We have a new visual profile that should be followed in the ThinLinc Client "installer image" for macOS.
When looking at generating a new background image for this purpose, we stumbled upon what looks like a bug with ImageMagick or librsvg in cenbuild, see bug 7977 for this. As a workaround we can use ImageMagick locally in the meanwhile.
Tested on macOS 12.5, and the window size and the background image have changed to the updated ones. It is also still possible to install the client as before.
Tested on macOS 12.5 and compared to the old client. - The new visual profile is used and looks good. - The layout is improved, and the text is more clear. - The image and the installed client works as expected.
Checked the client on HiDPI and compared it to the Firefox installer - ours looks quite unsharp. The background image for Firefox has 144 DPI and our image has 72 DPI. It should be possible to generate a sharper image through ImageMagick.
While the design of the new installer background is finished, the issue with getting the window to the correct size proves to be more complex than initially thought. This will be worked on in bug 5204, and this bug is basically just waiting for that one to be finished in order to be ready for testing. Note for tester if relevant: Check if the macOS portion of bug 7226 has been finished, otherwise this can be included in the testing of this bug.
The nightly macOS client build from jenkins has the incorrect finder window size. It seems a new DS_STORE file wasn't committed along with the layout changes of the background image in r38743.
The window size has now been fixed in bug 5204, and instructions for manually generating a DS_Store file have been updated. This bug is now ready for testing. Also, note that in bug 7984, we found a way to do some modifications to an existing DS_Store file via a Perl module. In the future, this is probably the preferable way to do simple DS_Store updates.
Tested client builds #2663 and #2682 on macOS 12.5.1. The updated graphical style is in line with the new visual profile: new icon, sparse text layout, white background combined with blue bar. In addition, the installer window displays proper dimensions, with everything relevant showing as intended.¨ Closing.
Created attachment 1133 [details] Screenshot illustrating the problem After applying our new visual profile to more parts of our product we have ended up using slightly different "blue lines". In particular, the blue line graphic looks too high compared to other components. The blue graphic at the bottom of the new "installer" background is in absolute numbers approximately the same as the maximum height of the blue line in Web Access and Web Admin. But since the total size of the area it appears in (the installer folder window) is smaller, the proportions are off. We should reduce the height of this blue line.
Created attachment 1146 [details] Screenshot after the fix
This has been fixed now, the blue line in the macOS "installer" background is now 14px (3.7% of the visible height). It looks much more in line with the rest of the product now.
I tested the new background (as seen in the attached screenshot) on macOS 13.1.
I can verify this fix. The "installer" looks much better and more in line with the rest of the product.
