On Apr 29, 2008, at 10:33 AM, Cory K. wrote:
> Julian Oliver wrote:
>> 5% is way too much GPU or CPU consumption for a wallpaper IMO.
>
> It's actually *much* higher while its transitioning. On my dual-core
> setup Nautilus jumped up to like 60% usage using a 20second fade. Any
> lower then 15 di
On Apr 29, 2008, at 9:42 AM, Steph wrote:
* The animated, "live" wallpaper : it'a good idea, as long as it
doesn't use more than 5% of CPU or GPU (better), and if this is
realized, we have to check if it's really that eye pleasant.
Animation is cool, yes, but really unobtrusive. We could
Incorrect. Not many. MOST!
Most. people. do. not. customize. their. desktop.
At. all.
Which is just another way of saying: lets get things right the first
time. Lets put all our efforts into a tasteful default desktop.
First order of business (in my opinion, and in the opinion of other
non-en
M, shadowh511 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
for vista, you mean sidebar, right? sideshow is an embedded display
on the computing device.
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Sumit Agarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
Hahahha...
Actually, you make a very good point. Ubuntu should ge
Ah, that's right. Stupid confusing features names for stupid confusing
useless features...
-Sumit
On Apr 28, 2008, at 5:08 PM, shadowh511 wrote:
for vista, you mean sidebar, right? sideshow is an embedded display
on the computing device.
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Sumit Ag
copying us!
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Sumit Agarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
That sounds fun.
But also maybe too fun?
-Sumit
On Apr 28, 2008, at 4:37 PM, shadowh511 wrote:
> On the first login, you will be greeted with a "Welcome to Ubuntu"
> dialog that pres
That sounds fun.
But also maybe too fun?
-Sumit
On Apr 28, 2008, at 4:37 PM, shadowh511 wrote:
> On the first login, you will be greeted with a "Welcome to Ubuntu"
> dialog that presents two options: "Use default theme" and "Take the
> quiz to choose your theme"
> in the second, it will ask
On Apr 28, 2008, at 1:33 PM, Cory K. wrote:
> shadowh511 wrote:
>> but on low-power systems, SVG takes a long time to render
>
> We really need to move somewhat away from catering to the lowest
> common
> denominator. Let Xubuntu and or Fluxbuntu worry more about these
> things.
>
Agreed!
-
Where raster content is desired (textures, etc), can bitmap data be
embedded within an SVG?
-Sumit
On Apr 28, 2008, at 1:03 PM, Seth Woodworth wrote:
Strike the png idea. Vectors are far superior. PNG is ridiculous,
and lossy.
I also feel that this could be implemented with relatively
nity. And that's great! But if Ubuntu is just going to be another
one of those, then there isn't a real *point* to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu is meant for everyone. Such a lofty goal requires some serious
planning.
-Sumit
On Apr 28, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Cory K. wrote:
> Sumit Agarwal wrote:
>&
To 'rephrase' and add some of my own thoughts:
-ISSUE - theme not eye-pleasing enough
-IDEA - create aeshetically-pleasing theme
-CON - idea too vague
-IDEA - large-area UI elements should be color-neutral. This would
put greater visual importance and weight on ap
For this idea to work well it would need to utilize a compositing UI
engine. Its probably best to just wait a bit until that end of things
is more standardized. In this respect, OS's like Mac with its
CoreImage/Quartz/etc have an advantage with a sort of enforced
standardized way of doing s
Hold on here. I *really* think we're going about this the wrong way. I
think we should have a moratorium on mock-ups that don't target
specific design issues present in Hardy (these can be aesthetic or
functional).
Lets identify target goals and specific UI improvements, and then
create mo
Just saw this MIT Center for Collective Intelligence tutorial on
'argument mapping'. Could be *very* helpful in the Ubuntu wiki for
moving ahead on new designs, issues, and solutions. This certainly isn't
just applicable for the art team, but we could test the technique and
hopefully prove it f
Julian Oliver wrote:
> ..on or around Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 05:14:22PM +0100, Sumit Agarwal said:
>
>> I think both mock-up links presented (the Windows one and the Ubuntu
>> one) are really great examples, though they may be a touch too dark for
>> mainstream tastes
I think both mock-up links presented (the Windows one and the Ubuntu
one) are really great examples, though they may be a touch too dark for
mainstream tastes (maybe I'm wrong. Vista's taskbar is very dark and so
are a lot of other elements of its UI). I personally think the Windows
shot is sli
use OS for free.
Maybe
> it's not as urgent or dramatic as what Product (RED) does, but at
least
> it's something.
>
> D.
>
> 2008/4/2, Nick Bauermeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:Am Mittwoch, den
02.04.2008,
00:12 -0700 schrieb Sumit Agarwal:
> > Philosophi
Philosophically it certainly makes sense.
More difficult is the question of how exactly it would work. (RED) works
by allocating a portion of sales revenue to the charity. With Ubuntu
being free, does that mean Canonical would need to donate a percentage
of their services revenue? Would Canonic
While they're at it, we could use some other hacks too that are in a
somewhat similar vein.
Most of all the hack I would love (and think is fairly crucial) is the
ability to specify different scrollbars/titlebar widgets with active
and inactive windows. How many times have you tried to scrol
can be
eliminated entirely in favor of a drop shadow.
-Sumit
On Mar 21, 2008, at 4:50 PM, Julian Oliver wrote:
> ..on or around Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 04:35:34PM -0700, Sumit Agarwal
> said:
>> It doesn't fall under K.I.S.S. because 90+% of users would never
>> dream
&g
It doesn't fall under K.I.S.S. because 90+% of users would never dream
that a keyboard button would function as a toggle upon the cursor.
If you can't get around just fine without a keyboard plugged in, you
haven't succeeded in your interface design. You wouldn't believe how
many Windows use
hat your point is about Western art ;) afterall, Asian
sumi-e painting is particularly effective at using rich textures
without gaudy colors or unnecessary outlines.
-Sumit
On Mar 21, 2008, at 1:23 PM, Troy James Sobotka wrote:
> Sumit Agarwal wrote:
>> As I see it right
>> now,
metacity supporting transparancy I wonder it it would
be possible to create a metacity with a thicker edge that was fully
transparent?
> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:46:03 -0400
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] creamlooks-gtk
>
>
n Mar 21, 2008, at 9:46 AM, Cory K. wrote:
> Sumit Agarwal wrote:
>> I fully agree. I like the OS X border-less style, but of course that
>> necessitates a compositing engine + drop shadows.
>>
>> I think a very minimal window border would go a long way to
>> p
I fully agree. I like the OS X border-less style, but of course that
necessitates a compositing engine + drop shadows.
I think a very minimal window border would go a long way to
professionalizing and de-cartooning the GNOME desktop. As I see it right
now, the wide borders reflect the very anno
Looking good. A bit aliased, but otherwise good. What is that upper
right-hand icon for? Logout?
-Sumit
On Feb 4, 2008 2:57 PM, Kenneth Wimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For those who didn't notice it, I've updated the 2D icons in launchpad a
> bit.
> Attached is a small png file which shows the
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