Sorry, I feel I should elaborate, since the background already is usually light in the main content. There is already a lot of red, and blue just looks less important than red, so the colour we could use to indicate things of particular importance is already in use.
On 8/22/07, Dylan McCall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have to kind of agree with Amy about the colour scheme. I am not much of > an art person, but I am pondering a theme that rhymes with Ubuntu's Human > theme, with a more natural, (human) look to the applications. I am one of > what seems a few who has always liked the idea behind that theme :b > What I have pondered out (in way too many different mediums) is a bit > lighter than that Human theme, but I think it is helpful to have > applications behave more like people than just machines. I am not talking > about avatars that are pictures of smiling people! For example, people make > suggestions and know what they are doing, while machines just do things, > assuming the user knows everything. For a friendly interface, I think the > human behaviour can be really beneficial and unique, as opposed to the > appliance behaviour of most systems. The theme is the first place to start! > > The other thing I consider a bit problematic with the black and orange is > that it is difficult (nay, impossible!) to get a more extreme colour for > particularly important buttons and messages. For example, with a lighter > background, Red would be a lot prominent. > > Bye, > -Dylan McCall > > On 8/22/07, Amy Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks so much for sharing these pictures. I include one, and a link, on > > OpenSourceCommunity.org > > > > I watch this project very closely. It has great potential to keep choice > > available to people - even just for selecting a services provider. > > > > But, IMO, the color scheme is wrong! I know lots of amazing technical > > hurdles are being cleared and political ones, as well. But, that color > > scheme is going to hold this thing back. It should be snazzy and bright and > > colorful and full of ENERGY! Not orange and black like Halloween. The added > > gray does not help, either! > > > > All the best to you all as you work together on this extremely important > > effort! > > Amy :) > > > > On 8/22/07, Franco Austin < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > http://scap.linuxtogo.org/index.php?page=1 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > OpenMoko community mailing list > > > community@lists.openmoko.org > > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://OpenSourceCommunity.org > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenMoko community mailing list > > community@lists.openmoko.org > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > >
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