Re: [ubuntu-art] Deadline for community art: May 15

2006-05-07 Thread bvc
�tienne Bersac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Objectivly, Human icon theme have some important problem : - does not blend with Tang* icons mixed in. - tiny icons are far from readable. icons in 22x22 and below aren't clean, especially those with label such as 'ftp', 'ssh', home, etc. - colours are

Re: [ubuntu-art] Deadline for community art: May 15

2006-05-07 Thread bvc
Jan Claeys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Op za, 06-05-2006 te 19:00 +0100, schreef Mark Shuttleworth:> We'll need a name for the old Human..."Human History" or maybe even just "History" ? :-)-- Jan Claeyshttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtworkTeam/DapperThemesThis suggest the Human from Breezy and forgive my

Re: [ubuntu-art] Deadline for community art: May 15

2006-05-07 Thread bvc
�tienne Bersac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello,>>> We'll need a name for the old Human...>> "Human History" or maybe even just "History" ? :-)> Human Soilent? I mean, why not just call it Ubuntu Classic?Yes, or Legacy.I like Ubuntu Classic, but I'm horrible with creative names, as we well know :

Re: [ubuntu-art] Deadline for community art: May 15

2006-05-06 Thread bvc
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtworkTeam/DapperThemesI have updated the page, but someone needs to redo the themes in the external (community) table. I'm out of time for the weekend.Mikkel, I removed your question under the TangerineIcons because as you noted, it is already an inclusion, so it didn't ne

Re: [ubuntu-art] Xubuntu deserves respect too!

2006-05-06 Thread bvc
Viper550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Okay everyone, I see Xubuntu is using XFCE, a GTK based desktop, but this leads me to a question: why can't Xubuntu use an Ubuntulooks based theme instead of Clearlooks default? I am going to be working on a Ubuntulooks theme that will fit in with the Xubuntu des

Re: [ubuntu-art] Improper contrast in default theme?

2006-05-06 Thread bvc
Michiel Sikma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all. I've always thought that the top bar of the default theme for Dapper looked a bit bright. I decided to throw the background color (the average of the gradient is #d5924c) into the Color Contrast Analyser and it came up with this:"The difference in br

Re: [ubuntu-art] Deadline for community art: May 15

2006-05-06 Thread bvc
Mark Shuttleworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Sounds better, but that doesn't solve the internal/external issue. May I suggest; Theme name in Bold (internal)Good idea. When we have the vote, I suggest people vote for their favourite themes overall ignoring internal / external, and w

Re: [ubuntu-art] Deadline for community art: May 15

2006-05-05 Thread bvc
Mark Shuttleworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can I suggest we change the format of the nominations page? It should be like this, with the themes alphabetically sorted: Theme name in Bold � o Screenshot link � o Screenshot link � o Screenshot link � Name of icon theme, metacity t

Re: [ubuntu-art] Deadline for community art: May 15

2006-05-05 Thread bvc
Pascal Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 15:03 +0100, Sean Hammond wrote:> I can't get a single one of these suggested themes from gnome-look.org> to install. The Themes dialogue just tells me 'The file format is> invalid' whatever I do. Should these themes be usable on Breezy?

Re: [ubuntu-art] additional theme/s proposal

2006-05-04 Thread bvc
d image and I'm not > too thrilled about any of the 10 or so I've done but I kinda like the Dapper-Drake> metacity. >> My favorite gtk is Dapper-Drake (just names, nothing in stone) > http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/dapper-xubu/Dapper-Drake.png > http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/

Re: [ubuntu-art] Silicon theme updated

2006-05-04 Thread bvc
Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've updated the icons for the Silicon theme to an Ubuntu-tailored version of Tango-Aluminum, namely Tango-Silicon. The icons fall back to Human before of Tangerine (and then Tango) since the Human icons are more in style with the whole theme. Sc

Re: [ubuntu-art] Re: Default themes

2006-05-04 Thread bvc
Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2006/5/3, bvc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:  2006/5/2, bvc < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:    What contrast, where in Smooth9?    Green Smooth9? gPerfect-flat or japan-flat? Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: [ubuntu-art] Re: Default themes

2006-05-03 Thread bvc
Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2006/5/3, bvc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:  2006/5/2, bvc < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Point is, it can not be hacked, can it? I don't know how, do you? I'd bet there's a way but...where's devel? It IS NOT an

Re: [ubuntu-art] Re: Default themes

2006-05-02 Thread bvc
 2006/5/2, bvc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:    To address your list    1) I think any pixmap themes should come from the other 3 community themes.Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:    Please plese, no pixmap themes. They may look shiny, but I believe them

Re: [ubuntu-art] Re: Default themes

2006-05-01 Thread bvc
ind of Ubuntu feel to it. Not entirely brown or orange necesarily, but maybe a hint... In some cases green can do the trick too. 3) I think we should put suggestions on some wikipages4) Please put screenshot links in your mails/wikipages like bvc just did5) Suggesting a wallpaper in the theme is a nice to

Re: [ubuntu-art] What about Firefox?

