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

Le 2011-06-26 06:23, Jean Hollis Weber a écrit :
> On Sun, 2011-06-26 at 19:29 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
> > To summarise, two objective points:
> > * Some of the colours suggested in this thread should print just fine in
> > grayscale by Lulu's printers.
> >
> > * If users print directly from the PDFs, the colours use up a lot more
> > expensive ink or toner than does gray whether printed in colour or b/w.
> >
> > And one subjective point:
> > * Some users will find that the colours make the screenshots look very
> > unlike what they see, and that may detract from their usefulness in some
> > cases. This is an untested hypothesis, other than some observation.
> >
> > AFAIK, no one's answered this question yet: what is the advantage to
> > users of having colour in the screenshots in the PDFs?
> >
> > --Jean
> And another thing...
>
> The documentation team is very small. Why spend time replacing hundreds
> of otherwise perfectly good (gray) screenshots with ones with colours?
> Yes, some screenshots do need replacing because they were taken with
> Windows or used a different Linux theme and thus are inconsistent.
>
> It takes time to redo screenshots: not just the time to recapture the
> images but to check that they have been correctly done, show what they
> are supposed to, are correctly labelled, and so on. Many volunteers do a
> poor job with labelling or don't set up the shot so it shows what the
> text says it shows. Another round of proofreading is required, by people
> who pay close attention, and many don't.
>
> --Jean
The team is small, but we are trying to make it easier for people to 
join and install a theme for taking screenshots. Hopefully this will 
attract more people with these sets of skills (screenshot taking) who 
will make contributions of the quality that we need. I will also commit 
to helping out with screenshots and replacement if we decide to go with 
colour. I can also help out with the FR and ES groups as well.

We can work out a schedule for replacement and in the meantime the B/W 
can stay till replaced.

It's a little of a catch 22. Leave it as is because we have too few to 
take screenshots or make it easier for people and worry about the quality.

Cheers

Marc


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Marc Paré
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