Re: [ubuntu-art] Dust theme implementation

s still a bit far from the mockup, and some apps have problems (most > notably Firefox, due to quirks in the Aurora engine). Anyone care to > help? is it possible to see a screenshot? i'm travelling with a laptop that doesn't run Gnome (dwm) and i'm curious.. if n

Re: [ubuntu-art] Intrepid Dust Theme

erest, from a certain subset of users. even a poll on Ubuntu forums would generate vastly more information about the relative public potential of a theme than we generate here alone, on this list. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML wi

Re: [ubuntu-art] Intrepid Dust Theme

a good idea to get themes onto Gnome-Look. it's not unilaterally representative of the Ubuntu user-base, but it's a pretty fine start. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. -- ubuntu-art mailing li

Re: [ubuntu-art] Brown rocks. Get over it and being default.

an theme seems relatively untouched on the (many) Ubuntu desktops i've encountered. there is something to be said for cultural differentiation where colour theory is concerned.. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read.

Re: [ubuntu-art] Intrepid Ibex Theme

tom, which is simply unimaginative. my 2 bytes, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] More Mockups

ow' you're using for the Ubuntu logo. i don't think they need a border and/or individual backgrounds/containers at all.. on a mouse-over event they could, however, change to just as they appear in those mockups. keep up the good work. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver

Re: [ubuntu-art] More Mockups

(maximise, minimise, close) without the need for the graduated backgounds, seen in the below mockup: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin_piano_btns.png cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] More Mockups

tle. > I've also switched to gray for the window contents. i think the choice of colours in these mockups, right down to the 'glowing' monochrome Ubuntu logo, mark a great improvement on their predecessors. looking good, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks

Re: [ubuntu-art] Mark has Thrown Down the Gauntlet!

re better spent by small groups working on unique projects in the hope they might become publically popular, let alone garner the attention of Mark et al. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. -- ubuntu-art mailing list u

Re: [ubuntu-art] Mark has Thrown Down the Gauntlet!

ers and/or art testers, haven't yet proven that brown was any more than than as a thinly veiled attempt to be distinct within a world of blue and brushed-metal desktops. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] GTK-theme proposal

. if not, so be it. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] GTK-theme proposal

t we know - and invest in - that Ubuntu is a great platform of diverse application is the challenge here. anything short of that is selling that investment out, IMHO. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. -- ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] // Ken's Kin (was "Kith Intrepid") //

tp://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin.png a friendly prod: i'm sure there are more than a few of us looking forward to updates along this line.. any inclination to make a wiki page for Kin, Ken? -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages cont

Re: [ubuntu-art] Kith Intrepid

hich is somewhere between Kith and Union and even (going back on this > one) Basic Ideals. Link below. Should I build the Emerald theme and give it > a real whirl? > > http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/kin.png now you're talking. nice work. that is very strong. cheers,

Re: [ubuntu-art] Kith Intrepid

i suppose your sig wouldn't make sense. ah, i get it now.. that was a 'meta-top-post'. -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. > > On Jul 13, 2008, at 12:53 PM, "Klaus Bitto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ubuntu-art] Kith Intrepid

a hit with actual users then i'm all for it. i'm still worried about the dependence on Compiz with these themes though. i work (and teach) as an graphics programmer/game-developer and artist. one of the first things i do is disable Compiz on all the computers on which i teac

Re: [ubuntu-art] New theme looking for critique based on Human-Clearlooks

could be further differentiated from the focussed it might we workable as a theme. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] // successful use of dark colours: 2 examples //

e mockups ought to be taken as strong hints in a theme design process. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Whats Up with This?

g about making a > theme besides having tweaked my login screen a bit, but I do know a > little about color theory and typography and design, and I'd like to > help. Is this the right place for me? I note: > > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 4:42 AM, Julian Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: [ubuntu-art] Whats Up with This?

lace...blah blah. If you have this hardware > or that hardware we are particularly interested in your experiences with > blah-de-blah...Thanks for trying this build and aiding in the growth of such > and such." i think this is a good idea.. if the Tomboy notes aren't feasible, at

Re: [ubuntu-art] Whats Up with This?

be wise to provide a central forum for /users/ of the theme to make constructive criticisms. it could take the form of a sticky thread setup by one of the moderators at Ubuntu Forums, alongside similar forums in other languages. currently, the criticisms are spread both too widely and in contex