2006-05-01 Thread bvc
Andreas Nilsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Frank Schoep wrote:> Color mismatch in dialogs using default Human theme:> https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/39264>> Inconsistent (unthemed) icons in toolbar:> https://launchpad.net/bugs/42265>> Toolbar display should be "Icons and text" for consistency:>

Re: [ubuntu-art] Re: Default themes

2006-05-01 Thread bvc
Mark Shuttleworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: bvc wrote: How did we go from three to TWO? I'm talking about external themes (things that exist in the Gnome world, like Gorilla and Mist etc which are high quality but not part of the Ubuntu project). At the moment we have

Re: [ubuntu-art] Re: Default themes

2006-04-28 Thread bvc
�tienne Bersac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello,> OK, so in addition to the internal development, can we ask the art > team to vote for the top TWO only existing themes that should be in > there with Human?We might also consider a theme for less resources computer such as SandSkater.�tienne.

Re: [ubuntu-art] tangerine

2006-04-20 Thread bvc
response to them because the are> reasonable toned down and they better fit overall colour scheme and> style.>> I agree that they're pretty darn kickass.. but the problem is that > it's not yet complete, many of the icons don't appear to be in the > curre

Re: [ubuntu-art] tangerine

2006-04-20 Thread bvc
Andreas Nilsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: bvc wrote:> On top of that, Tango is not 'complete' as people expect, in the > insane 300 to 500 icon's in an icon theme gnome world.Oops, forgot to answer this part...Our goal is not to make a theme with 500+ icons in it, beca

Re: [ubuntu-art] tangerine

2006-04-19 Thread bvc
bvc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Senectus ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: n 4/20/06, Petr Tome� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The tangerine icons are SPECTACULAR: brilliant work. Please get them> into human as default They do a great job on toning down th

Re: [ubuntu-art] tangerine

2006-04-19 Thread bvc
"Senectus ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: n 4/20/06, Petr Tome� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The tangerine icons are SPECTACULAR: brilliant work. Please get them> into human as default They do a great job on toning down the bright> orange, and are very pretty and intuitive too. Hi all!I fully

Re: [ubuntu-art] distributor-logo

2006-04-16 Thread bvc
Julian Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: bvc wrote:> > I think it sets it apart nicely but to be honest, I don't think a lot> of people will like it. Thoughts?Hi,You thought right ;) The shadow makes the logo harder to recognize,lessens contrast, and adds visual noise. Beside

Re: [ubuntu-art] distributor-logo

2006-04-15 Thread bvc
bvc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Suzan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Am Samstag, den 15.04.2006, 23:38 +0100 schrieb Mark Shuttleworth:> bvc wrote: > > For consistency, the distributor-logo.png needs shadow.> > http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/dapper-xubu/distributor-logo.png&g

Re: [ubuntu-art] distributor-logo

2006-04-15 Thread bvc
Suzan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Am Samstag, den 15.04.2006, 23:38 +0100 schrieb Mark Shuttleworth:> bvc wrote: > > For consistency, the distributor-logo.png needs shadow.> > http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/dapper-xubu/distributor-logo.png> Good point. But I wonder if the Ub

[ubuntu-art] gtk bg

2006-04-15 Thread bvc
an bg? Wouldn't something else be better?http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/dapper-xubu/human-bg.pngJust a thought.__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- ubuntu-art mailing list

[ubuntu-art] distributor-logo

2006-04-15 Thread bvc
For consistency, the distributor-logo.png needs shadow.http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/dapper-xubu/distributor-logo.png__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- ubuntu-art mailing list

Re: [ubuntu-art] Inconsistence of gradients and artwork colors

2006-04-07 Thread bvc
Richard Stellingwerff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/7/06, bvc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/dapper-xubu/progress-scroll-trough-frame.png> I've touched it up some more using elements from ubuntulooks to replace the> svg mockup elements. L

Re: [ubuntu-art] Inconsistence of gradients and artwork colors

2006-04-06 Thread bvc
bvc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Maybe you don't remember or don't use google? A round scrollbar was mentioned on gnomefiles. Doesn't matter. I know you want round scrollbars. You, like others, forget who you are talking to. I know it has been mentioned elsewhere butdoesn

Re: [ubuntu-art] Inconsistence of gradients and artwork colors

2006-04-05 Thread bvc
...and why aren't listviews and frames round?:Dpixmap themes do it and people love it? Can't cairo do it? Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min.-- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinf

Re: [ubuntu-art] Inconsistence of gradients and artwork colors

2006-04-05 Thread bvc
Oh, and why isn't the notebook round?:D Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.-- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Inconsistence of gradients and artwork colors

2006-04-05 Thread bvc
Richard Stellingwerff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/5/06, bvc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Achieving round w/o gaps is the issue at hand. Scrollbars like Industrial> solves thatthat is sensible, and IMO is better than square. Anything is> better than having something s

Re: [ubuntu-art] Inconsistence of gradients and artwork colors

2006-04-04 Thread bvc
Daniel Borgmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/4/06, bvc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Yes, it doesn't look good, but neither does it look good square else we> wouldn't be having this discussion. Look at how the industrial engine deals> with it. Everything is round b

Re: [ubuntu-art] Inconsistence of gradients and artwork colors

2006-04-04 Thread bvc
Yes, it doesn't look good, but neither does it look good square else we wouldn't be having this discussion. Look at how the industrial engine deals with it. Everything is round but there are no gaps.BillyMark Shuttleworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:bvc wrote: Let's

Re: [ubuntu-art] Inconsistence of gradients and artwork colors

2006-04-03 Thread bvc
Henrik Nilsen Omma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Daniel Borgmann wrote:> The problem is, that two rounded widgets glued together look very> ugly. We avoid this everywhere else in the theme, like the comboboxes> or treeview headers. So if we do rounded scrollbar sliders, I think we> should do something

Re: [ubuntu-art] Inconsistence of gradients and artwork colors

2006-04-03 Thread bvc
ar end point would make it clear that its a sort of cap on the scrollbar, not empty space. Richard, could you mock that up too? Just following the end points of the slider is probably best. MarkLet's not forget the range slider troughhttp://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/dapper-xubu/progress-scr

Re: [ubuntu-art] Inconsistence of gradients and artwork colors

2006-04-03 Thread bvc
the metacity so techically is a much better match to the button widgets. It's just a bad color and too dark and saturated. Toned down, I do think the one on the left, more bubbly and rounded, looks quite nice though.http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/dapper-xubu/progress-scroll.pngBilly New Yahoo!

Re: [ubuntu-art] Inconsistence of gradients and artwork colors

2006-04-03 Thread bvc
d you mock that up too? Just following the end points of the slider is probably best. MarkI had suggested rounding the scrollbars to Daniel on the forum but.http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/theme/devel/dapper/mockup.pngPersonally I either like everything round or everything square. Anything inbetw

Re: [ubuntu-art] Inconsistence of gradients and artwork colors

2006-04-02 Thread bvc
Étienne Bersac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello,> http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/dapper-xubu/progressbar3.png> That does (more), but you don't want to tone it down? It currently > just flat out doesn't look like anything. Why not compromise?Thank you for this screenshot

Re: [ubuntu-art] Inconsistence of gradients and artwork colors

2006-04-02 Thread bvc
Daniel Borgmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 4/2/06, bvc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> I can understand different elements and it's nice to bring these out, but> the current progressbar is...I don't know what it is (2 lines with a> mid-to-top gradient?). It most defi

Re: [ubuntu-art] Inconsistence of gradients and artwork colors

2006-04-01 Thread bvc
I can understand different elements and it's nice to bring these out, but the current progressbar is...I don't know what it is (2 lines with a mid-to-top gradient?). It most definately needs to be smoothed out and in doing so will automatically look more like the titlebar, so, just make it like the

Re: [ubuntu-art] Inconsistence of gradients and artwork colors

2006-04-01 Thread bvc
The progressbar should be the same as the titlebar and the tooltip shouldn't have any gradient at all. That should be enough IMO. Human 0.9.6 had a toned down orange that blended with the other 2 colors quite well but that was changed back to the bright orange and the theme is off now.-BillyPetr T

[ubuntu-art] additional theme/s proposal

2006-03-26 Thread bvc
er-Drake (just names, nothing in stone)http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/dapper-xubu/Dapper-Drake.pnghttp://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/dapper-xubu/Dapper-Drake.tar.gzThen there's Dapper-Duck, intended to be more conservative?http://kwh.kernow-gb.com/~bvc/dapper-xubu/Dapper-Duck.pnghttp://kwh.kernow-gb.co

Re: [ubuntu-art] Dapper look&feel, some (maybe) useful links

2006-03-22 Thread bvc
Michele Cella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 3/15/06, Mark Shuttleworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've asked Billy to coordinate with the guys who are leading ubuntulooks to see if they can work in some of his ideas. He may also be interested in leading one of the three "top community" themes whi