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Hi Kim, as per bug 296918 we would like to put an EclipseCon reminder in the M build splash screens. You mentioned in that bug that the winning splash screen only displays for December -- so is it date dependent? (i.e., if Date < Jan 1 show SplashWinner, else show RegularSplash)? If so, I'll ask Nathan to work out something for the REgularSplash pending the December winner. - Don
(In reply to comment #0) > Hi Kim, as per bug 296918 we would like to put an EclipseCon reminder in the M > build splash screens. Just to be clear, I don't think we should be messing with the maintenance stream or 3.6 milestone build splash screens. These builds have a much longer shelf life and I think seasonal or quickly obsoleted content should be avoided. However, we could do something like this for the I-builds (3.6 stream integration builds), which we generally only keep around for a month or so. I suspect this is what Donald meant but just wanted to be clear.
Right, I just intended it to put it in the 3.6 integration build and remove it before 3.6M5.
It might be better to have Nathan modify the Helios screen for builds > January. The December splash won't be there for very long because we won't be running builds after Dec 18th (holiday shutdown). The bug with the 2010 Helios splash is in bug 295313. If Nathan could update this, I could release it the first week of January.
Nathan, let me know when you have the file ready to update :-)
Created attachment 157284 [details] EclipseCon Splash Screen Here's the Eclipsecon Splash Screen Image. Let me know if you need a different format or the original PSD file.
The splash needs to be in BMP format, and we need to keep all the usual legal text in place that usually appears on the splash screen. Also, enough space needs to be blank along the bottom of the image to accommodate the progress bar and progress messages on startup. Your text looks a little closer to the bottom edge than the usual splash which will probably cause the progress bar to overlap the "www.eclipsecon.org" URL during startup. And just my subjective opinion, but think it would look nicer if it was more like the EclipseCon "friends" logos found here: http://www.eclipsecon.org/2010/friends/ It feels like that would somehow create a stronger connection to the conference if the official conference logos were used (or at least similar fonts and colors). Adding Susan to CC who usually coordinates splash graphics so she's aware of what is going on.
The other thing to keep in mind is that the build id location (which is drawn on top of the splash while the progress is animating) might need to be tweaked. This is set in the plugin.xml for org.eclipse.sdk (the product property called buildIdLocation).
(In reply to comment #6) > The splash needs to be in BMP format, and we need to keep all the usual legal > text in place that usually appears on the splash screen. Also, enough space > needs to be blank along the bottom of the image to accommodate the progress bar > and progress messages on startup. I've made these adjustments. > It feels like that would somehow create a stronger connection to the conference > if the official conference logos were used (or at least similar fonts and > colors). The goal here was to break a bit of muscle memory. I wanted the splash screen to be different enough from the old splash so that the user actually took notice of the splash screen when it was displayed. Attachment in the next post.
Created attachment 157398 [details] EclipseCon Splash Screen
(In reply to comment #9) > Created an attachment (id=157398) [details] > EclipseCon Splash Screen +1 for this version. I am okay that we are not using the normal EclipseCon graphic. I really want people that might not know about EclipseCon to take notice.
I think the latest one is ok, but it does seem a little odd to me that we aren't even mentioning Eclipse itself (i.e. it's *just* about EclipseCon). For example, that makes me wonder about the license text at the bottom, since it makes it look like that's the license for the conference. Anyway, given that this is just going to people who take our I-builds who will almost certainly "get it", I don't have any real objections.
Can the copyright font be change to the one we use normally, or at least to something more readable? Besides that I agree with McQ.
If i could get some info on what font that is i can change the legal text.
(In reply to comment #13) > If i could get some info on what font that is i can change the legal text. The font is Verdana Regular 7 pt. (TrueType)
Created attachment 157452 [details] Legal Text Updated Here's the legal text in verdana
splash for release is v20100201. eclipsecon splash is v20100202. Thanks Nathan, I've released this splash screen for our next build.
I know I'm picky, but the Build ID seems to collide with some text on the splash. It makes it hard to see what version of Eclipse you're starting.
+1 Nathan, we need the build id.
(In reply to comment #7) > The other thing to keep in mind is that the build id location (which is drawn > on top of the splash while the progress is animating) might need to be tweaked. > This is set in the plugin.xml for org.eclipse.sdk (the product property called > buildIdLocation). I was assuming you would tweak this value for my version of the splash. If you'd like me to move something in the image can you send me a screenshot of where its overlapping.
It is also possible to move the location of the build id by editing the org.eclipse.sdk/plugin.xml Change the <property name="buildIdLocation" value="312,190"> Something like <property name="buildIdLocation" value="360,140"> </property> looks ok to me. For completeness, that should probably also be done in org.eclipse.platform/plugin.xml for the platform product. If you are experimenting, you need to run with -clean to pick up the changes.
Since this is just a temporary splash, I think we should just correct the splash image so we don't need to alter the position of the build id. We want to be able to revert this easily without having to touch various configuration files.
Created attachment 157968 [details] Screen shot illustrating build id overlap
Created attachment 158050 [details] Text moved to accomodate Build ID Location.
Thanks Nathan. I've released the new splash screen.
verified that I can see the build id in I20100209-0800 splash.
