Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bruno wrote on 31/01/13 12:52: ... On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas ... It's quite a lot taller than wide. I wonder if that's a problem at typical sizes. For example, what would it look like in the Launcher? ... well: two options ( see screenshots ) Yes, that's quite muddy unfortunately. Very difficult to tell that the orange blobs are the Ubuntu logo. Fixing that might involve using a single unbroken box, and/or making the box larger. Another small issue is that the red of the parachute competes with the orange of the logo. - -- mpt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlEQ5rIACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecqD0QCdHJFhwO5PEFTBaqJJd3cyIAzw 1BoAoMEoWPR0pnf1Dy8gYYywyaQOpx7Q =MbBu -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Krzysztof Węgliński wrote on 23/01/13 19:46: How about something like this? ubuntupackage.jpg (35 KB) ... I like how that suggests the presence of a parachute without actually showing it. Clever. The style is a bit unusual. Most icons in Ubuntu are drawn as objects with hyper-realistic shading and outlines, and no backdrop of their own. Even Ubuntu One, which is a solid flat logo in print and on the Web, has subtle lighting and shadows when drawn as an icon. So an icon like yours, with flat and nearly-flat shapes and a circular backdrop, would be a bit incongruous. Cheers - -- mpt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlEKSbUACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecqcxACeOmRWWXpbdIwEmgITn7GMdQUT jlEAoKqJAxooWoyuWt5dQxq5Y4N9S44K =ThYo -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Bruno Bruno Alacoque wrote on 24/01/13 13:42: Please find my two cents as a tetris airdrop ;) hope you guys like it http://www.energumene.com/ubundrop2.png ( 500px ) http://www.energumene.com/ubundrop3.png ( 100px) ... That looks pretty cool! It's quite a lot taller than wide. I wonder if that's a problem at typical sizes. For example, what would it look like in the Launcher? Cheers - -- mpt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlEKROAACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecoeCACdErRVLnYj/Gbb356g0w8t06IA 6P8AniWYCgN5h0/0XukdDuzjrQLYI5uJ =dLVL -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater
Well now is the era of minimalistic designs. I have an idea but it will take me a while to draw it. So try to keep everything minimalistic. On Jan 23, 2013 11:47 AM, Krzysztof Węgliński krzys...@sth-group.pl wrote: How about something like this? ubuntupackage.jpg (35 KB)https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2ik=641c94ae2bview=attth=13c68f270dc73919attid=0.1disp=saferealattid=f_hcavvmeg0zw 2013/1/23 Krzysztof Węgliński krzys...@sth-group.pl Airdrop idea rox. We should go this way. Imho those + or arrows are too usedup by others. I'll make some projects when i get home, which is about 3hours. Matthew Paul Thomas m...@canonical.com napisał(a): -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi folks We have a usability problem in Software Updater (formerly known as Update Manager). The problem is that when the updates dialog appears by itself, there's no visual clue that this is an official Ubuntu thing. In Ubuntu 12.10 and earlier, the icon is just a brown box with an orange arrow. And in Raring right now, it's an A with a progress bar and arrows around it - -- again, nothing obviously to do with Ubuntu, and a bit of a non sequitur too. So, it would help if we had a new icon, one which obviously communicates that these are official updates for Ubuntu. One possibility that I've suggested is an airdrop -- a wooden box being lowered by parachute, where either the box or the parachute (but not both!) features the Ubuntu logo. http://www.google.com/search?q=airdroptbm=isch Maybe you have other ideas too. Please post your proposals here, or DeviantArt, or Imgur, or wherever suits you, and link to them in a reply here. Let's get something really classy into Ubuntu 13.04. Thanks! - -- mpt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlD/wkkACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecpyOACcCck2lgRBaC6y/7NcZuxeIw4V k1AAoJBQrQT053Cb/aWuJ7gfwH2WiOsO =1lgt -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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 -- Pozdrawiam, *Krzysztof Węgliński* graphic designer tel. 533 53 56 53 *sth-group.pl* -- 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
Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey Vish Vish wrote on 24/01/13 10:42: ... While the idea of an airdrop/parachute is nice, as someone else also pointed out, people are more used to the arrows and it is easier to use that known metaphor for updates to make it easier for people to recognise updates. It may be true that people are more used to arrows. I have nothing against using arrows. But that doesn't mean it's the only known metaphor. For example, most often when people install software updates anywhere, they're doing it on Windows. Windows doesn't use arrows for its updates icon. Since updates are something that need to be a part of Software centre, it is better to have a Software Updater icon that is a derivative of the original Software centre icon rather than making it look like a completely different/unrelated app. If anyone ever implements updates in USC, it will be one way of installing application updates. It will not be the only way to install any updates. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareUpdates#approaches Besides that, installing updates has nothing to do with shopping. So a Software Updater icon that looked related to shopping would have a non-sequitur problem like the current icon. Your proposal is extremely well drawn (nice job!), but unfortunately it has all three problems. It still has the A, it still has the fake progress bar, and it looks like shopping too. :-) Cheers - -- mpt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlECdtMACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecoHQgCgwM100DLZoY7tTJQJbWdtEAO/ Kc0AoJEaSndNWvMWFAgELr+YDeZiSH9B =4Nxz -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater
