (which is generally 1:1.3). Using a tall window is
"ok", and sometimes you may want contrast against the shape of the
screen. For a splash screen though, I think its preferable to have an
aspect ratio that is closer to that of most screens.

The splash screen for GNOME 1.4 was sized very nicely, IMO.

-Seth

On Sun, 2002-03-03 at 15:33, Niklas wrote:
> Hi....
> 
> Thanks again for looking at the splash.
> I am glad to here that people likes the images the site is
> updated...again...with a smaller image in size 350x400 and without the
> big gnome foot in it. Take a look at it and tell me if the white space
> might be a problem and in that case how big should the bottom white be
> so that the startup icons can fit?
> 
> thanks again
> 
> //Niklas 
> 
> mån 2002-03-04 klockan 00.09 skrev Mike Newman:
> > -----Forwarded Message-----
> > 
> > From: Seth Nickell <snickell stanford edu>
> > To: Mike Newman <mike gtnorthern demon co uk>
> > Cc: GNOME Hackers <gnome-hackers gnome org>
> > Subject: Re: GNOME2 and Splash Screens
> > Date: 03 Mar 2002 14:51:04 -0800
> > 
> > This looks really nice. My one thought is that windows that closer to
> > "golden ratio" (1:1.6) tend to be more aesthetically pleasing, all else
> > being equal (particularly because monitors are already rectangle). I
> > would be interested in seeing how the design looks without the large
> > white regions at the top and the bottom, and perhaps a little wider.
> > 
> > -Seth
> > 
> 
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