[libreoffice-website] Re: [libreoffice-design] LibreOffice 5.1 Announcement

William Gathoye wrote
> Not really related to your landing page (web), just a personal reflection
> shared
> with coworkers and well known Belgian marketing gurus from my startup
> incubator:
>
> 1. Do not use a splash screen with a version number in it. The end user
> does not
> care about which version he has, for him/her this is just LibreOffice.
> Moreover,
> this is counterproductive as it tends to confuse the end user.
> If I'm not mistaken, the current "LibreOffice 5" landing splash screen
> does not
> respect the official LibreOffice colors. The green is to flashy. [1]
>
> 2. The same applies for the "5" picture in the About dialog box. Stupid.
>
> 3. The same with the "5" appearing when LibreOffice is launched (not via a
> submodule like Writer or Calc). The recent document view, when empty,
> should
> just recall this is just LibreOffice not "5". 5 is not a trademark like
> HTML5 is.

Indeed, that has *nothing* to do with the Web site nor pending release of
5.1 ;-)

The "5" design was adopted coincident with release of 5.0, and that design
was result of an initial design contest and then a  formal tender.  No
reason to think the design/branding  would not remain valid  for duration of
the 5.x cycle, and remain present in the Start Center as well as prominent
in the about dialog.

Sorry that you personally find it "stupid"--but there it is.  It is unlikely
to be changed and will have additional marketing built around it. Who knows,
maybe it will grow on you.

Then perhaps you'll be there with a design for the 6.0 release when call for
that comes around in about 24 months.

Stuart



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