Args, we forgot about: The Splash Screen

[Lydia Pintscher]

> My own opinion, just in case anyone wonders what shed colors my bike prefers:
> I like rosha's splash, so I wouldn't mind if it stayed.
> Before Lydia mentioned it, the similarity to some of Apple's ads
> hadn't come to my mind. Now, I can't deny it, but it doesn't bother me
> either. An image of a band playing music, slightly stylized by using
> silhouettes, is pretty generic -- other designers are bound to have
> used similar themes in the past, but that doesn't prevent us from
> anything. It's a perfect fit to visualize the message that Amarok is a
> roking music player, and that's what counts, if you ask me.

It does bother me for two reasons:
1) Apple is about the last thing we want to be associated with - I
hope we're all in agreement on that
2) We're already being blamed for copying iTunes - do we need to also
copy their ads?


Cheers
Lydia

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Lydia Pintscher
Amarok community manager
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