Re: [Ayatana] Unity improvement for vision loss people

2012-01-11 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 08:12, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > On 11 January 2012 18:27, frederik.nn...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > symbolic icons, not desaturated corporate branding icons. > > It is a very bad idea for Canonical to tweak the Firefox logo, and > Mozilla is more of a non-profit than an "evil

Re: [Ayatana] Unity improvement for vision loss people

2012-01-11 Thread Jeremy Bicha
On 11 January 2012 18:27, frederik.nn...@gmail.com wrote: >> Removing all but one color from an icon by default is a bad idea, >> unless the icon is supposed to be that way. Even these exceptions >> should be kept to a minimum. The issue that arises is that there are >> two main characteristics p

Re: [Ayatana] Unity improvement for vision loss people

2012-01-11 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
ok, "default app" is a problematic concept. On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 01:42, Ian Santopietro wrote: > I see. > > While this has merit, I don't think it's entirely relevant. What if I > have two web browsers on my launcher? What if I don't have a default > specified. The concept of differentiating

Re: [Ayatana] Video effects when user install programs

2012-01-11 Thread Omar B .
but how would that work? in the uTV movies/videos use pictures (basically the design from the retail box), while people identify apps mostly by icons. And many apps really dont have promotional pictures. Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:01:29 +0100 From: irone...@gmail.com To: m...@canonical.com CC:

Re: [Ayatana] Unity improvement for vision loss people

2012-01-11 Thread Ian Santopietro
I see. While this has merit, I don't think it's entirely relevant. What if I have two web browsers on my launcher? What if I don't have a default specified. The concept of differentiating an app as default is broken. There shouldn't be a default web browser, since it really doesn't matter. Opening

Re: [Ayatana] Unity improvement for vision loss people

2012-01-11 Thread frederik.nn...@gmail.com
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 00:48, Ian Santopietro wrote: > This seems more like a theme question then, rather than a UI one. A > custom theme is better suited to solving the issue in your particular > case. > Theming is an excellent approach towards gaining something from this topic, yes. It's just

Re: [Ayatana] Video effects when user install programs

2012-01-11 Thread Enrico Carafa
Hi Matthew, I know that, but it should be nice if the icons to the launcher will be added with a video effect like Ubuntu TV. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~a

Re: [Ayatana] Video effects when user install programs

2012-01-11 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Enrico Enrico Carafa wrote on 10/01/12 20:58: > > My idea is about an effect that should be added when the user > install software from the USC. I mean the effect that can be > watched on this video: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playe