On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 11:28:45AM -0500, Bastien Nocera wrote:
Making Fedora recognisable doesn't (necessarily) mean having a distinct visual identity, a different one from GNOME.
I'm having trouble understanding what this means. Can you give an example?
Most of GNOME's visual identity also has design foundations, they're not gratuitous. Changing the visual identity (as opposed to making something based on GNOME recognisable) means throwing away part of the user testing and holistic approach to the desktop's design (from boot, all the way to the apps).
"Throwing away" seems a little dramatic. I get the importance of design. Building and reinforcing the Fedora brand is a marketing requirement — one of the things the design needs to accomplish. If it does not do that, it isn't succeeding.
I agree that user testing is an important part, in any case. I'd like to see a lot more of it.