On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 11:28:45AM -0500, Bastien Nocera wrote:
Making Fedora recognisable doesn't (necessarily) mean having a
distinct
visual identity, a different one from GNOME.
I'm having trouble understanding what this means. Can you give an
example?
Most of GNOME's visual identity also has design foundations,
they're not
gratuitous. Changing the visual identity (as opposed to making something
based on GNOME recognisable) means throwing away part of the user testing
and holistic approach to the desktop's design (from boot, all the way to the
apps).
"Throwing away" seems a little dramatic. I get the importance of
design. Building and reinforcing the Fedora brand is a marketing
requirement — one of the things the design needs to accomplish. If it
does not do that, it isn't succeeding.
I agree that user testing is an important part, in any case. I'd like
to see a lot more of it.
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Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader