AW: Putting the cart before the horse. (was: Final Notes on the Ubuntu Studio Website)

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Von: Benjamin Turner passionsplaydes...@gmail.com
An: Ubuntu Studio Development  Technical Discussion 
ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com
Gesendet: Samstag, den 16. Oktober 2010, 17:53:40 Uhr
Betreff: Re: Putting the cart before the horse. (was: Final Notes on the Ubuntu 
Studio Website)

I updated the revamp wiki to include a fictionalized target audience - his 
name is James!  I do this profile creation a lot when I'm working on a project 
-- kind of puts a face to who I'm trying to design for.  Anyway, I tried to 
create a person that we want to be using Ubuntu Studio (even though he isn't 
the 
only one, he is the 'main' one)  Have a look, and see if it's kind of who 
everyone imagines our target user to be.  

Also, I made some updates to the Audio Horizons theme:  

Keeping James' needs in mind, I tried to simplify things down, and make it easy 
to a) find out why Ubuntu studio is right for him and b) once he tries it, how 
he can get various tasks done.

So in reference to a) the main page is almost entirely devoted to What Ubuntu 
Studio *is* and how it can help *you*.

As for b) I tried to make it easy to navigate lots of information.  The main 
categories are accessed from the top 'main nav' while secondary navigation 
changes on the left with each 'category' selection.  Specifically for the 
Support section, I envision a brief blurb for the major programs included, (Why 
is it that Jack is the first thing you start for everything audio?) with links 
to additional help.  Additionally there would be a 'Task' section that would 
outline the workflows and tools needed to get a task done.

So yeah, let me know what you think!

-- Benjamin


Hi Benjamin!

Very cool! I like it a lot and would like to learn whether all your creations 
were done using Ubuntu Studio applications? 

For example, one can create a great looking image in GIMP resembling a  
website, 
but how does one proceed further. Which tools would one use to  turn the GIMP 
file into an HTML file? I guess this could be something included in the tasks 
section.

Thanks again.

Stefan


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Design Aesthetics in Ubuntu Studio

[Louie Queral]

Before joining Ubuntu Studio's mailing list, I was really interested in two
things: 1) Ubuntu Studio's web presence/strategy and 2) The GUI/theme/colors
of the OS itself. I want to take this opportunity to use this thread as a
place to discuss and organize that design-oriented direction of Ubuntu
Studio for the next release.

The way Ubuntu Studio looks and feels is going to be the deal breaker for
98% of the people that use it. If we release something that's nothing short
of visually stunning and well thought out, there will be no doubt our next
release will be met with much approval in the linux community (as well as
the much larger art/music community).

So here are some topics I think we should cover:

*Installer*- Let's get a graphical installer in the next release. Ubuntu has
one, so there is no reason that Ubuntu Studio shouldn't. It will make things
much easier for the inexperienced Linux user.

*Default Theme- *I'm not sure if we are going to use Ubuntu's latest theme
(it's quite pretty if you ask me), or not. I personally hated US's old theme
and I'm sure we can come up with something much cleaner for gnome.

*Default Wallpaper*- There was an email about this, and I really liked that
wallpaper. Any other suggestions?

If there are any other things, please feel free to add it.

Let's make this next release the best one ever!

-Louie
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