Thinking ahead: some FC7 ideas

[Máirín Duffy]

Hi Luya,

Luya Tshimbalanga wrote:
>  Learning the lesson on the artwork development for Fedora Core 6, I
> wrote some ideas about the future look of Fedora Core 7 which can be seen:
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LuyaTshimbalanga/FC7FutureArtwork

Thanks for starting this discussion! :)

* Echo development icons is set to be the default.

This I think is pending a lot of different factors so I don't know that 
we can assure this for FC7.

* New wallpaper, login screen derived from Mola/Mizmo ideas that needs 
to match Echo theme

I don't think the theming work has to be made to match Echo. I think as 
long as it incorporates the Fedora blue colors they'll go well together 
just fine.

I'm also not sure what ideas you're referring to :) We should probably 
resurrect the theming brainstorming page [1], update it for FC7 and add 
some of the things that have been proposed since then (I remember some 
cool things discussed on the list wrt FC7 a month or so ago.)

  * The login screen needs to get a user list which was missing since 
Fedora Core 1. There is a Gnome version of list login screen that can be 
used as a sample.

It is fine to create a GDM theme that includes the user list, but the 
user list version cannot be made the default GDM theme. The primary 
concern is security - a list of usernames on the login screen makes it 
easier to guess passwords.

* Legacy artwork from Fedora Core 4 to Fedora Core 6 should be added for 
users looking to have them. Packaging them in Fedora Extras might be a 
good way.

That's a cool idea, but is it then okay to have the release numbers in 
the artwork? (Would be weird to have FC6-specific artwork in FC7, for 
example?) Should we make it a policy to leave release numbers out? 
(makes it impossible then to come up with release-version specific 
artwork such as the c6re [2] logo.)

* Bluecurve should be moved to Extras repository once Echo theme is 
finalized.

Sure.

* It appears Cairo engine is very stable. It will be be nice to for some 
people to generate an enhanced Clearlook theme for Fedora Core 7.

Developing a theme is pretty difficult & time-consuming but if we can 
get some good mockups early on then it'd be easier to hit FC7.

* Since there is a lot KDE users, provide the artworks to smoothly blend 
with Gnome applications.

I'm not sure what you mean by smoothly blend with GNOME applications? Do 
you mean the theming work for GNOME should also be done for KDE? Is 
anybody on the list a KDE user or knowledgable about KDE such they could 
advise us on this?

* Making Anaconda look very pleasant without compromising the performance.

I'm not sure what you mean here - the colors available? The design of 
the screens? Some things there isn't a whole lot there can be done about 
because of technical limitations. If there are specific issues we want 
to target let's create a list and I can discuss it with Jeremy Katz and 
see how much is possible.

~m

[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/ThemeSubmissions
[2] http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/37918014