Hi, On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Saleel Velankar <svela...@gmail.com> wrote: > Omg!Ubuntu! is reporting that this is one of the new default wallpapers > :http://i.imgur.com/8v7rv.jpg > > Is this a render flaw or is it actually supposed to look like that? Did > someone get hit with temporary blindness or what?
IANAA (I am not an artist) but I don't like that image either, for reasons stated by others already. It is too "busy". That said, I spend about 10 seconds per year with my actual desktop showing. I always have a maximized window on all my monitors, usually a web browser or terminal. So I could have the worst image in the world as my desktop wallpaper and I wouldn't know it until I reboot my system, which is quite infrequently. And then I would just hastily cover it up with some maximized windows rather than waste time changing it. IMHO you might as well make the background as eye-catching as humanly possible (no pun intended), because retail stores keep their computers on display at the default desktop wallpaper 99% of the time, clearing out windows that customers create to keep it clean (or preventing them from creating windows at all). So if the wallpaper looks interesting or catches the user's eye, they will look at the computer more and try to evaluate it as a potential purchase. Just my 2 cents as to what type of practical use this background could have, at least in principle. I don't think actual users tend to just sit there and stare at their desktop; they maximize windows to take advantage of screen real estate. And with web browsers taking up the entire screen with Unity, "maximize" takes on a whole new meaning -- literally nothing remains of the trappings of the desktop except for the top panel while a browser session or other window is active and maximized. So maybe the choice of wallpaper is less significant these days for most users. One final comment: the wallpaper featured here < http://linuxblog.pansapiens.com/2008/04/24/ubuntu-hardy-heron-804-is-officially-out-a-pre-review/# > has a striking resemblance to the image Saleel linked in the OP. I really, really, dislike this image of the heron as well; the stylized portrayal of a bird just doesn't resonate with me as something that has any relation to Ubuntu or computing. So at least Canonical is consistently bad with their choice of having strange animals in their desktop theme, with abstract shapes and brush strokes (I don't know what else to call them!) in the background. At some point, I'll probably get annoyed enough at the narwhal theme that I'll find one of the generic brown wallpapers with the Ubuntu logo and replace the default wallpaper with that, and my ability to care about it will have been exhausted... Sean > > I dont even know. > > -- > Saleel > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
