Re: [Ayatana] GNOME Main Menu and the Distribution Logo

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:17:38 +0800
Allan Caeg <[email protected]> wrote:

(I assume most of the ccs are actually subscribed to one of the lists,
but i wasn't game to trim it. could someone else have a go?)

> I believe that branding should be present whenever the GNOME Panel is
> present, but it shouldn't be welded to "Applications" on the Main Menu

I'm wondering about the next line:

> applet. Branding is just that important for a default GNOME setup.

Who is branding important to? the desktop? the user? the distributor?

Why do you feel its so important?

> > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Allan Caeg <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Sounds reasonable.
> >>
> >> Distro guys, what do you think?
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Calum Benson
> >> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> On 21 Jun 2010, at 15:51, Jarlath Reidy wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > 4) I like the number four, but I can't think of and idea to put
> >>> > here.
> >>>
> >>> That would probably be "don't show a distro logo on the desktop
> >>> at all (except maybe in the default background where it's under
> >>> the user's control) because it adds little or nothing to the user
> >>> experience, so save it for an About <Distro> dialog", but that
> >>> probably wouldn't be too popular with distro marketing types :)

Agreed.
kk

> >>> Cheeri,
> >>> Calum.


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