[Sugar-devel] [Marketing] [SoaS] Request for Artwork: Boot Screen

[Sean DALY]

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Marketing_Team/Boot_Logo

Christian - I myself prefer the "rays" to dots which I feel too
closely resemble networks in the Neighborhood view, confusion is
possible (networks being connected to at startup?)

Fred - I'm willing to try that sunrise metaphor, tonight if I can
(travelling today)

Re splash page with logo: in my next mockup I'll leave off the example
school logo.and move that frame to the end. It might be better to
"reserve" a frame for customizable logo or message, before or after
the Sugar spash page

Version info: In fact I feel strongly about showing version
information... or its corollary, making it easy to find. Teachers,
parents, admins, G1G1 donors unfamiliar with Sugar will not have the
foggiest idea how to hunt down version information (Learners might not
have trouble finding it - they will explore their machines ad
infinitum - but they can't be expected to know about versioning). We
are about to embark on hundreds of thousands of XO-1.5s running v0..84
which will coexist with a huge installed base of v0.82 (and many
earlier); SoaS with its simplified numbering scheme will (we hope) sow
the seeds for preinstalled Sugar in distributions for education
projects. We may be deploying v0.86 at the end of the year... aside
from how we manage the Activity compatibility matrix, we need to make
such info *extremely* easy to track down for someone interested in
checking if Sugar + Activities are "up-to-date". Our strategy for
teacher buy-in is star marketing on Activities (see press releases);
making Activity installation/upgrade simple this summer is part of
what we need to do to make SoaS possible in the classroom. Helping
users understand what version they have (of Sugar, of each Activity)
is a key aspect of that.

I agree that it's unpleasant to see numbers at boot time (especially a
datestamped snapshot number). Why don't we borrow an idea from Apple?
They have a tiny apple icon in the upper-left corner of the screen;
clicking on it opens a window with the processor, RAM and OSX version
number. In addition to the "About my computer" section in the Control
Panel, perhaps we could show the version in the Frame? The bottom bar
has room I think.

When we start to get consolidated feedback, we will know if
difficult-to-find version info is a problem for Sugar / Activity
updaters or not. I feel sure it is and showing the version in the
Frame (the one-glance status communicator) seems to me a good approach
which would let us skip info in the splash screen.

Nota: my idea would be for each version to change the Sugar logo color
too... potentially allowing troubleshooters to ask "what color is the
Sugar logo?" and match that to the version number.

thanks

Sean



On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Frederick Grose <fgrose at gmail.com> wrote:
> Please indulge me to make another pitch for the 'sunrise' metaphor for the
> growing ring.
> Using the same color locations, the ring would build from sunrise orange to
> midday yellow to afternoon greens and blues to dusky red-violets (perhaps
> the darker one last).  These are just common earth metaphors that might come
> to mind as children worldwide--who may have never seen a analog or digital
> clock--anticipate what may be waiting for them in their day ahead of them.
> The ring would also build from one foot, and end symmetrically on the
> other--a growth surrounding the nascent learner like a cover--a home--a safe
> shelter for learning or a shower of celestial opportunities.  "Will I grow
> too like the graphic is suggesting?"
> OK, these are just potential metaphors...
>
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Frederick Grose <fgrose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I like that a lot.
>> I'm with others on leaving the version number as well to the 'About my
>> Computer' panel. (It can be referenced and then read as needed after
>> booting, whereas the vanishing boot image just makes me nervous about
>> writing down or memorizing a long number.)
>> The Green Hornet, would of course only appear on a 'Graphic guidelines'
>> page for deployments and packagers.
>> I suggest you try this sequence:
>> 1. a short, blank white field (infinite potential)
>> 2. the small xo figure (just possibly me in a big universe)
>> 3. the building ring and figure (what might be building for me? Will I
>> grow too as suggested?)
>> 4. the Sugar, and optional custom graphic,  pausing, usually a
>> machine-dependent variable time, allowing for reading (fixing the name of
>> this tool and those who built it for me)         Do we want a gray Sugar
>> Labs opposite the fedora remix?
>> (5. the living, playable, ready-to-open door to Learning--the Sugar Home
>> view.)
>> Thanks everyone!       --Fred
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Fred - I have uploaded a new variant to the wiki:
>>>
>>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Marketing_Team/Boot_Logo#Eleven_Color_Ray_Variant.2C_Growing_XO_Avatar.2C_No_Prior_Outlines.2C_Starts_With_Logo_Splash_Page
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 4:37 AM, Frederick Grose <fgrose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > I mostly like it.  Seems to be close to what we want for now.
>>> > Please consider these adjustments:
>>> > 1.  No fine print (leave that for the 'About my Computer" panel).
>>> > 2.  Scale the custom school graphic example (Green Hornet) to fit the
>>> > other
>>> > elements, leave out the fine print.
>>> > 3.  Let the rays grow incrementally to complete the ring (no unfilled
>>> > place
>>> > holders).  I feel more anticipation and suspense from the ring growing
>>> > without the preview, and more satisfaction of seeing the completed
>>> > color
>>> > burst.
>>> >         Thank you!        --Fred
>>> > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 9:33 PM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Here's the second mockup:
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Marketing_Team/Boot_Logo#Eleven_Color_Ray_Variant.2C_Growing_XO_Avatar.2C_Starts_With_Logo_Splash_Page
>>> >>
>>> >> This version includes a logo/copyright splash page and a "growing" or
>>> >> "approaching" XO avatar.
>>> >>
>>> >> Comments welcome please.
>>> >>
>>> >> thanks
>>> >>
>>> >> Sean
>>> >
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