Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [VI] Consistent theme for screenshots

Le 2011-06-24 17:34, Sigrid Carrera a écrit :
> Hi Marc,
>
> On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:43:22 -0400
> Marc Paré<marc@marcpare.com>  wrote:
>
> > Le 2011-06-24 11:26, eskroni a écrit :
> [...]
> > Thanks for doing this Sigrid
> >
> > One comment is that maybe next time, not have the spell check on for
> > these. It just make it a little more difficult for evaluation. We really
> > need the comments from the documentation team people on the look and
> > feel for our documents and especially for print.
> I did those screenshots in a very quick session, just for testing purposes. I don't plan to reuse 
> any of those pictures for the user guides. On the ones for the guides I will disable the 
> spellcheck. :)
>
> > At this point, we
> > should try to accommodate the comments from Jean Hollis Weber on this
> > topic and try to find a theme OR create our own theme for this purpose.
> > Maybe none of the "pre-packaged" themes will work for what we need.
> I'm not sure that I agree with your statement here. Bernhards goal was to have a theme that is widely 
> available, that looks nice and modern. If we can modify one of the prepackaged themes that would mean, 
> that many people have access to it ->  hopefully more people able to help with screenshots for the 
> different materials needed (website, docu, marketing). Also, the pre-packaged themes are easy to 
> install (see your own post about your difficulties with getting the XP silver theme to work with your 
> KDE).
>
> Sigrid
Hi Sigrid

I think the goal of the theme was to have one suitable for screenshots 
and for print. This is the tool we are seeking for the website and 
documentation team. Of course looking modern and clean would be also 
involved in this search.

My point about creating our own theme, if we cannot find a suitable one, 
is that we can develop it, maintain it, and submit it to the 
kde-look.org and gnome-look.org sites and this will make it available 
through the "KDE/Gnome system settings" for anyone's use. It just means 
that we would be in control of the theme and all of its accompanying 
components (mouse cursor, colours etc) but that if we chose, we could 
issue updates and not be dependent on any other individuals for the 
upkeep. Not to mention being in control of any licencing issues with the 
theme.

IMO, if we do find a theme, if at all possible through the design team, 
we could decide to adopt the theme, and, if the licence permits it, 
rename it, and, from then on, take on the task of maintaining the theme. 
This way, again, we are in control of our quality assurance as far as 
the screenshots are concerned.

From a marketing point of view, if the theme were to incorporate the 
"LibreOffice" name, it would be a plus for us, from the point of view of 
branding. People would then talk about adopting the "LibreOffice" theme 
or "LibreOffice ScreenShot" theme or ... Getting our name out in the 
wild will get us more brand recognition.

Cheers

Marc

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