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Emulator Issues #7106

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Dolphin's "About" Menu Has the Old Logo and a Cartoon Font

Added by MayImilae about 11 years ago.

Status:
Fixed
Priority:
High
Assignee:
% Done:

0%

Operating system:
N/A
Issue type:
Task
Milestone:
Current
Regression:
No
Relates to usability:
No
Relates to performance:
No
Easy:
No
Relates to maintainability:
No
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Description

Dolphin's "About" menu uses the old logo. Not just the old log, but the pre-2.0 logo. And a CARTOON FONT.

http://i.imgur.com/YlV0cRg.png

Bleck. So tacky. I'm volunteering to make a replacement for the next milestone, 5.0 as it likely will be.

Actions #1

Updated by delroth about 11 years ago

  • Priority set to Low
Actions #2

Updated by JMC4789 over 10 years ago

It would be nice to start brainstorming what to do about the page for a potential release.

Actions #3

Updated by PEmu over 10 years ago

At the very least the new logo should be used instead of the old Mario silhouette.

Actions #4

Updated by PEmu over 10 years ago

I made a mockup of a potential new About window: https://i.imgur.com/QEwuzvw.png

It's inspired by the Firefox and VLC about screens.

Some ideas here:

  • Remove the old logo and title and add the new one.

  • Move the version number to a different line from the title. A lot of programs seem to be de-emphasizing the version number these days and don't include it in the program title so I think Dolphin could follow suit. I think this is particularly worthwhile for development builds as they are released constantly which makes the version number less meaningful.

  • Clean up the copyright information and move it to the bottom of the window.

  • De-emphasize the branch/revision/compiled information as it can be a bit messy and is not particularly important to the average user. This is done here by making it a lighter colour.

  • Add a link to check for updates. Ideally this would be a function in Dolphin but I think it is perhaps too late to add that now for the next release so a manual check will do.

  • Move author/written by/special thanks/etc. information to its own link ("Authors") and get it off the main page to reduce clutter. This could either show author information in the window when clicked or simply open a web page to: github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/graphs/contributors or whatever the proper page is.

  • Move some of the trademark information to the copyright line.

  • Add a link to the license. I guess this can open a web page to: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html or display that text in the window.

  • Add a support link to the forums: forums.dolphin-emu.org/Forum-support

Actions #5

Updated by Buddybenj over 10 years ago

That looks really nice, but I don't think the exact time it was compiled is necessary, and I think just the date would look better. Also should check for updates be a hyperlinked word like the other links?

Actions #6

Updated by JMC4789 over 10 years ago

  • Priority changed from Low to High

If this has to be done by the next release, it should be at least high priority.

Actions #7

Updated by Fog over 10 years ago

Going to start working on this, basing the design on the mockup provided above.

Actions #9

Updated by Buddybenj about 10 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Fix pending
Actions #10

Updated by JosJuice about 10 years ago

  • Status changed from Fix pending to Fixed
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