Re: [ubuntu-art] Colour
Don't forget that color is not only a matter of aesthetics but it is a usability issue as well. There are plenty of info on the net about the effects of color on human psychology. Research the subject to see what I mean. I can't stress this enough, this is, by all empirical research, an urban myth. Perhaps colour psychology is a particular pseudoscience/woo, but there is a tangible effect that colours have on humans. In what branch of legitimate science this is studied, I am not sure. The most minimal case for colours must surely be that we associate them with certain things/conditions. Red is blood, blue is water/sky. White is clouds, perhaps death. Green is plant-stuff. Brown is ground, etc. These associations are more than enough to give colour a lot of power because humans are association engines! Naturally - these associations get fuzzy as we try to share them across cultures. What should be at the root of the human interface? The locale. End of story! Still, I respect the choice of a brown palette for no technical reasons at all -- I just respond to it and like it. Again, I wish Kubuntu would adopt it! /d -- Faith is sexed-up superstition. -- pauliej -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Colour
El 16/04/2007, a las 8:19, Donn escribió: I can't stress this enough, this is, by all empirical research, an urban myth. Sure?? urban mith? Seriously, do you __believe__ that, for example, Apple engineers could have chosen pink color for all the folders and green instead of grey for the app windows? If you're right, I have to talk with my Software Engineering teacher. When she explained basic things about Interface design and usability she __ emphasized__ the importance of colours (and she showed us some works about the effect on colours in human mood/mind/work/usability) into the human-computer interaction. In my opinion this is obviosly __not__ a worthless discussion, and of course, this is not an urban mith. Sorry, maybe this is quite off-topic. Have a nice day! Álvaro. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
[ubuntu-art] Polls
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 For those who are interested, there are a couple of new polls set up to get a grasp on our swelling membership numbers. https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-art/+polls Sincerely, TJS -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGI9eAar0EasPEHjQRAqHfAJ41PTvxPXg3mbbR8ArBNYzXtoTFEgCgj5ft sgnEaFV7XN6xzz+MuhfcsKo= =n8eb -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
