[Design-team] Gnome-shell extension that adds a Fedora logo

[Timur Kristóf]

Hi guys,

You're making some sense here.
I'm not saying that my approach is the perfect one, I rather intended it 
as a start, because this is an important thing to discuss. The logo is a 
central piece of Fedora's brand and should not be taken lightly.

The logo should be in a place where the user always sees it. Just like 
in any other desktop environment (and properitary operating systems also 
have a logo that's always visible).

Here is how it looks now: http://i53.tinypic.com/33ndthv.png
Here is a comparison showing desktop and overview: 
http://itmages.com/image/view/168138/2031fc59

If you guys think that it is not good this way, I'm open to suggestions.
Here is a few thoughts I have about this.
- Maybe we could place the Fedora logo in a fashion that brings it 
closer to the Activities caption
- Maybe we could put the logo to a different place on the top panel and 
give it some functionality too
although I would need a designer's opinion about these.

Just a few thoughts on Fab's wallpaper idea:
I usually see my wallpaper at two times:
- When I log in
- When I open a new workspace
for less than half a minute each. So having a logo on the background 
would not make that much of an impression I think.

Cheers,
Timur

On 04/15/2011 12:58 PM, Fabian A. Scherschel wrote:

> Hi, Owen!
>
> I don't think I need to point out that I don't agree with this. This 
> further marginalises both the Design and Marketing team for what, a 
> "hot corner"? So as it stands, we have our logo shortly when Plymouth 
> is done booting, in the installer and on the GDM screen. And we are 
> wondering why people think Ubuntu = Linux and Fedora never gets a foot 
> in the door anywhere? I understand sticking to the design principles 
> of Shell and Gnome 3 but I also think this needs to be discussed. 
> Maybe we should CC Marketing on this, it seems to be more their realm 
> anyway.
>
> IMO: I don't really care where the Fedora logo ends up (wallpaper or 
> Shell), but it *needs* to be on the Desktop somewhere. Anything else 
> seems silly to me if we really want to establish a brand and spread 
> Fedora and its virtues even more.
>
> Maybe we should start including it in the wallpaper. I understand the 
> guidelines but let's be realistic: Who re-uses our wallpapers anyway? 
> I've never seen one anywhere but on a Fedora desktop.
>
> Fab