Hi Sean, picking up on one of your comments below: <div class="gmail_quote"> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">After debating lots of ideas with lots of mockups for Sugar on a Stick we went with a Sugar logo during the first three dots and the Xo avatar for the remaining ones. We chose variant #06 because SoaS v1 will be called Strawberry and we will change the boot color and name for each SoaS iteration, the idea being to aid unsophisticated users who can communicate version info just from the boot logo color.</blockquote><div> For simplicity, I would suggest having the logo on a separate screen for a few secs *before* the XO and the ring with dots appear. I think they should both be kept separate, for clarity both visually/aesthetically, but also semantically (the XO at the center of the screen is a fundamental principle in the Sugar UI, and having it trade places with the logo in the middle of the ring is mixing metaphors). Let me know if you agree... Christian </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="h5"> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Daniel Drake<<a href="mailto:dsd@laptop.org">dsd@laptop.org</a>> wrote: > Hi Eben/other interested victims, > > I've designed (it's usually bad news when I've designed things) some > interfaces that allow for switching between Sugar and GNOME for the > XO-1.5 builds. I'm looking for feedback on the design and any > suggestions/contributions. > > > By default, laptops boot straight up into Sugar. > But you might notice a new icon in the control panel named "Switch > desktop" > <a href="http://dev.laptop.org/%7Edsd/20090619/sugar-controlpanel.png" target="_blank">http://dev.laptop.org/~dsd/20090619/sugar-controlpanel.png</a> > > If we click on that, under normal circumstances you will see: > <a href="http://dev.laptop.org/%7Edsd/20090619/sugar-active-sugar.png" target="_blank">http://dev.laptop.org/~dsd/20090619/sugar-active-sugar.png</a> > > Then, when you click the "Switch to GNOME" button, it will look like > this: > <a href="http://dev.laptop.org/%7Edsd/20090619/sugar-active-gnome.png" target="_blank">http://dev.laptop.org/~dsd/20090619/sugar-active-gnome.png</a> > > And if everything works right, this one will never be seen, but allows > for an escape route if something goes wrong: > <a href="http://dev.laptop.org/%7Edsd/20090619/sugar-active-unknown.png" target="_blank">http://dev.laptop.org/~dsd/20090619/sugar-active-unknown.png</a> > > > When you're in GNOME, there is an icon that says "Switch to Sugar" on > the desktop. It's also on the Applications menu, under System. When you > click on it, it brings up a dialog box that tells you to restart and > then you'll be back in Sugar again. > In this screenshot you can see the desktop item, the menu item, and the > output dialog box: > <a href="http://dev.laptop.org/%7Edsd/20090619/gnome-ui.png" target="_blank">http://dev.laptop.org/~dsd/20090619/gnome-ui.png</a> > > > Code for all of that is at > git://<a href="http://dev.laptop.org/users/dsd/olpc-switch-desktop" target="_blank">dev.laptop.org/users/dsd/olpc-switch-desktop</a> > (latest updates to be pushed in a few minutes) > > > The Logout menu item in sugar is disabled. It's still there in GNOME, > but I'll look for a way to hide it. (when you logout, it just basically > restarts the desktop environment, so it's kind of pointless. A reboot is > acceptable for changing DE, and the logout concept is confusing when > there wasn't any logging in to begin with.) > > > Thoughts? > > Thanks, > Daniel > > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a> > </div></div></blockquote></div> -- <a href="mailto:anything@christianmarcschmidt.com">anything@christianmarcschmidt.com</a> <a href="http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com">http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com</a> 917/ 575 0013