From: Mark Gilbert (mg_abimail_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Apr 04 2004 - 21:51:54 EDT
I propose that the binary be replaced, at least for dev releases:
http://www.abisource.com/~mg/filebugz.png
-MG
On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 21:34, Ryan Pavlik wrote:
> Hello again!
>
> I believe it was Uwog who put trust in my ability to "come up with a
> Professional A splash screen". After some work, and a few revisions, I
> have produced such a screen that I hope meets the standards of
> professional-ness and SwooshA-ness.
>
> http://www.ryand.net/oss/abi in the Swoosh A TM Graphics section.
>
> Just a few quick notes on my thoughts behind this design. Look
> carefully and you'll see the binary. This was meant as sort of a
> digital-physical relationship type design, leading the viewer to
> associate high-quality physical writing power with such power in a
> digital space.
>
> (Note for MG: I wasn't proposing people type binary into AbiWord. I
> actually rendered that in Notepad, to ensure it would be entirely
> fixed-width. :) )
>
> Hope you like it!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ryan
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