Re: [ubuntu-art] Colour

2007-04-13 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi, I think that Brian has a very good idea although I am not sure if it is realizable or not at this point in time. Why not create an entirely flexible theme which can be adjusted by setting certain values? The installer asks you several questions; one of them could be "What is your favorite

Re: [ubuntu-art] Colour

2007-04-13 Thread Yann Dìnendal
Yeah ! I love your idea ! For example, when installing from the live CD, after selecting the language, it would ask to select a theme... and the theme would be instantly applied to the current live ubuntu (it would be the same window than the gnome theme selector), and then it would be stored so t

Re: [ubuntu-art] Colour

2007-04-13 Thread Brian White
Hi, all. This certainly isn't the first time we've seen this discussion cropping up on the ubuntu-art mailing list. I remember a year or two ago someone suggested that because themes are such a personally subjective matter (and for many they are the the first and easiest way to personalize one's

Re: [ubuntu-art] Colour

2007-04-13 Thread Troy James Sobotka
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 jmak wrote: >> I wrote: >> Colours are _culturally_ and _temporally_ rooted in meaning. Look to >> the colours of traditional wedding wear in Japan or different parts of >> tribal Africa for examples of cultural meaning. Look to the tonal >> differe

Re: [ubuntu-art] Colour

2007-04-13 Thread jmak
On 4/13/07, Troy James Sobotka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Vincent Weber wrote: > >> > First of all It's all brown/orange/red. These colours are not really > >> > pleasant/relaxing for you eyes, especially red. > > First on a specifically resea

Re: [ubuntu-art] Colour

2007-04-13 Thread Troy James Sobotka
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Vincent Weber wrote: >> > First of all It's all brown/orange/red. These colours are not really >> > pleasant/relaxing for you eyes, especially red. First on a specifically research based approach, this is wrong. Colours are _culturally_ and _tempora

Re: [ubuntu-art] Colour

2007-04-13 Thread Alvaro Medina Ballester
El 13/04/2007, a las 22:22, Pascal Klein escribió: > > Hi. :) > > The goal behind Ubuntu's colour palette is that it should separate > Ubuntu from other desktops. Although the most universally safe (in > regards to culture and gender) and pleasing primary desktop colour is > blue and shades of it

Re: [ubuntu-art] Colour

2007-04-13 Thread Pascal Klein
On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 10:30 +0200, Vincent Weber wrote: > Hello Ubuntu art-team :) > > I'm overall very happy with Ubuntu but I think the colours are wrong. > First of all It's all brown/orange/red. These colours are not really > pleasant/relaxing for you eyes, especially red. I also don't think a

[ubuntu-art] Color

2007-04-13 Thread Vincent Weber
I'm sorry, my bad. I meant Gnome 2.18 instead of 2.20 Vincent -- ubuntu-art mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Colour

2007-04-13 Thread Vincent Weber
Hello Ubuntu art-team :) I'm overall very happy with Ubuntu but I think the colours are wrong. First of all It's all brown/orange/red. These colours are not really pleasant/relaxing for you eyes, especially red. I also don't think a lot of people would choose Ubuntu over Windows (bug #1) because