Re: [ubuntu-art] dark theme for alpha

a sticky thread: "Comment here on the Dark Theme for Intrepid". he could put a link to the thread in the release notes, or just direct them to the top level of the forums. we could read their complaints/suggestions here. that said, this strategy would only cover the English

Re: [ubuntu-art] Whats Up with This?

t: in the absence of actual designers, perhaps a graphic design school could 'audit' the default theme as part of a class project, coming up with a few mockups within the scope of what's doable in GTK? at the least we could give them existing screenshots and have them manipulate the

Re: [ubuntu-art] New Wave Icons

con ends. > > > > > > When you are done upload the changes ;) > > > > > > Anton > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey, > > > > first of all, I want to compliment sebastian for the great brown &g

Re: [ubuntu-art] New Wave : buttons, progress bars and lifts

from below and the titlebar doesn't? the moment you start representing the casting of light you start implying corporeal objects. for this reason it's much easier to produce inconsistent results the more vectors of light you introduce in your scene. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliv

Re: [ubuntu-art] New Wave

..on or around Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:36:46AM +0200, Oliver Grawert said: > hi, > Am Dienstag, den 13.05.2008, 21:44 +0200 schrieb Julian Oliver: > > good comments. that dotted line around the icons has always driven me > > nuts, appearing more as an artifact than something i

Re: [ubuntu-art] New Wave

e highlighted parent menu item itself (in this case 'Raccourcis'). in your images it is separated from both the panel and the parent menu item, adding unneccesary complexity to the visual field. my two bytes, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages cont

Re: [ubuntu-art] New Wave

ure_122_1178lo.jpg > > Reactions and answers about that are welcome! good comments. that dotted line around the icons has always driven me nuts, appearing more as an artifact than something intended. the panel separator? well that's just wrinkly and awful. cheers, -- julian oliver

Re: [ubuntu-art] Windows? Mac? Gnome? KDE?

group are a good example of this process in action, so far. IMO this approach has the best chance of success, most things considered. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] New Wave Poll

ings i do is turn Compiz off as it simply doesn't play nicely when one is programming 3D graphics applications (a topic i often teach). keep up the good work, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. -- ubuntu-art mailing

Re: [ubuntu-art] New Wave

in this way you're adding one more visual clue that the window is inactive (beyond title colour and shadowing). cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] New Wave

ive the panel a gradient as seen in the new wave theme? i suppose this question has been answered many times previously. -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ideas

ow contents being different from client to client helps delimit windows more than is anticipated also. to assist the eye further however we could scale the border colour depending on the position of the x client in the stack z-order: the lightest border would be for clients in a position de

Re: [ubuntu-art] New page on the Wiki

of the title-bar when inactive. i would perhaps choose a thicker border on the windows however, as the definition between windows may not be sufficient when many are stacked ontop of each other - especially on systems without the true transparency that compiz brings.. cheers, -- julian olive

Re: [ubuntu-art] ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 35, Issue 6

..on or around Sat, May 03, 2008 at 06:24:31PM +0200, Julian Oliver said: > > it's refreshing to see the titlebar removed when the window is active. oops.. i meant to say "inactive" here, of course.. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.ne

Re: [ubuntu-art] ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 35, Issue 6

when many are stacked ontop of each other - especially on systems without the true transparency that compiz brings.. > > And most of all, I would like the next Ubuntu to avoid using a UGLY GLASSY > EFFECT on everything. That looks already old! The water effect was cool 5 or > 6

Re: [ubuntu-art] Random Thoughts on Mail Burst

hought showed some promise, is: http://mossblaser.deviantart.com/art/Ubuntu-8-04-GUI-Design-Idea-72574609 it's good to see a working brown beyond the 'caramel' many Ubuntu users are tired of.. for what it's worth, i've been looking for time to get in there and have a g

Re: [ubuntu-art] Stop top posting!

use mutt as my mail-reader and find it equally difficult to follow threads with top-posts. i doubt you'll find many people switching to another reader - lest of all one dependent on a browser - just to work around this (unnecessary) problem. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.c

Re: [ubuntu-art] Stop top posting!

ructive to the evolution of the thread. for these reasons - and regardless of intent - top-posts will most often be interpreted as a selfish form of reciprocation. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. -- ubuntu-art mailing l

Re: [ubuntu-art] Intrepid Panels

l. 5% is way too much GPU or CPU consumption for a wallpaper IMO. moreso are you imagining 5% of the minimum target spec at the time of release? (it would be ironic that the wallpaper has an 'earthy' theme yet is itself the most energy expensive element of the UI when idle). cheers,

Re: [ubuntu-art] Random Thoughts on Mail Burst

ill ensure they are seen in the wild and thus perhaps garner the attention of those that actually make the decision as to what ships. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Itrepid theme inspiration ?

id, only to default back to the known (for an LTS release). moreso, i think it's safe to generalise that people appreciate attempts at improvement, being often far more generous in this respect than fear would advise. oh, i like both mockups. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.co

Re: [ubuntu-art] Borderless windows: Goods and bads?

users and know the minimise/maximise key combinations by heart. regardless, it is refreshing to see. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. ..on or around Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 10:04:13PM -0700, Dylan McCall said: > Hi!

