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

Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero dirakx at gmail.com
Thu Dec 3 20:14:20 EST 2009


Agree with the marketing, i was responding to the technical issue
(increase time) arising for adding another frame to the initial boot
animation.

If the logo can be added in the center it would the ideal thing to do :).




Rafael Ortiz



On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> To be clear, I have no issue with the Fedora remix logo where it is.
> My concern is confusion - the sugar logo in the center will represent
> well Sugar the interface and learning platform. In a corner, the sugar
> logo by itself would be ambiguous; it would be preferable to have the
> Sugar Labs logo representing the Sugar community there.
>
> Sean
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Our policy is to market Sugar, not the underlying distro. The approach
>>> is to build the Sugar brand. We had this discussion for Sugar on a
>>> Stick.
>>
>> This is the OLPC we are talking about, not SoaS. I think it is
>> appropriate that they have both the Fedora Remix and Sugar branding.
>>
>>> By OLPC logo I think you mean what I called the XO avatar?
>>
>> Currently, the Fedora Remix mark is in the lower right during the
>> beginning of the boot animation, where the XO and dots are rendered.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>>> Sean
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 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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>> Walter Bender
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