[indiana-discuss] [desktop-discuss] 2008.11 UI Spec

[Calum Benson]

On 8 Aug 2008, at 21:49, Stephen Hahn wrote:

>  So, the icons for Back to School were, I assume, the result of some
>  conversation, and make two tasks very clear:  registration and  
> package
>  installation.  Is there a new conversation that suggests that
>  replacing these with a browser document--from which it is awkward to
>  launch specific applications--is an improvement?

I don't know, because I wasn't involved with the conversation to add  
the Back to School icons... the contents of the desktop background are  
largely marketing's domain, and AFAIK, both the Back to School icons  
and the current proposal for 2008.11 came from them.  (I think Frank's  
a bit closer to what's going on there, though, so perhaps he can  
comment?)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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