On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 14:34 +0200, Mario Blättermann wrote: > Am 01.09.2011 14:24, schrieb Shaun McCance: > > On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 10:53 +0200, Mario Blättermann wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> the screenshots in the user manual are quite small. Maybe that the > >> writers thought to keep the Yelp window as small as possible this way, > >> but it is no longer needed. Yelp fits the picture into its window and > >> provides a button to blow up the picture to its original size, if > >> desired. That's why we shouldn't shrink the pictures anymore. On some of > >> them, the captions are almost unreadable at some odd screen resolutions. > > > > Which screenshots specifically? Some of the screenshots aren't used > > as detailed figures, but rather as an "oh that's the thing you're > > talking about". > > > For example, nautilus.png, shell.png ... Let users decide if they want > to see an overview or a detailed picture. > > > Yelp does automatically resize images in figures to fit the page > > width, and allows you to expand them to full size. So certainly, > > you don't have to worry as much anymore about whether an image is > > too wide. But do keep file size in mind. > > I know about this behavior, and it is a sign for me that we don't have > to shrink images anymore. Regarding the file size: A lot of distribution > packages are shipping unneeded stuff, such as foreign translations, the > file COPYING in an unmentionable count, and so on. On modern machines, > there should be enough place for some bigger pictures. I assume that no > one tries to install GNOME on a 1GB harddisk (excepted live systems on > CD or USB). A screenshot 1900x1200 of gnome-shell in png is unreasonable big. The user could get the idea even with 800x600 or 1024x768, and the size would be smaller. -- Germán Póo-Caamaño http://people.gnome.org/~gpoo/
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