[openbeos] Re: Icon Design Contest submission

Hi... me again...

To keep the discussion open, here is my proposal for a news item:

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<h2>Clarifying the Haiku Icon Contest</h2>

<p>It appears there has been some confusion about the purpose and nature of 
the "Haiku Icon Contest". The purpose should be clear: We want to develop 
design guidelines for the entire Haiku icon set. The contest is a form of 
brain storming process in which we want to summon good ideas. It might turn 
out that one submission is a clear winner. It might also turn out that the 
final guide lines are developed from good ideas seen in different 
submissions. To give us a solid base for the discussion following the 
contest, we have come up with a couple of rating categories which express 
different areas of importance within an icon design. Yes, while we did speak 
of "voting" earlier, we have adjusted this to a "rating in different 
categories", because we think it is more insightful.</p>

<p>So you should view this "contest" as one step within a process to develop 
design guidelines. Equally important to the open discussion on the Haiku 
mailing list and after that the actual work of creating the final icons.</p>

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Please don't make it more complicated than it really is. You have read the 
emails, you know what we want. Does this news item clarify/reflect enough 
what we want? If no, point out the improvements, if yes... fine. Please don't 
write emails like "Hey, but I thought it was a voting! Could it really happen 
that we don't have a clear winner?!?". Yes, it *might* happen. This has 
already been discussed. :-)

Best regards,
-Stephan

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