I really like that idea Krzysztof! +1 for the parachute. Though I'd try making it look a little bolder.. Kudos Wouter 2013/1/24 Patrick Karuri patrickarii...@gmail.com On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Krzysztof Węgliński krzys...@sth-group.pl wrote: How about something like this? ubuntupackage.jpg (35 KB)https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2ik=641c94ae2bview=attth=13c68f270dc73919attid=0.1disp=saferealattid=f_hcavvmeg0zw 2013/1/23 Krzysztof Węgliński krzys...@sth-group.pl Airdrop idea rox. We should go this way. Imho those + or arrows are too usedup by others. I'll make some projects when i get home, which is about 3hours. Matthew Paul Thomas m...@canonical.com napisał(a): -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi folks We have a usability problem in Software Updater (formerly known as Update Manager). The problem is that when the updates dialog appears by itself, there's no visual clue that this is an official Ubuntu thing. In Ubuntu 12.10 and earlier, the icon is just a brown box with an orange arrow. And in Raring right now, it's an A with a progress bar and arrows around it - -- again, nothing obviously to do with Ubuntu, and a bit of a non sequitur too. So, it would help if we had a new icon, one which obviously communicates that these are official updates for Ubuntu. One possibility that I've suggested is an airdrop -- a wooden box being lowered by parachute, where either the box or the parachute (but not both!) features the Ubuntu logo. http://www.google.com/search?q=airdroptbm=isch Maybe you have other ideas too. Please post your proposals here, or DeviantArt, or Imgur, or wherever suits you, and link to them in a reply here. Let's get something really classy into Ubuntu 13.04. Thanks! - -- mpt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlD/wkkACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecpyOACcCck2lgRBaC6y/7NcZuxeIw4V k1AAoJBQrQT053Cb/aWuJ7gfwH2WiOsO =1lgt -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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 -- Pozdrawiam, *Krzysztof Węgliński* graphic designer tel. 533 53 56 53 *sth-group.pl* -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art Yeah, that's a nice idea. And then the parachute can be rocking from side to side to show loading or processing time... -- 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
Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater
On 01/23/2013 05:58 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: Hi folks We have a usability problem in Software Updater (formerly known as Update Manager). The problem is that when the updates dialog appears by itself, there's no visual clue that this is an official Ubuntu thing. In Ubuntu 12.10 and earlier, the icon is just a brown box with an orange arrow. And in Raring right now, it's an "A" with a progress bar and arrows around it - -- again, nothing obviously to do with Ubuntu, and a bit of a non sequitur too. So, it would help if we had a new icon, one which obviously communicates that these are official updates for Ubuntu. - -- mpt Hi Matthew, While the idea of an airdrop/parachute is nice, as someone else also pointed out, people are more used to the arrows and it is easier to use that "known metaphor" for updates to make it easier for people to recognise "updates". Since updates are something that need to be a part of Software centre, it is better to have a Software Updater icon that is a derivative of the original Software centre icon rather than making it look like a completely different/unrelated app. Here is my take on the Software Updater. I have only done the 48px and 128px icons. And this metaphor is scalable for all sizes, right down to 16px. The black color for the bag is something I used to make the bag distinguishably different from the SC icon while maintaining the contrast for the silver arrows and the orange for "Ubuntu". Cheers, Vish -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
[ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater
I'm not an artist, so the best thing I can do is send in some concept art. http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/024/d/8/ubuntu_update_logo_by_idanwin-d5sj7zg.jpg Hope this helps. -Ilya attachment: Ubuntu-Update-Logo.jpg-- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater
Please find my two cents as a tetris airdrop ;) hope you guys like it http://www.energumene.com/ubundrop2.png ( 500px ) http://www.energumene.com/ubundrop3.png ( 100px) [[ Matthew Paul Thomas ]] @ [[ 23/01/2013 11:58 ]]-- Hi folks We have a usability problem in Software Updater (formerly known as Update Manager). The problem is that when the updates dialog appears by itself, there's no visual clue that this is an official Ubuntu thing. In Ubuntu 12.10 and earlier, the icon is just a brown box with an orange arrow. And in Raring right now, it's an A with a progress bar and arrows around it -- again, nothing obviously to do with Ubuntu, and a bit of a non sequitur too. So, it would help if we had a new icon, one which obviously communicates that these are official updates for Ubuntu. One possibility that I've suggested is an airdrop -- a wooden box being lowered by parachute, where either the box or the parachute (but not both!) features the Ubuntu logo. http://www.google.com/search?q=airdroptbm=isch Maybe you have other ideas too. Please post your proposals here, or DeviantArt, or Imgur, or wherever suits you, and link to them in a reply here. Let's get something really classy into Ubuntu 13.04. Thanks! -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
[ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi folks We have a usability problem in Software Updater (formerly known as Update Manager). The problem is that when the updates dialog appears by itself, there's no visual clue that this is an official Ubuntu thing. In Ubuntu 12.10 and earlier, the icon is just a brown box with an orange arrow. And in Raring right now, it's an A with a progress bar and arrows around it - -- again, nothing obviously to do with Ubuntu, and a bit of a non sequitur too. So, it would help if we had a new icon, one which obviously communicates that these are official updates for Ubuntu. One possibility that I've suggested is an airdrop -- a wooden box being lowered by parachute, where either the box or the parachute (but not both!) features the Ubuntu logo. http://www.google.com/search?q=airdroptbm=isch Maybe you have other ideas too. Please post your proposals here, or DeviantArt, or Imgur, or wherever suits you, and link to them in a reply here. Let's get something really classy into Ubuntu 13.04. Thanks! - -- mpt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlD/wkkACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecpyOACcCck2lgRBaC6y/7NcZuxeIw4V k1AAoJBQrQT053Cb/aWuJ7gfwH2WiOsO =1lgt -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater
If you search for update in Google Images you get mostly variations of spinning arrows. The parachute idea is nice, but maybe it would be better to stick to what the user is used to and try to get something nice using those arrows. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater
Airdrop idea rox. We should go this way. Imho those + or arrows are too usedup by others. I'll make some projects when i get home, which is about 3hours. Matthew Paul Thomas m...@canonical.com napisał(a): -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi folks We have a usability problem in Software Updater (formerly known as Update Manager). The problem is that when the updates dialog appears by itself, there's no visual clue that this is an official Ubuntu thing. In Ubuntu 12.10 and earlier, the icon is just a brown box with an orange arrow. And in Raring right now, it's an A with a progress bar and arrows around it - -- again, nothing obviously to do with Ubuntu, and a bit of a non sequitur too. So, it would help if we had a new icon, one which obviously communicates that these are official updates for Ubuntu. One possibility that I've suggested is an airdrop -- a wooden box being lowered by parachute, where either the box or the parachute (but not both!) features the Ubuntu logo. http://www.google.com/search?q=airdroptbm=isch Maybe you have other ideas too. Please post your proposals here, or DeviantArt, or Imgur, or wherever suits you, and link to them in a reply here. Let's get something really classy into Ubuntu 13.04. Thanks! - -- mpt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlD/wkkACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecpyOACcCck2lgRBaC6y/7NcZuxeIw4V k1AAoJBQrQT053Cb/aWuJ7gfwH2WiOsO =1lgt -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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
Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Krzysztof Węgliński krzys...@sth-group.pl wrote: How about something like this? ubuntupackage.jpg (35 KB)https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2ik=641c94ae2bview=attth=13c68f270dc73919attid=0.1disp=saferealattid=f_hcavvmeg0zw 2013/1/23 Krzysztof Węgliński krzys...@sth-group.pl Airdrop idea rox. We should go this way. Imho those + or arrows are too usedup by others. I'll make some projects when i get home, which is about 3hours. Matthew Paul Thomas m...@canonical.com napisał(a): -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi folks We have a usability problem in Software Updater (formerly known as Update Manager). The problem is that when the updates dialog appears by itself, there's no visual clue that this is an official Ubuntu thing. In Ubuntu 12.10 and earlier, the icon is just a brown box with an orange arrow. And in Raring right now, it's an A with a progress bar and arrows around it - -- again, nothing obviously to do with Ubuntu, and a bit of a non sequitur too. So, it would help if we had a new icon, one which obviously communicates that these are official updates for Ubuntu. One possibility that I've suggested is an airdrop -- a wooden box being lowered by parachute, where either the box or the parachute (but not both!) features the Ubuntu logo. http://www.google.com/search?q=airdroptbm=isch Maybe you have other ideas too. Please post your proposals here, or DeviantArt, or Imgur, or wherever suits you, and link to them in a reply here. Let's get something really classy into Ubuntu 13.04. Thanks! - -- mpt -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlD/wkkACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecpyOACcCck2lgRBaC6y/7NcZuxeIw4V k1AAoJBQrQT053Cb/aWuJ7gfwH2WiOsO =1lgt -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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 -- Pozdrawiam, *Krzysztof Węgliński* graphic designer tel. 533 53 56 53 *sth-group.pl* -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art Yeah, that's a nice idea. And then the parachute can be rocking from side to side to show loading or processing time... -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
