[haiku] Re: Wallpaper design contest
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:36:35 +0200
Patrik Gissberg <patrik@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Axel Dörfler:
> > Well, while that works for most wallpapers, there are some where
> > that
> > won't look as good as a specifically made version.
> It's all about tradeoffs. Offering two or more wallpapers for
> different aspect ratios may look better, but doubles the size and
> decreases user-friendliness. Offering one wallpaper won't look perfect
> (but good), but decreases size and increases user-friendliness.
> User-friendliness is what I value the most.
User friendliness isn't really affected if there is just one wallpaper
that Haiku boots with.
However, there is little value in providing bad looking wallpapers. I
would only include the winning entry (if we can all agree on that, as
that's a decision that needs to be made by the project) with Haiku, and
made the other nice ones part of a wallpaper package that you can
install if you want.
> I strongly believe that this is the best solution, and somewhat
> unique; Select a wallpaper and it will look good (maybe not perfect)
> regardless of your resolution or monitor aspect ratio.
But IMO that's exactly where things fall apart; with a rule like this
you limit the options for good looking wallpapers considerably.
Bye,
Axel.
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