grantbow
September 29th, 2009, 10:14 PM
This will be submitted to brainstorm.ubuntu.com
Rationale: Screensaver with recognizable words
I walked into a hospital ER Room the other day. Luckily I wasn't in need of attention. What I saw, to my dismay, was the Windows XP screen saver running on all the machines. It looked like the screen shot seen here:
http://foolsaver.mac.findmysoft.com/
I was thinking about what the Windows screen saver says - Microsoft Windows XP Professional with the icon. Those are powerfully "branded" words in front of all hospital medical staff extremely frequently because screen savers are used to protect patient confidentiality.
Frankly it scares me a little to see that in a hospital where one should expect reliable care but my opinion isn't universally shared.
Idea Solution: Ubuntu "professional" screensaver
One image with key words being drawn & redrawn of the same size elsewhere on the screen is in my subjective impression a "more serious", business like system. The timing between redrawing could be chosen for maximum subjective effect.
I suggest white text on a black/transparent background. The layout could be identical or very similar to this official version from the Artwork Team.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Official?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=UbuntuStrapLogo.png
I feel the version number might help identify a system quickly but would detract from the key concepts and would require the screensaver to be updated with each release.
The gnome-screensaver has one choice called "Floating Ubuntu", however with multiple images, the movement of the images horizontally, vertically and the image changing size give a very different impression.
Rationale: Screensaver with recognizable words
I walked into a hospital ER Room the other day. Luckily I wasn't in need of attention. What I saw, to my dismay, was the Windows XP screen saver running on all the machines. It looked like the screen shot seen here:
http://foolsaver.mac.findmysoft.com/
I was thinking about what the Windows screen saver says - Microsoft Windows XP Professional with the icon. Those are powerfully "branded" words in front of all hospital medical staff extremely frequently because screen savers are used to protect patient confidentiality.
Frankly it scares me a little to see that in a hospital where one should expect reliable care but my opinion isn't universally shared.
Idea Solution: Ubuntu "professional" screensaver
One image with key words being drawn & redrawn of the same size elsewhere on the screen is in my subjective impression a "more serious", business like system. The timing between redrawing could be chosen for maximum subjective effect.
I suggest white text on a black/transparent background. The layout could be identical or very similar to this official version from the Artwork Team.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Official?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=UbuntuStrapLogo.png
I feel the version number might help identify a system quickly but would detract from the key concepts and would require the screensaver to be updated with each release.
The gnome-screensaver has one choice called "Floating Ubuntu", however with multiple images, the movement of the images horizontally, vertically and the image changing size give a very different impression.