Re: Will GNOME 2.12 Release Notes Include (User) Screenshots?

[Luis Villa <luis villa gmail com>]

On 8/30/05, Thomas Wood <thos gnome org> wrote:
> On 25 Aug 2005, at 6:47 am, Murray Cumming wrote:
>
> > Nigel Tao wrote:
> > > Hi.  I hear that you're a little busy right now, but I was wondering
> > > if
> > > the 2.12 release notes will feature user (rather than official "this
> > > is
> > > what the new Nautilus looks like") screenshots, as 2.8 did:
> > > http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/teams/marketing/en/2004/two-eight-
> > > screenshots/html/index.html
> > >
> > > The 2.10 release notes didn't have them, and I was wondering if that
> > > was
> > > for a particular reason, or if it was just nobody got around to
> > > organizing it (and are there then a volunteer's shoes to fill)?
> >
> > Yes, it was just a lack of time. CCing marketing-list, in case someone
> > else has thought about it for 2.12 already. It'd be great if you took
> > charge of this.
> >
> > The release notes probably wouldn't mention them, but they'd be linked
> > from the 2.12 page.
> >
> > > I was thinking of just starting a page on live.gnome.org - would that
> > > fly?  Or would it be better for me to throw it over to gnome-look.org?
> >
> > I'm not sure what's the best place for them. I guess that
> > live.gnome.org
> > couldn't handle the traffic. Someone else might have a better idea.
>
> I've had a request from Vincent Untz for a screenshots section at
> art.gnome.org for exactly this purpose. We're already looking into
> implementing it, and hopefully it will be ready for the release of
> 2.12.

Cool! I sort of wish we had a flickr-style 'email this email address
with the picture to get it into this gallery' thing- would make this
kind of thing much easier. [Of course, someone would have to edit them
afterwards, but that should be doable...]

Luis