On 04/16/2011 05:02 PM, Robyn Bergeron wrote:
GNOME 3 is an ingredient in Fedora - not the other way around. I
wouldn't expect that, if, for example, there was a GNOME 3 Remix of
Fedora, that there would be any trace of Fedora branding anywhere.
Fedora is the major ingredient in a Fedora Remix - but not the end
product. Sadly, and I think mistakenly, the GNOME ingredient is
theoretically no longer modifiable. I don't know that that prevents us
from bringing in another ingredient to help us retain the Fedora flavor
that we know and love.
I have bad news for you Robyn, the plan to change the ingredient-final
product roles is old, public and followed:
http://blogs.gnome.org/mccann/2010/08/01/shell-yes/
Is trying to hack in a logo the right answer? Probably not. Is
adding
that logo into the corner going to really going to destroy the "user
experience"? I can't say anything more than "probably not" to that
either. Can we brainstorm, at this point in the release cycle, about
some way that is more permanent than a browser start page, to keep logo
and brand impressions on people, and then implement it without impacting
the schedule? Probably not. Is a wallpaper, which changes from release
to release and has no identifiable logo and changeable by the user, in
combination with a browser direct to a start page that people see for a
few seconds, assuming they don't change it, enough to keep our brand in
people's minds? I don't know. Does the loss of a piece of real estate
that constantly shows our logo diminish the value of our branding? I
think so.
It may be the right answer a serious talk about what is the default
download we offer? For the sake of ease of use, we selected and promoted
a single download prominently on the website, and that was the Desktop
Spin, a spin that is under tight control of a small, opaque and out of
our infrastructure (mail, irc, bugzilla) group. We pretty much asked for it.
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