Re: [Unity-design] Let's talk about sorting arrows

2014-02-21 Thread Sam Hulick
On 2/21/14 8:14 AM, Alejandro J. Cura wrote: On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Thorsten Wilms wrote: On 02/21/2014 11:08 AM, Sam Hulick wrote: I don't think A-Z is guesswork. Other operating systems and several apps have already laid out the fact that an arrow pointing up is ascending

Re: [Unity-design] Let's talk about sorting arrows

2014-02-21 Thread Sam Hulick
On 2/21/14 1:53 AM, Thorsten Wilms wrote: On 02/21/2014 12:39 AM, Sam Hulick wrote: Check out this collage of just a few different applications (both native and web) that show that an arrow pointing up means sort in ascending order, and an arrow pointing down means sort in a descending order

[Unity-design] Let's talk about sorting arrows

2014-02-20 Thread Sam Hulick
Hey all, I wanted to bring up something which I feel has been a glaring design issue in Linux in general for ages now. While we can't change every distribution out there, I'm hoping the Ubuntu design team will consider this. The direction of sorting arrows in Ubuntu (and most GTK apps) is c

Re: [Unity-design] Make File manger more intuitive

2014-02-20 Thread Sam Hulick
On 2/20/14 2:35 PM, Levan wrote: On 02/20/2014 17:45, Evan Huus wrote: On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 6:26 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sam Hulick wrote on 18/02/14 23:57: From a design standpoint, I have to disagree with multi-color tabs. For

Re: [Unity-design] Make File manger more intuitive

2014-02-18 Thread Sam Hulick
From a design standpoint, I have to disagree with multi-color tabs. For Ubuntu it would be a step backwards, IMO, in trying to achieve a cleaner, more modern look, which I know is one of their goals lately. My suggestion would be to thicken the borders and/or shadows between tabs to make them

Re: [Unity-design] Ubuntu startup sound for 14.04 LTS

2013-09-12 Thread Sam Hulick
Ubuntu, no? No one can take copies of Ubuntu and sell them to keep the profits? -Sam On 09/12/2013 01:29 PM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: On 12 September 2013 19:07, Sam Hulick wrote: Not sure at this point as far as licensing. I feel like the startup sounds and ringtones should be free for persona

Re: [Unity-design] Ubuntu startup sound for 14.04 LTS

2013-09-12 Thread Sam Hulick
ncent JOBARD wrote: Hi Sam, Le 12 sept. 2013 17:16, "Sam Hulick" <mailto:s...@samhulick.com>> a écrit : > > Hey all, > > Also, I'm happy to say that I'm now working officially with Canonical, and will be sending some ideas for startup sounds and ringtones wit

Re: [Unity-design] Ubuntu startup sound for 14.04 LTS

2013-09-12 Thread Sam Hulick
Hey all, Thanks for the input. I totally get the importance of sound for users with visual impairment, and I'll definitely keep that in mind while working on these sounds. I think the important factors really lie with the lightdm sound to let the user know the computer is booted up. Specifica

Re: [Unity-design] Ubuntu startup sound for 14.04 LTS

2013-09-11 Thread Sam Hulick
usic, upload them somewhere, notify us on this mailinglist and let the community post your links on Google+ and Facebook. If interest is big enough (and I belive so, espesially because you're famous) your request/contribution will get heard quite fast. But only if they fit

[Unity-design] Ubuntu startup sound for 14.04 LTS

2013-09-10 Thread Sam Hulick
Hey all, My name is Sam Hulick, and I've been writing music for ten years professionally, and longer than that experimentally. ;) I'm most known for my work on the Mass Effect video game trilogy, but have several other game credits as well as some film work (most recently a PBS d

Re: [Unity-design] Ubuntu startup sound for 14.04 LTS

2013-09-10 Thread Sam Hulick
the Ubuntu Community. Which is great, because it's open to anyone. Here's a link for getting started with the Ubuntu Community: http://community.ubuntu.com/ Check out especially the community structure and Code of Conduct parts. :) Cheers, Rick On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:45 PM, S

Re: [Unity-design] Ubuntu startup sound for 14.04 LTS

2013-09-10 Thread Sam Hulick
ot to hit "reply all"; forwarding to the list properly. A Canonical representative proper should show up sometime soon.) On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Sam Hulick <mailto:s...@samhulick.com>> wrote: Hey all, My name is Sam Hulick, and I've been writing music for t