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Re: ATN-4: Prettier greeter: jdreed did a mock-up.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Abbott)
Thu Jan 15 16:30:14 2009
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:29:16 -0500 (EST)
From: Tim Abbott <tabbott@MIT.EDU>
To: William Cattey <wdc@mit.edu>
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The blurring around the login window and Debathena owl bother me; but I'm
happy with the rest of the design.
(I've only looked at the screenshot).
-Tim Abbott
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009, William Cattey wrote:
> jdreed, before going on vacation, crafted a prototype greeter that I like.
>
> The theme and a screenshot are located in /mit/jdreed/Public/gdmtheme/ The
> theme is called "athena10".
>
> It is known to be ugly at resolutions of 640x480 and lower. We have decided
> that we don't care.
>
> I would be interested in hearing what others think of the aesthetics. Am I
> sane suggesting we switch to this one?
>
> jdreed says that if we want a textured background, an SVG could be made in
> Illustrator or Inkscape. Noting also that MIT Red is #993333, however, he
> used #882222 for the background, to provide contrast against the gradient in
> the login box.
>
> QUESTION: Can we go with this, or do others see further changes necessary?
> (Or are we just collectively letting that crazy Bill Cattey character drive
> the asethetics?)
>
> -Bill
>
>
>
