[Qgis-developer] Splash screen for 2.0

Denis Rouzaud denis.rouzaud at gmail.com
Mon Jul 15 22:17:35 PDT 2013


It's also a no-go for me for the red!
Blue is really nice.

I also like the idea of the "octagon"!


On 07/16/2013 03:44 AM, Mathieu Pellerin wrote:
> Some thoughts re Nathan's latest iterations:
> - Red is a no-go for me, both because it's been associated through 
> time with "oups, something's gone wrong, error"
> - I would get rid of rounded corners for splash screen, it's so 1990s 
> ;) rounded shapes are also foreign to GIS environment. If rectangle is 
> too "boring", you could have a stretched octagon:
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> - Not a super fan of the rotated QGIS logo, I'd straighten it out.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com 
> <mailto:madmanwoo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Here are a blue and red version.
>
>     https://www.dropbox.com/s/5n2k06mipa9crjz/qgis_red.png
>     https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3bqb4ijd4tndm6/qgis_blue.png
>
>     IMO the red just doesn't work.  The red on blue just looks strange.
>
>     Why not leave the logo Q flowing off the splash I think it looks
>     quite good.
>
>     I do think that the font all needs to be the same colour or shades
>     of the same colour, Having different colours doesn't look good at all.
>
>     - Nathan
>
>
>
>
>     On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com
>     <mailto:lists at linfiniti.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hi
>
>         For me its -1 for blue, +1 for red.
>
>         Regards
>
>         Tim
>
>
>         On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 12:44 AM, Nathan Woodrow
>         <madmanwoo at gmail.com <mailto:madmanwoo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>             Can't say I'm a fan of the red. It's a bit of a harsh
>             colour to use IMO.  The blue looked nice because it
>             matched the blue on the background map.
>
>             - Nathan
>
>
>             On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Tim Sutton
>             <lists at linfiniti.com <mailto:lists at linfiniti.com>> wrote:
>
>                 Hi
>
>                 Nice - how about with the Dufour in caps, red and
>                 right aligned?
>
>                 Regards
>
>                 Tim
>
>
>                 On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 12:09 AM, Salvatore Larosa
>                 <lrssvtml at gmail.com <mailto:lrssvtml at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                     Red text looks nice too:
>                     http://lrssvt.ns0.it/img/qgis_splashscreen_logo_.png
>
>                     Here the inkscape source:
>                     http://lrssvt.ns0.it/img/qgis_splashscreen_logo.svgz
>
>
>
>
>                     2013/7/15 Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com
>                     <mailto:lists at linfiniti.com>>
>
>                         Hi
>
>                         What about doing the text in 'Swiss' red,
>                         plain and flat?
>
>                         Tim
>
>
>                         On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Andreas
>                         Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net
>                         <mailto:a.neumann at carto.net>> wrote:
>
>                             Hi all,
>
>                             These are some interesting improvements.
>
>                             I like it how the arrow points to the
>                             "Dufourspitze" and also the
>                             transparency aspect of the arrow. I also
>                             like the new arrangement of
>                             version number and code name "Dufour".
>
>                             You may want to try the text without the
>                             borders - just plain fill
>                             without the border.
>
>                             I would either use the original proposal
>                             that I did with the 3D-looking
>                             borders (filter effect) or no border at
>                             all, if you want to go for a
>                             flat look.
>
>                             Andreas
>
>                             Am 15.07.2013 19:29, schrieb Salvatore Larosa:
>                             > How about to insert the logo into splash ?
>                             >
>                             > Here as it would look:
>                             http://lrssvt.ns0.it/img/qgis_splashscreen_logo.png
>                             > note that the load message are shown on
>                             the right
>                             >
>                             > +1 for square corner
>                             >
>                             > -1 for adding copyright
>                             >
>                             > Regards,
>                             >
>                             > -SL
>                             >
>                             >
>                             > 2013/7/15 Andreas Neumann
>                             <a.neumann at carto.net
>                             <mailto:a.neumann at carto.net>>
>                             >
>                             >> I personally do not care too much. Fine
>                             with either round or sharp
>                             >> corners. The latter are easier to do ;-)
>                             >>
>                             >> Andreas
>                             >>
>                             >>
>                             >>
>                             >> Giovanni Manghi
>                             <giovanni.manghi at faunalia.pt
>                             <mailto:giovanni.manghi at faunalia.pt>> schrieb:
>                             >>>
>                             >>>> To me that is getting there.
>                             >>>
>                             >>>
>                             >>> No one else like me would prefer to
>                             get rid of round corners? They do
>                             >>> not look smooth on most machines, and
>                             the square corners would somehow
>                             >>> represent one of the many changes in
>                             qgis 2.0
>                             >>>
>                             >>> cheers!
>                             >>>
>                             >>> -- Giovanni --
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