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[H S <perhapspink@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dylan,

Ooops.  Sorry, I didn't realize your original version of slide appeared
somewhat differently than I had thought.  It was an honest mistake.  I just
opened up the html file, and assumed that was it.  Well, I've taken a new
screenshot of it running in my browser, and updated my blog.  Now it's a
fair comparison.



On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Dylan McCall <dylanmccall@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Oh my, the before shot is quite incorrect. What you need to do is open
> slides/Slideshow.html, or PlaySlideshow.sh. Your browser must have
> Javascript enabled for it to function. There are lots of little
> guidelines and tips in the Readme file that gets distributed with the
> project, and I have added fairly extensive comments in different
> places. (Let me know if I've missed a spot).
> The individual slides are really small snippets of HTML; not full HTML
> documents.
>
> Interestingly, we have a similar thing going on with the borders on
> the top and bottom, although yours consume a bit less space. If you're
> feeling adventurous, it should be possible to modify the existing
> slides/link/general.css to create a style very much like what you have
> here. I see what you did for the writing. Kind of cute :)
> I don't think the bold / italicised text is necessary - at least not
> as frequently as done here. (On which topic, that "installation is
> finishing soon" bit probably doesn't need to be highlighted like that.
> Your way is nice; just leaving that information to Ubiquity's progress
> bar).
>
> I agree about placing stuff in special visual contexts. Neat idea with
> the address bar, although I felt myself wanting to click the dropdown
> arrow since it looks like a combo box full of URLs... and people
> generally associate blue / underlined text with URLs. In some other
> cases, though, especially where people aren't as familiar with what we
> are showing them, it sure makes sense.
>
> This is something I found pretty funny: The existing design uses the
> release's wallpaper, too. Depending on what the art team does (and
> whether it makes me want to tear my eyes out) it should be using the
> release's alternative wallpaper as a background so it doesn't clash
> with anything.
>
> I'm liking the more imaginative use of colours for text. My text is
> all plain white and plain black, so a proper accent colour would be
> really fun to tinker with.
>
>
> Thanks for the mockup!
>
> Dylan McCall
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:26 AM, H S<perhapspink@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > After some discussion with Dylan at
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2009-June/013257.html, I
> > decided to put together a mockup of what I think the slides could look
> > like.  Talking with Dylan, we decided this mailing list would be a good
> > place to make it known.
> >
> > So, please, I invite you to visit my mockup at
> >
> http://ubuntuwtf.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/my-mockup-suggestion-for-ubiquity-slideshow/
> > I would have tried to put it up on the Launchpad page, but forgive me, I
> > found Launchpad far too confusing of a noob like me.  In any case, I look
> > forward to hearing your comments and suggestions.  I put no small amount
> of
> > time and love into creating this mockup, so please don't be shy.  I am
> very
> > interested to know what you think.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Howard "Freeman" Stellar.
> >
>