[Kmymoney-devel] Proposal for a new splash screen

[Cristian Oneţ]

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Alvaro Soliverez <asoliverez at kde.org> wrote:
> Here they are.
>
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Alvaro Soliverez <asoliverez at kde.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Jack Ostroff <ostroffjh at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> On 2010.07.21 05:57, Alvaro Soliverez wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 4:48 AM, Thomas Baumgart <thb at net-bembel.de>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > on Wednesday 21 July 2010 09:08:08 Cristian Oneţ wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 4:03 AM, Alvaro Soliverez <asoliverez at kde.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >> > Hello guys,
>>>> >> > find attached a proposed new splash screen for the stable version.
>>>> >> >
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In summary, it is the Air wallpaper in monochrome, with alpha opacity
>>>>>>> applied (so it will use the color scheme of the user, as the current splash
>>>>>>> screen).
>>>>
>>>> >> > The opacity can be tweaked a little more. Right now it is on 70%.
>>>> >> >
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also, the 4.0 changes to 4, so we don't have to update it every
>>>>>>> release. In turn, we should update the background of the home page too.
>>>>
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Let me know what you think.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I really like it.
>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>> Same here. Looks nice. Please note, that the 'Loading...' string is
>>>>> generated via instructions in KStartupLogo and thus should not be part of
>>>>> the image. Since we don't show the actual version in the image anymore, we
>>>>> could simply make it part of that loading string. What do you think?
>>>>
>>>> This is a snapshot taken when KMM was starting, the actual image doesn't
>>>> look so good, and it doesn't have the "loading..." string on it.
>>>> I can send the png and the svg files if you want to play around a little.
>>>
>>> I like it also, but I don't see any attachment to this message.
>>>
>>
>> I meant the original file I sent is a snapshot of KMyMoney actually starting.
>> It's not the original file, since that's not very nice.
>> You can compare the actual startlogo.png file on SVN to the splash
>> screen you see when starting the application. That's because of the
>> alpha and the background color applied to it on runtime.

As the files where committed to SVN now the new splash screen doesn't
really match with the homepage and the title label. Could we also
update these elements until the stable release? We could use the new
background of the splash screen in the homepage also (as before) see
the attached screen shot. But that disrupts color uniformity with the
title label and the selection in the views list. It would be nice if
someone with an artistic eye could help us.

Regards,
Cristian
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