Comment Nat Friedman doesn't like the splash screen.. (Score 1) 526
so why should I? I personally think it looks crappy and ameture. Nat Friedman, the creator of Ximian, had this to say about it:
"Also, I don't like the winning login splash for GNOME 2.10. It is poorly chosen.
Why? Because the chooser (and I really don't know who chose it) made the classic mistake of failing to distinguish between things that are interesting to the user and things that are interesting to the team building the software. To the team of hackers behind the project, it is interesting and noteworthy that this is a new release of GNOME, and that with each release it gets a little better. It is worth taking note of this milestone, and celebrating it.
And that is what the height-chart theme of the splash screen suggests. But it is not interesting to the user. There is utility in putting the version number in the splash, but the main role of the splash screen design should probably be to convey the personality of the desktop the user is about to experience, not how long it has been under development. "
I agree with him.
"Also, I don't like the winning login splash for GNOME 2.10. It is poorly chosen.
Why? Because the chooser (and I really don't know who chose it) made the classic mistake of failing to distinguish between things that are interesting to the user and things that are interesting to the team building the software. To the team of hackers behind the project, it is interesting and noteworthy that this is a new release of GNOME, and that with each release it gets a little better. It is worth taking note of this milestone, and celebrating it.
And that is what the height-chart theme of the splash screen suggests. But it is not interesting to the user. There is utility in putting the version number in the splash, but the main role of the splash screen design should probably be to convey the personality of the desktop the user is about to experience, not how long it has been under development. "
I agree with him.
