Re: [Inkscape-docs] about screen InkSpace description

21 Oct 2016

      We're pushing the about screen contest out today,
So I've drafted out an update which you can see here:
https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/=about-screen-contest/
It can still be amended, but I think it's fairly good for now.
Thanks Brynn and Maren for your help. One day we'll be able to
translate these texts too.
Best Regards, Martin Owens
On Thu, 2016-10-20 at 14:57 +0200, Maren Hachmann wrote:
...
Hi Brynn,
thanks :)
The link is https://inkscape.org/en/about-screen-contests/ (if Martin
intends to use it, I don't know).
I like the 'celebration' part a lot.
But as this is Martin's text and Martin's 'project', I won't do any
edits to it, unless he agrees. He may have had other ideas why he
wrote
it like this, don't know.
Regards,
 Maren
Am 20.10.2016 um 05:52 schrieb Brynn:
...
Hi Friends,
        I was just looking at the About Screen Contest InkSpace
page:
https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/=about-screen-contest/
after Martin asked on the User list if people would test uploading
on this 
page:
https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/=about-screen-contest/about-test-co
ntest/
And I noticed the description on the first page, which is:
"When the Inkscape team and community is winding down development
and 
preparing to release the next version we invite our artist users to
help us 
make Inkscape stand out by drawing an About Screen. Our goal is to
show off 
what the new version of Inkscape can do in an artistic manner. We
don't have 
a particular theme, but it should be smart, attractive and show off
the best 
you can do in Inkscape."
I think the tone reinforces a separation between the user
and 
development communities, so I suggested the following
change.  However, I 
would also welcome others to tweak on it, since I'm sure it could
be 
improved even further.
        (And of course I can't actually perform the edit, because I
don't 
have the right kind of access for that.)
"Long time Inkscape users may have noticed that the About screen
(Help menu 
 > About) is different for each major version of
Inkscape.  Traditionally, 
when development is winding down, and just before each new version
is 
released, the community celebrates by holding a contest to choose a
new 
image for the About screen.  The goal is to show off what the new
version 
can do, in an artistic manner, as well as to announce the release
(with 
flair???).  Please see [link] for more information."
So I eliminated any mentioning of separate communities,
explained 
what the About screen is, and about the contest.  I dropped that
part about 
the theme, because it seems to belong more in the instructions for
the 
contest.  I don't actually know where the instructions are
yet.  But if this 
is where they are supposed to be, then of course it needs a lot
more 
editing!  And I added a link to the instructions or other
additional info.
Please tweak away  :-)
Thank you very much,
brynn

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