On Dienstag, 7. November 2017 15:32:23 CET Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: > Am Montag, 6. November 2017, 19:24:51 CET schrieb Martin Koller: > > On Montag, 6. November 2017 17:37:15 CET Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote: > > > > light color theme: > > > > http://members.aon.at/m.koller/liquidshell_20171103_174650.png dark > > > > color > > > > theme: http://members.aon.at/m.koller/liquidshell_20171103_174944.png > > > > > > Please consider using a non-KDE logo on the start menu on representative/ > > > advertising screenshots (ideally some new liquidshell logo one, also to > > > help promoting it and building an identity). > > > Given the history meaning of the KDE logo as the logo of a desktop, using > > > the KDE logo will spoil the concerted effort of the rebranding done > > > (whether it was a good idea or not is too late to discuss) and only > > > continue the confusion, for no good. > > > > > > So with the Plasma workspaces having moved to the Plasma logo, leaving the > > > KDE logo for the community, liquidshell should have and use its own > > > dedicated logo as well. (and yes, the start-here-kde icons would need > > > renaming finally) > > I'm very bad at creating appealing graphics, therefore I used exiting icons > > where possible. > > Is there some KDE artist who is willing to create a new logo for me ? > > I recommend to follow https://vdesign.kde.org/how.html and poke the VDG > people > directly with your requirement.
thanks, will do > > > Regarding the rebranding: does that mean KDE (the people behind the project) > > does not like to promote KDE ? > > Very confusing in my view. > > I really meant to show "that is a KDE (based) application" by using its logo > > - was not clear that this is not welcomed. > > Surely we want to promote KDE, the community :) Just, like e.g. apps like > Okular, Dolphin, Okteta, KDevelop etc. also want to promote KDE, the > community, they do it via the entry in the Help menu or in the About data. > Still they have their own logo/icon for showing off e.g. "he, it's me, > okular" > and have their logo/icon displayed as identifier. > > The start menu icon here serves a similar purpose usually, it shows "he, its > me, workspace product X/operating system Y". But not saying "I am done by A", > especially when A creates different variants of the product type. > > And with the history of "KDE" being once the name of a workspace product, > using its logo on the start menu like in the formerly named "KDE" product > could trigger the uninformed people to consider liquidshell being the new > "KDE". Adding to confusion and wasted resources in fighting those > misconception. > So better prevent from the start, so our time could be spent in bug fixing > instead. ok, understand. > BTW, would you like assistance to have liquidshell covered on build.kde.org? > Seems it is not there yet. Wow - didn't know that this exists. Is this just for testing if it compiles or are packages released from there ? I've currently uploaded a version to build.opensuse.org which compiles currently some openSuse versions. -- Best regards/Schöne Grüße Martin A: Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q: Why is top posting bad? () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ - against proprietary attachments Geschenkideen, Accessoires, Seifen, Kulinarisches: www.lillehus.at
