Re: [ubuntu-art] Dates
On Thu, 2010-11-25 at 12:51 +0100, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > > We should standardize on one date format for the wiki. I propose ISO > 8601, as it was created just for this reason. It's also great for > sorting. It's also the international standard. I see no reason not to enforce the convention for clarity going forward. Martin, -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Proposal discussion on xubuntu wallpaper/artwork.
On Wednesday, November 24, 2010 9:53:46 pm John Baer wrote: > Saleel, I would like to make you an admin of the Xubuntu Natty Wallpaper > flickr group. This means monitoring submissions and making sure questions > are responded to. Will you help with this? Certainly. --Saleel -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Spec Organization
Thorsten Wilms wrote: > > My organization compulsion trumped my dislike of the wiki for a moment, > because I couldn't stand seeing: > > Thank you Thorten! I always support improvement and will review when time permits. John -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Spec-Organization-tp30304359p30306293.html Sent from the ubuntu-art mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
[ubuntu-art] Papercuts Ninja
I presumed they were coming and here they are - Papercuts Ninja. http://design.canonical.com/2010/11/here-come-the-ninjas/ https://launchpad.net/~papercuts-ninja Changing loose ends to achieve a professional polish look is nothing new to this team and I applaud this moving to center stage within the community. The question for us is "what is the best approach"? Will our current processes satisfy this need? AFAIK we should be in good shape but it never hurts to ask the question. Cheers! John -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Papercuts-Ninja-tp30305909p30305909.html Sent from the ubuntu-art mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Proposal discussion on xubuntu wallpaper/artwork.
On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 15:02 -0700, Charlie Kravetz wrote: > Since the windows and background and panels in Xfce can all be themed > separately, this complicates it. Even when using the default Albatross > theme in Lucid 10.04, the window borders and panels were black, but the > window backgrounds were very light, since that is more difficult to > change from the Xfce defaults and requires extensive gtk theme changes. For the wallpaper specification we need to define the colors used in the panel and windows. These should be evaluated in light of the intended message (lightness, performance). Icons likely to appear on the desktop need to be identified. Note that creating/choosing the wallpaper first, to then adjust the panel and window colors is a valid approach, too. The question is, can you change those colors and how late in the game can you do so, then? -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] Proposal discussion on xubuntu wallpaper/artwork.
On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 21:53 -0500, John Baer wrote: > Thorsten - Saleel - Charlie? Will you update the spec? Done. http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/0007_Xubuntu_Natty_Wallpaper -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
[ubuntu-art] Dates
Faced with dates like 12/02/2011 I always have to wonder if it's day/month/year or month/day/year. We should standardize on one date format for the wiki. I propose ISO 8601, as it was created just for this reason. It's also great for sorting. As an example, today is: 2010-11-25 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601 -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] [request] packages.ubuntu.com needs rebranding
> > Sergey, > > This is great. There is certainly no reason why we can't do our part to > reduce paper cuts. Ivanka blogged about it > http://design.canonical.com/2010/11/paper-cuts-need-you/ here . > > Thoughts on the best approach? > > John > Rebranding will require tweaks to the engine, so I guess I will figure out what exactly we need, then contact Frank Lichtenheld and ask him if he can do it. I can already say that we'll need to add header and footer, remove ">>" from breadcrumbs and so on. I guess this website falls into "Project" category in the header, but guesses aren't reliable enough, whom can I ask about this? The design challenges we must face are: 1. There are no guidelines for sidebars and the package info pages use them (e.g. see http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/plymouth-theme-ubuntu-logo), we'll have to either make up some or get rid of the sidebar (and I prefer the latter). 2. Quick search has a dropdown list in which one can choose the area to search (package names, descriptions, package contents etc.), and it's not clear how to migrate this to the new quick search box design. Same for "all options" link. 3. On the main page we need to present 3 equally important alternatives clearly. I have failed to do that for another website in the past. Any ideas? 4. Less notable things like section navigation in top right corner, which I can't recall now. I'll make some mockups in code as soon as the unified Ubuntu CSS is released (or maybe even before that if I have time). P.S. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/ also needs rebranding and a new logo, I suppose. Respectfully, -- Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
[ubuntu-art] Spec Organization
Hi! My organization compulsion trumped my dislike of the wiki for a moment, because I couldn't stand seeing: Artwork/Specs/Edubuntu-natty-wallpaper Artwork/Specs/Request-1 Artwork/Specs/Request-2 Artwork/Specs/Request-3 Artwork/Specs/Request-4 Artwork/Specs/Request-5 Artwork/Specs/Request-6 Artwork/Specs/Request-7 Artwork/Specs/_Template on http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs So I renamed all the spec pages to a _Name scheme and introduced a separation between Open/Frozen/Closed on the Specs page. John: because of this, automatic listing can't be used anymore. Something is wrong with the markup now, thanks to your table acrobatics and my total lack of patience in trying to understand what's going on. It would be kind of you to see if you can fix it. I joined the 2 Edubuntu Wallpaper pages to http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/0001_Edubuntu_Natty_Wallpaper and might have overlooked some detail. Much of what I said regarding Xubuntu applies here, too. John: what exactly is the purpose of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/0006_LibreOffice_Artwork ? I maintain that a specification for LO artwork belongs to the LO project, has to live in their wiki and be discussed on their lists. Hence that page should at least be moved to Closed, if not deleted. Can I hear other's opinion on this? -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