Re: [ubuntu-art] creamlooks-gtk

a solution may be to have the cursor change to a resize graphic when the pointer is within 3 pixels of the window edge. this would also make it more apparent for those transitioning from other windowing environments. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages

Re: [ubuntu-art] creamlooks-gtk

..on or around Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 11:35:26PM +0100, Julian Oliver said: > > personally, i prefer to use DWM as my primary work WM. in my setup i > have 1 pixel thin border for all windows. when near the corner of any > window i can simply hit ALT-LMB and the cursor changes t

Re: [ubuntu-art] creamlooks-gtk

ld do it too and free up those precious pixels - a lesson in K.I.S.S. cheers, -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] creamlooks-gtk

means only being > able to grab the corners. personally, i prefer to use DWM as my primary work WM. in my setup i have 1 pixel thin border for all windows. when near the corner of any window i can simply hit ALT-LMB and the cursor changes to the resize cursor. it's simple. i really like it. ch

Re: [ubuntu-art] creamlooks-gtk

malism but gets self-conscious about it along the way. my 2 bytes. -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. ..on or around Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 01:17:52AM +0100, Sebastian Billaudelle said: > Oops... sorry.! > Here with t

Re: [ubuntu-art] Some Themes Ideas

loss, Darkice with less Porsche and more Human might make an interesting experiment. i appreciate that alternative to the tired old min/max/close icons.. -- julian oliver http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net messages containing HTML will not be read. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubun

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntulooks 2.0?

..on or around Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 02:53:07PM -0600, xl cheese said: > It would look just like this: > http://www.gnome-look.org/content/preview.php?preview=1&id=67957&file1=67957-1.jpg&file2=67957-2.jpg&file3=67957-3.jpg&name=Human+w%2Fgummy+clearlooks.++ > the caramel brown of the window title

Re: [ubuntu-art] MeMaker Theme Feedback Request

..on or around Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 10:07:49PM +0100, Thorsten Wilms said: > Hi! > > I'm working on a semi-realistic MeMaker theme and could use some > feedback. I have been staring so long at this ... somehow it seems to be > off but I can't quite put my finger on it. > > http://thorwil.files.wo

Re: [ubuntu-art] "Union" Theme

..on or around Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 12:35:15PM +0100, Álvaro Medina Ballester said: > > 2.- Maybe transparency in the active window will not work well, and the > background colour of the "content area" should be white (I mean, the place > where there will be the icons if you're on nautilus or you

Re: [ubuntu-art] "Union" Theme

warmer', if that is at all a goal.. i'm curious to see how this would look with an existant dark background. what do you intend to do with the buttons? they, i thought, didn't have such well chosen colours in your previous mockups, reminiscent of that-other-operating-syste

Re: [ubuntu-art] Anyone Remember this idea?

..on or around Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 03:40:31PM -0800, Troy James Sobotka said: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > xl cheese wrote: > > I thought is was a good use of brown. > > > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2620273#post2620273 > > > Seriously folks, look at the

Re: [ubuntu-art] Anyone Remember this idea?

..on or around Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 05:19:04PM -0800, Ken Vermette said: > The idea of combining the themes has me curious. Although the theme we could > see coming out of it might be less bold or concepty (is that even a word?), > I could see something like that being a much more popular theme...

Re: [ubuntu-art] Anyone Remember this idea?

..on or around Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 02:58:11PM -0600, xl cheese said: > > I thought is was a good use of brown. > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2620273#post2620273 i just ran through the 15 pages of comments on this mockup. while most of it is praise from users, there are some valu

Re: [ubuntu-art] Anyone Remember this idea?

