Re: Gwenview mockup in 4.10 announcement screenshot

On Thursday, February 07, 2013 13:25:41 Aurélien Gâteau wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:18:36 +0000, Nuno Pinheiro wrote:
> > A Quarta, 6 de Fevereiro de 2013 17:55:12 Aurélien Gâteau escreveu:
> >> The screenshot used in KDE SC 4.10 announcement is wrong:
> >>    http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.10/screenshots/plasma-4.10.png
> >>
> >> The window in the center is a mockup of Gwenview created by Nuno. It
> >> bares very little ressemblance with what we just released.
> >> 
> >> Why was a mockup used here?!? Could you please replace it with a 
> >> real
> >> screenshot? I don't want to have to explain to users that no, 
> >> Gwenview
> >> 4.10 does not look like this at all.
> >> 
> >> The screenshot doesn't have to feature Gwenview, it just needs to 
> >> look
> >> like what we actually ship.

> > It not an mock up its an qml app  you know that
> 
> Ask for it to be included in KDE SC, then. Then it will make sense to
> showcase it in release screenshots.

We also don't include pfds, or photos shown in the screenshots. There's 
nothing that says: "Everything shown in the pictures is part of the release". 
The code shown in the plasmate screenshot is also not part of the release, 
neither are the photos shown in the gwenview screenshots.

The pictures are there to give an impression of the software as a whole, 
they're not an inventory list.

> > Aurélien its marketing its all marketing that is obviously a non 
> > existing
> > desktop  using a non existing plasma theme btw  on a non existing
> > screen-size,
> > its just an illustration for maximum positive impact.
> 
> Shouldn't we stay away from those kind of dirty marketing tricks? It
> just feels wrong.

It's pretty clear that it's not a real screenshot. And there are plenty of 
real screenshots -- the difference being quite clear. I don't think anybody 
feels confused, or betrayed.

Cheers,
-- 
sebas

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