[haiku] Re: Haiku Boot Screen


On 23 Jul 2009, at 1:23PM, Stephan Assmus wrote:


Hi,

On 2009-07-23 at 12:45:40 [+0200], Chris Peel <chris.gsi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Been away from Haiku for a little while and just downloaded latest VM
build (well, #31513 anyway) and I've just got to say that the new boot 
screen (black with grey-moving-to-colour icons) is the best o/s boot
screen I've seen!  Well done whoever came up with that! :)
Glad you like it, but as with so many things, the design wasn't an idea completely out of the blue, but was instead heavily inspired by prior art. BeOS already had the lighting up icons, then I think ZETA added the round corner frames. I arrived at the final version with it's dead center logo 
after messing around a bit with more complicated layouts. Somehow the
centered logo gives the strongest impression.
Yes, I see the legacy of the original 4.5 and 5.0 screens in there - which is nice really as it's kind of keeping with tradition while still looking modern and up-to-date. Haven't seen the Zeta one. Looks good! If there's ever a 'shall we replace the boot screen' thread/poll put me down for a -1 ;-) 


Best regards,
-Stephan

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