..on or around Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 02:58:11PM -0600, xl cheese said: > > I thought is was a good use of brown. > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2620273#post2620273 yeah, i agree. the mockups we've seen here recently are too rich and heavy for my tastes. this is far less intrusive,

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Mockup

..on or around Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 01:10:13AM +0100, Thomas L.G said: > Oh well since we're all mocking up now, let me throw in a suggestion as > well: > http://www.portefolje.net/div/mockup.jpg > > Based on Ken's suggestion on this list. Some modifications (darker top > area + some reflection,

Re: [ubuntu-art] [Ubuntu-Art] Hardy GTK theme

..on or around Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 12:10:54PM -0500, Matthew Nuzum said: > On Nov 7, 2007 12:14 AM, Troy James Sobotka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IMHO, I like these: > http://guentherbeyer.de/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/ubuntu_804_theme_test_02b.png agreed. this is the best use of black (in its

Re: [ubuntu-art] Theming Hardy Heron

..on or around Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 11:37:14PM +1300, tonic said: > This theme was posted before but I've got a screenshot of it with the > human icons and an appropriate background. > > http://picasaweb.google.com/ghatanothoa/CurrentProjects/photo#5130780973349261154 > > The black window decorat

Re: [ubuntu-art] Hardy GTK Theme

..on or around Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 09:42:58AM +, Neil J Patel said: > > A friend pointed me to this thread, I'm the author of those mockups :-). congrats. > > I've never really had the time to work on this, life stuff keeps > getting in the way, but if anyone does take it forward, I'd defi

Re: [ubuntu-art] Hardy GTK Theme

coming in a bit late on this one but would just like to second support of Patels diagonal gradiants: if we are to have them at all then they are the best i've seen yet. cheers, -- http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net emails containing HTML will not be read. ..on or around Sun, Nov 04,

Re: [ubuntu-art] New Theme / A great mockup

..on or around Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 12:16:42AM +0200, Steph said: > It has also been said that this > mockup this is the best mockup i have seen so far. i'm not a fan of the OS\X like dock at all, but the overall remaining approach

Re: [ubuntu-art] First idea ...

eye-catching art, nor should it be on the desktop. its job is to work as graphic atmosphere, not function as a picture in itself. cheers, julian -- http://julianoliver.com http://selectparks.net emails containing HTML will not be read. > > On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 12:10 +0200, Julian Oliver wr

Re: [ubuntu-art] First idea ...

..on or around Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 09:40:56AM +0200, Filipe DA COSTA said: > Hi, > > Here you have my first idea for a wallpaper: > > http://www.play.lu/host/test_01_002.jpg > > I try to find a perfect color combination for an orange/brown theme. For > now this orange-to-blue seems not that ba

Re: [ubuntu-art] Thoughts on future interface/artwork

..on Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 04:46:53PM +0200, PetriceanuA wrote: > OK, this is my first post over here. Is this the right place to post this? > > I have been browsing ubuntuforums.org for a while, especially the Feisty > development section. Have been an enthusiastic Ubuntu user since Dapper. I >

Re: [ubuntu-art] panel background

i like it. i'd roll with that for sure.. julian ..on Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 04:05:46PM +0200, effraie wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > i updated the page https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EffraiePanel > with a white version > > comments are welcome > > ??tienne

Re: [ubuntu-art] Knot 3 Wallpaper - comment

Sikma wrote: > That is total nonsense. It's a very good wallpaper, and I don't think > that the balance its composition currently holds should be > compromised because a design element vaguely reminds you of a logo. > That's just silly. > > Michiel > >

Re: [ubuntu-art] Knot 3 Wallpaper - comment

http://images.google.de/images?svnum=10&hl=de&lr=&q=windows+xp+wallpaper&btnG=Suche julian > > Michiel > > Op 26-sep-2006, om 11:38 heeft Julian Oliver het volgende geschreven: > > >..on Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 01:13:29PM +0200, Andreas Haller wrote

Re: [ubuntu-art] Knot 3 Wallpaper - comment

..on Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 01:13:29PM +0200, Andreas Haller wrote: > Hi, > > i just saw the new Wallpaper for Edgy Knot3 > (http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/knot3) and wanted to tell you that the > "cross" on the left side reminded me of the windows logo. i agree. i didn't see it at first, but my wif

Re: [ubuntu-art] lsplashes based on Dapper GDM + GDM Logo

ok, after that criticism i'll try and actually make some constructive suggestions ;) why not just have the Ubuntu logo, eg sans "ubuntu" in the splash? the user already knows they are running an OS called 'Ubuntu' at that stage as they've seen the name in the bootsplash. in this way use of the n

Re: [ubuntu-art] lsplashes based on Dapper GDM + GDM Logo

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan/Produce/Incoming/WhoDefaultAttemptsFailSafe IMO the bevel on that splash is not good and the colours give it a sepia 'aged' effect. unfortunately, i think the current splash is simply fresher and cleaner. the danger of using a bevel like t

Re: [ubuntu-art] New Wallpaper proposal

i also dislike the current Knot3 wallpaper alot. it's both boring and un-original, especially when seen as a brown version of the blue wallpaper predominating on OSX. this is a comment/criticism i've heard several times of Dapper's default wallpaper. we need to break out and be bold. this is what

Re: [ubuntu-art] That's a wrap everyone!

