GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 743361
New cool welcome screen of 2015
Last modified: 2016-03-31 13:22:07 UTC
Boxes currently shows a placeholder when there are no boxes present. However, this is a bit flat and uninteresting for the first time you run the app. One of the things we would like to do is have interesting and engaging welcome screens for all the content applications. Designs can be found here: https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Whiteboards/InitialStates#Tentative_Design And there is an asset here for Boxes: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/initial-app-states/assets/boxes-alt.png Note that this image is licensed under CC BY-SA, so attribution needs to be given. A CREDITS file and a mention in the About dialog could do the trick there.
I've moved things around a bit: Design page: https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/OS/InitialStates Mockup: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/initial-app-states/boxes.png Asset: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/initial-app-states/assets/boxes.png Original photo to be attributed: https://www.flickr.com/photos/eevblog/15354008908
Note that the text in the mockup is tentative - suggestions and comments are welcome there.
(In reply to comment #1) > I've moved things around a bit: > > Design page: https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/OS/InitialStates > > Mockup: > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/master/initial-app-states/boxes.png I'll try to look into this very soon. I'm not sure "remote connections" is the term we want to use. That could mean so many things (HTTP, SSH, FTP, etc). "remote machine" would be better I think. How about "Boxes can be virtual or remote machines."?
Done! commit: a2ee3b100240bf77e49c8341e4f8cdcdb82b7ca8 icons: New icon for empty Boxes view This is part of the patch series that implements the new designs for empty Boxes: https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/OS/InitialStates commit: d5fd6a0467ffe4c2f05e08c11524653073753f33 icons: Implement new empty Boxes view mockup This implements the new designs for empty Boxes: https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/OS/InitialStates commit: d42bef2f78e23b75a75d8b69f1cc13e6ca34ccb7 copyright: Attribution for the new art work