Cheers, you are 100% right, they look really professional. In my opinion they are what the tango icon theme *should *be like.
http://gnome-look.org/content/preview.php?preview=1&id=128143&file1=128143-1.png&file2=&file3=&name=Faenza On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 5:25 AM, M. Adnan Quaium <adnan.qua...@linux.org.bd>wrote: > I somehow solve this problem by using Faenza Icon themes. So when I install > Ubuntu in someone's computer, the first thing I do is to install Faenza > (even before installing restricted extras). I donot know whether the guys > behind Faenza are world class but they really did an amazing job. > > > On 15 March 2011 18:51, Paul Sladen <ubu...@paul.sladen.org> wrote: > >> Hello Peterson and Adnan, >> >> I suspect the answer to these are much along the same lines as >> something I gave on AskUbuntu recently, to a question about the fonts: >> >> "Will there be a Ubuntu Serif font in the future?" >> >> http://askubuntu.com/questions/26104/will-there-be-a-ubuntu-serif-font-in-the-future >> >> The answer here is that it depends not only on time and enthusiasm >> but finding very skilled people and getting them involved---with their >> background knowledge and experience. For doing a full Ubuntu Serif >> companion font expansion, I suggested that perhaps means: >> >> 1 Find a type designer who is interested >> 2 Work with them to make a beautiful, complementary and hinted expansion >> >> It'll take a while too; before you could even start such a process >> (which will take a *long* time) it would be necessary to understand >> the background. What is it _for_? Why would it be done/re-done? >> >> Lots of people can draw icons, or create sounds or make fonts; but >> will the results fit together? Will they be beautiful as a whole? If >> we here working on Ayatana want to push the state of people's >> computering experiences forward then there's not much point making >> fonts, icons, sounds or backgrounds "for the sake of it". They need >> to definitely improve on what is there already there and we need to be >> able to scientifically prove that that is the case. >> >> Once that research and development is done in Ayatana (which will >> benefit everyone), you can start to think about the Ubuntu case. >> The Ubuntu desktop and brand is a jigsaw of many parts. Admittedly >> not all of those parts fit perfectly at the moment, but if you change >> one piece only; the piece next to it might not fit as well. >> >> If you want something to happen and care about it, the best approach >> is probably to find the people with the skills and get them interested >> in what Ubuntu is---what it's doing and how they can help make a >> difference to millions of people's computing lives everyday. The >> sooner one can find the right people, the sooner your and other >> people's dreams can come true! >> >> You've each suggested icons and sounds. Do you have any world-class >> contacts in those genres? Contacts capable of /not/ just designing >> sounds or icons, but those who can create guides /for creating/ >> icons or sounds and prove why the changes are an improvement over >> what's available! >> >> -Paul >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >> Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > > -- > M. Adnan Quaium > > URL: http://adnan.quaium.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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