[Adium-devl] Adium 1.0 Screenshots taker(s)?

[David Clark]

> People have discovered these things without the screenshots having
> them. We had a huge mass of screenshots in what, the .5x days? I
> don't know that this was any better or not.

What's the point of having screenshots if not to show off what Adium  
can do? I'm not saying have a ton of screenshots, rather, have a  
variety which actually look different, as opposed to the current  
largely homogenous bunch.

>> - Trim to show only one or two items at a time, so that the
>> thumbnails don't look like a tiny version of a full screenshot
>>
>
> I don't think I'm parsing this one right, can you restate it?

Like with the Family link below: don't make the image a full  
screenshot, trim it to show *just* the window or part of a window  
that we're trying to show off. Why show the menubar if you're trying  
to demonstrate how neat the message windows look?

>> - In that vein, some artsy extreme-closeups, for example, zoom on
>> status gems and message window tabs, the corner of a nice contact
>> list, maybe a user icon in a message view. Those really catch the  
>> eye.
>
> Would a video do the same thing?

I really have no idea what you mean... what I meant is, there are  
some really nice visual elements (status gems, contact list  
gradients, etc.) which would look good in a closeup. Just one or two  
screenshots, even used as decorations on the site (not necessarily as  
the main screenshots)

> So like this, sorta?
>
> http://saltatory.com/familyabout.html

Yes.

It's not just a page with a grid of same-looking screenshot  
thumbnails. Shows off the key elements. Looks good.

Dave