[Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugar in the splash screen

[Peter Robinson]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> The image position affects boot time in plymouth?

No, I think its the time it takes to load the image.

> The logo works best in the center - it's vital we communicate what the
> name of the interface and platform is.

Well Fedora is in fact the platform and I suspect OLPC will want their
logo in the middle as per previous splash screens. Fedora Remix one
use to be bottom right so the Sugar one in the bottom left would
mirror it nicely.

Peter

> We had mocked up a number of approaches
> (http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Marketing_Team/Boot_Logo) and for Sugar
> on a Stick, chose the centered Sugar logo for three "dots" and the XO
> avatar for the rest
> (http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Marketing_Team/Boot_Logo)
>
> Sean
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero
> <dirakx at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> OLPC has offered to include a Sugar logo in the splash screen, much
>>> the way the Fedora Remix graphic is included. Problem is, we need
>>> someone to do the work of embedding it.
>>
>> To have a lesser impact on boot time sugar logo could be added
>> on the  opposite side of the fedora remix logo.
>>
>>> According to Ed, "We had substantial difficulties with the Fedora logo
>>> due to the noticeable delay it added to boot time, so some attention
>>> would need to be paid there."
>>>
>>> Anyone out there who would be interested in tackling this?
>>>
>>> thanks.
>>>
>>> -walter
>>>
>>> --
>>> Walter Bender
>>> Sugar Labs
>>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
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