Re: [ubuntu-art] A note on wallpaper dimensions

2009-03-05 Thread Michael McKinley
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Dylan McCall wrote: > Just recently I got a totally awesome 24" monitor. (Yay! It's a Samsung > T240, going up from a Dell 17". I can't get over how big it is). > > To my dismay, Ubuntu's default wallpaper was stretched way beyond its means > at the monitor's native

Re: [ubuntu-art] My background submission.

2009-01-31 Thread Michael McKinley
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:09 PM, jacob Mesick wrote: > I found out about ubuntu about 3 months ago and I am already hooked I got > ubuntu server on my server. I love it so much, I thought I would try my hand > at backgrounds for the next Ubuntu Version to show my appreciation. Thank > you I really

Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe] system-file-manager and applications-office

2008-12-30 Thread Michael McKinley
> I uploaded to the wiki new versions of system-file-manager and > applications-office. > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/BreatheIconSet/Submissions system-file-manager2 is great, but the smallest icon size is somewhat hard to make out. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: [ubuntu-art] alpha wallpaper and icon needed

2008-12-30 Thread Michael McKinley
I like Miffan a lot - great work on it. The only "problem" is that the colors don't look Ubuntu-y. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Dust theme implementation

2008-08-26 Thread Michael McKinley
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 6:09 AM, Nicholas Kraak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Most the comments from the theme so far have been "that looks like OSX" and >> "that's not Ubuntu." Here's something to address that, I think. Might I >> suggest an alternate color scheme which would be more Ubuntu-like: >

Re: [ubuntu-art] More Mockups

2008-07-28 Thread Michael McKinley
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 6:29 PM, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Salane Ashcraft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 5:57 PM, shadowh511 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Jul 28, 2008, at 10:40 AM, Mario Viviani <[EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-art] More Mockups

2008-07-26 Thread Michael McKinley
On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Ken Vermette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not entirely sure about the direction Kin and Kith are taking, > especially with the whole OSX smackdown - so I'm trying something new with > the themes, posting mockups of the new directions the theme could go > flaili

Re: [ubuntu-art] Usplash - the masters are working

2008-07-08 Thread Michael McKinley
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 2:49 AM, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone dabbling with usplash ideas *must* look at this ridiculously > cool usplash posted on Troy's blog: > http://troy-sobotka.blogspot.com/2008/07/startup.html > > Just a heads up. Cheers, > Mikkel > That's

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

2008-07-06 Thread Michael McKinley
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 12:09 PM, shadowh511 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think we need to have both a bright theme for newbies and a darker theme > for the more experienced Just out of curiosity, why would newbies prefer bright themes and experienced users prefer dark themes? I like the idea o

Re: [ubuntu-art] Elegant Brit

2008-06-30 Thread Michael McKinley
On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 6:18 PM, fruchtschwert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 18.06.2008, 01:28 +0100 schrieb Who: > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 7:42 PM, Conn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 11:24 PM, Who <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >> > > >> * Distinct

Re: [ubuntu-art] Long Term Vision Theme

2008-06-21 Thread Michael McKinley
> 2) Please specify what you mean by "notification area." Notification area == system tray -Michael -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Concept for Intrepid

2008-06-21 Thread Michael McKinley
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Michael Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I have been working on a theme for the next release, and I would appreciate > feedback. > It is a minimalistic theme, with a blended metacity theme based on Gilouche. > The gtk theme requires the murrine engine.

Re: [ubuntu-art] Long Term Vision Theme

2008-06-21 Thread Michael McKinley
Two thoughts on the theme: 1) I think that the bar at the bottom takes up too much space. The area below it isn't very "usable" so will end up being wasted space for most people. 2) I don't like how the notification area's background is significantly different than the recent of the panel's. Havi

Re: [ubuntu-art] New Version of Clear Intrepid

2008-05-14 Thread Michael McKinley
Some thoughts: * I'm not a huge fan of the main background color of windows being very colorful - I think it can be distracting. * I'd tone down the transparency somewhat (or blur the area beneath the transparency) * I don't think that the widgets blend well with the rest of the theme - the butt

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ideas

2008-05-04 Thread Michael McKinley
On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Cory K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Peter Mayhew wrote: > > > > Another part of the idea of Humanness is that Ubuntu should work on as > > many computers as possible. Compiz, blending, and other discussed > > require specific graphics cards or use too much pro

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ideas

2008-05-04 Thread Michael McKinley
On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 5:51 AM, José Luis Ricón <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IMHO, Intrepid theme should have: > 1.Borderless windows > 2.Integrated window decorator(MacOSX style/KDE 4) > 3. New Wave style menus,they look k00l. > 4. A new style of buttons. > > > ;:) I'm not a huge fan of *complete