Re: [Gretl-users] Re: The Splash Screen is here
One other small comment: I found letters on the "phages" in
the
foreground a little distracting: I wanted to read what they
said, but got "BLSMFE".
Well, those are not phages :) I was intending
them to be some fancy
beans (like the ones Hansel left in the forest to find his way). The
letters on them have no meaning. They are just common letters used in
econometric analysis, regressions etc. (For example, "B" is for beta
commonly used for coefficients and I put the "e" at the end like the
error term in a regresion.
I can change the letters to read something else but the idea is that
these beans lead the way out from the complexities of econometric
analysis, or something like that :)
I thought this was a clever way to refer to the tale but checking the
internet, now I see that the common version of this tale features
pebbles or bread crumbs instead of the beans that I knew as a kid :) I
guess I can make them look more like pebbles if it is difficult to
make the connection.
Some might find the gretl/Gretel pun excessively whimsical, but
for better or worse the Gretel image _is_ the logo we've got:
it's been on the website, on the cover of the manual, and in the
Windows and xpm icons for years. So I think a gretl splash
screen should at least "refer to" this image in some way.
If you want, I
can impose the Gretel image in the background (maybe to
the righthand side) pretty much like the greek letter G behind "GRETL
1.6.0" text.
I want to do this the way "you" guys want it to be. I want it to be
something everyone likes. I can change everything or even throw out
the whole idea (even though I think its charming). Just give me some
directions.
Cheers...
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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy
enough people to make it worth the effort. - Herm Allbright
(1876-1944)
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