..on Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 08:39:17PM +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: > > I guess we're on the same page, then. I think I misunderstood your first > post to the mailing list, actually. Sorry about that. > bah don't worry about it. text is better for talking to computers than to people. sounds like w

Re: [ubuntu-art] That's a wrap everyone!

..on Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 06:30:20PM +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: > > Op 1-jun-2006, om 18:27 heeft Tom Moitie het volgende geschreven: > > >Julian isn't saying that the users should be choosing the direction > >that > >the Ubuntu artwork should go, but to gain critique from them, so that > >you

Re: [ubuntu-art] That's a wrap everyone!

..on Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 02:26:29PM +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: > > I don't think that's a very good idea. We need to select a theme > based on good discussion about the propositions in which we provide > good arguments. We're all graphic designers, so we know what > usability means and wha

Re: [ubuntu-art] // External opinions on Ubuntu Art //

..on Tue, May 30, 2006 at 02:51:45PM +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > Julian Oliver wrote: > > i lecture and give workshops at a few Design academies around the EU, > > but focus more on interactive art and game development using FOSS. > > if there was interest, i coul

Re: [ubuntu-art] // External opinions on Ubuntu Art //

..on Wed, May 31, 2006 at 12:38:13AM +1000, Pascal Klein wrote: > > I'd like add that perhaps it would be useful, especially as a > comparison, to do a similar things to people who are new to Ubuntu and > do not have any design training ie. an average end-user. there's a good idea.. > > I think

[ubuntu-art] // External opinions on Ubuntu Art //

hi list, i think it may be useful to produce some objectivity on the state of the art at this stage. by this i mean offering Ubuntu art up for some rigorous external critique! as it stands the only feedback we get is from forum rants, the occassional article and friends. alot of this feedback

Re: [ubuntu-art] Human or Tangerine for Dapper by default?

..on Fri, May 26, 2006 at 09:57:33AM -0400, Jean Pierre Rupp wrote: > I must say I downloaded today the new artwork upgrade, and the Human > icons have polished the few rough edges there were. Now it looks much > better. They've done a great work indeed. i'd say it's 90% there for sure - it does l

Re: [ubuntu-art] // panel icon distributions //

..on Wed, May 24, 2006 at 12:41:57PM +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: > > Op 24-mei-2006, om 12:38 heeft Julian Oliver het volgende geschreven: > > >here is a link to a screenshot with a few small criticisms that i > >think > >would be great to address before Dapper

[ubuntu-art] // panel icon distributions //

hi, here is a link to a screenshot with a few small criticisms that i think would be great to address before Dapper goes live. http://selectparks.net/~julian/share/u-a_proportions.png i also think the new logout icon is for instance far too intense, dominating the Ubuntu icon

Re: [ubuntu-art] Artwork vote results

good results i think, though it's shame Silicon didn't make it into the theme list - Resilience looks a bit all over the place IMO. Gray is a well-resolved theme and perfect for those inevitable minimalists out there, or even just those that want to a complete change from the Ubuntu palette.

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash pics

..on Wed, May 17, 2006 at 02:47:50PM +0800, Jerome Gotangco wrote: > A nice wiki page was created just for this and was posted earlier by a > list member: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Usplash/DapperPropositions thanks for doing that, great to see them all together! what immediately strikes me is

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash wiki update

..on Wed, May 17, 2006 at 12:13:30PM +0200, Frank Schoep wrote: > On Wednesday 17 May 2006 06:56, Troy James Sobotka wrote: > > I took some initiative and thumbnailed all of the work > > at the usplash proposal portion of the Wiki. > > That's great work, thanks a lot for doing that, it was well wo

Re: [ubuntu-art] tangerine

..on Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 08:07:05AM +0200, Petr Tome? wrote: > > > > The tangerine icons are SPECTACULAR: brilliant work. Please get them > > into human as default They do a great job on toning down the bright > > orange, and are very pretty and intuitive too. > > Hi all! > I fully agree with

