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List:       suse-kde
Subject:    [opensuse-kde] openSUSE brand recognition and desktop theming
From:       Eugene Trounev <eugene.trounev () gmail ! com>
Date:       2012-06-14 15:51:44
Message-ID: CAE2GkwDDXp1BPYnpRKxhGsKFcfV33Ze4aTrNwn1eKM3YiOq68w () mail ! gmail ! com
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Dear KDE team,

I'm writing to you on behalf of the openSUSE art team (oh this is so
official, I like it).

In recent month we have been continuously discussing the current state
of openSUSE brand and brand recognition, and it brought us to
realization that simply changing the KDE/GNOME default blue to green
may no longer be enough. As many other distros are abandoning once
popular *colouring book* practices and are switching to *distinct look
and feel* instead, openSUSE which hasn't changed visually in years is
beginning to feel *dated* to an non-expert eyes of our layman users.
We (as in arts team) think there may be a need to change things around
a bit and come up with our own distinct look and feel. Such effort
would include:
1) complete branding guidelines
2) complete theming guidelines
3) desktop visual style,
4) desktop layout,
5) icon theme,
6) boot-to-desktop visual style
(not necessarily in this order)

None of this is naturally possible without a) community support and
involvement; b) developers support and involvement
Also none of this changes can possible happen overnight and will most
likely take a few years to materialize.

On this note - we are currently looking for a person able and willing
to sit down with us and talk about technical aspect of KDE theming.
So, if anyone is interested please contact me, or Andres Silva on IRC
(#opensuse-artwork & ask for anditosan or it-s), or via e-mail.

Best Regards,


Eugene Trounev

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