Re: [ubuntu-art] Gaim Logo

..on Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 12:40:16PM +0200, Daniel Holbach wrote: > Hi everybody, > > could somebody of you have a look at > https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gaim/+bug/10303 and make > suggestions on the bug report? the colours in the first example are complimentary with those of the

Re: [ubuntu-art] distributor-logo

..on Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 11:12:08AM -0300, Evandro Fernandes Giovanini wrote: > Em S??b, 2006-04-15 ??s 23:38 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth escreveu: > > bvc wrote: > > > For consistency, the distributor-logo.png needs shadow. > > > http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/dapper-xubu/distributor-logo.png > > Go

Re: [ubuntu-art] Changing GIMP splash for Dapper

..on Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 10:29:44AM +0100, Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote: > Petr Tome? wrote: > >Hello, > >I think this is absolutely great: > >http://klepas.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/gimp-ubuntu-splash.png > > I agree. I think we should use that one. me 2, julian -- _

Re: [ubuntu-art] distributor-logo

..on Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 11:38:13PM +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > bvc wrote: > > For consistency, the distributor-logo.png needs shadow. > > http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/dapper-xubu/distributor-logo.png > > > Good point. But I

Re: [ubuntu-art] orange

..on Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 07:42:12PM +0200, Suzan wrote: > Hi, > > a different opinion about the "orange" thing from myself: > > i love it. Orange is fresh an light and fits perfectly with brown and > dark-red colours. > > I love the orange tangerine and the orange human icons. They are so > pre

Re: [ubuntu-art] tango icons request

..on Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 07:36:59AM +0200, Sebastian Heinlein wrote: > Am Donnerstag, den 13.04.2006, 21:18 +0200 schrieb Manu Cornet: > > Hi ! > > > > > it would be nice to have a tangerine icon for the update-manager > > > > FYI, I made a try at this a few weeks ago : > > > > http://www.m

Re: [ubuntu-art] Changing GIMP splash for Dapper

..on Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 02:32:52PM +0200, Frank Schoep wrote: > Hi all, > > On Wednesday 12 April 2006 21:56, Viper550 wrote: > > [... snip ...] > > Wait a second, the splash screen actually looks better with the > > weird filter...but it would have gone better with the older theme... > > If tha

Re: [ubuntu-art] Changing GIMP splash for Dapper

i absolutely agree. i wrote to the Gimp-user mailing list about this splash in general here: http://www.mail-archive.com/gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/msg09534.html it'd be great to 'Ubuntufy' it for Dapper. julian ..on Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 06:58:26PM +0200, Frank Schoep wrote: > Hello Ubun

[ubuntu-art] // Logout dialog icon comments //

Looking at Daniel's icon page, and seeing icons in the context of each other, I have a couple of comments on the logout icons. Notice how the 'gnome-session-halt' looks very 'interlaced' in comparison to the other tangerine icons - as though we're looking at them on a poor quality TFT.. It's frie

Re: [ubuntu-art] Inconsistence of gradients and artwork colors

..on Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 09:20:16AM +0200, Richard Stellingwerff wrote: > On 4/7/06, bvc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/dapper-xubu/progress-scroll-trough-frame.png > > I've touched it up some more using elements from ubuntulooks to replace the > > svg mockup elem

Re: [ubuntu-art] Tangerine in universe

..on Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 04:37:58PM +0200, Eric Feliksik wrote: > It's a *GREAT* proposal, this iconset! Orange for the ones who love > orange, but not as agressive as in the current theme. Nice, Étienne. > > Julian Oliver wrote: > >I'd miss those little orang

Re: [ubuntu-art] Tangerine in universe

..on Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 11:04:24PM +0200, Étienne Bersac wrote: > Hello, > > I'm very please to see the incoming Tangerine icon set in dapper repo. > > I made a screenshot of both theme face to face at > http://bersace03.free.fr/pub/captures/dapper-artwork/compare-human-tangerine.png I far pr

Re: [ubuntu-art] Inconsistence of gradients and artwork colors

..on Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 02:06:26PM +0100, Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote: > Richard Stellingwerff wrote: > >I've made a few new mockups: > >http://stellingwerff.com/ubuntu-art/sb.png (svg: > > I like the last ones, though I can see that even rounded scroll bar tips > against a rounded edge can look o

Re: [ubuntu-art] Expanding logout dialogue

..on Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 11:24:48AM +0100, Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote: > I'm with Matt and Vincent who think that there are simply too many > options on the logout dialogue, so I though I would try making an > expanding one where you hide some of the less common options. > > Mock-up: http://peopl

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