[Cooker] A new background ?

2003-07-24 Thread Pierre Jarillon
The mandrake backgrounds are always the same. Have a look at : http://pjarillon.free.fr/docs/fonds/camelia-12.jpg (1280x1024) http://pjarillon.free.fr/docs/fonds/camelia-16.jpg (1600x1200) I am the author of these pictures (and proud of them ;-) and I would be happy to see them in Mdk 9.2. Other

Re: [Cooker] A new background ?

2003-07-24 Thread Buchan Milne
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pierre Jarillon wrote: The mandrake backgrounds are always the same. I agree ... it would be nice to have some better ones. Have a look at : http://pjarillon.free.fr/docs/fonds/camelia-12.jpg (1280x1024)

Re: [Cooker] A new background ?

2003-07-24 Thread FACORAT Fabrice
Le jeu 24/07/2003 à 13:05, Pierre Jarillon a écrit : The mandrake backgrounds are always the same. not really, 9.1 default background is different that the 9.0's one. Have a look at : http://pjarillon.free.fr/docs/fonds/camelia-12.jpg (1280x1024)

Re: [Cooker] A new background ?

2003-07-24 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Buchan Milne wrote: snip This are the ones I might suggest (all of which I have used on my desktop before): http://ranger.dnsalias.com/photos/?mode=viewalbum=Landscapespic=table_mountain_sunset.jpgdispsize=640start=0

Re: [Cooker] A new background ?

2003-07-24 Thread Han Boetes
FACORAT Fabrice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le jeu 24/07/2003 à 13:05, Pierre Jarillon a écrit : The mandrake backgrounds are always the same. not really, 9.1 default background is different that the 9.0's one. Have a look at : http://pjarillon.free.fr/docs/fonds/camelia-12.jpg (1280x1024)

Re: [Cooker] A new background ?

2003-07-24 Thread Pierre Jarillon
Le Jeudi 24 Juillet 2003 19:39, FACORAT Fabrice a écrit : photo are usually not very good as background, and is there are many dark part it's even worse. My third desktop uses this picture and the fifth is file:/usr/share/mdk/backgrounds/nature.jpg which is also a dark picture. You need

Re: [Cooker] A new background ?

2003-07-24 Thread Ben Reser
On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 04:10:42PM +0200, Buchan Milne wrote: Or maybe some of these (unless Danny or someone has some better flower/tulip photos)? http://ranger.dnsalias.com/photos/?mode=albumalbum=Flowers_200208dispsize=640 I have some nice tulip and butterfly pictures that I might allow to

Re: [Cooker] A new background ?

2003-07-24 Thread J.A. Magallon
On 07.24, Buchan Milne wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pierre Jarillon wrote: The mandrake backgrounds are always the same. I agree ... it would be nice to have some better ones. Have a look at : http://pjarillon.free.fr/docs/fonds/camelia-12.jpg (1280x1024)

Re: [Cooker] A new background ?

2003-07-24 Thread Buchan Milne
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, J.A. Magallon wrote: On 07.24, Buchan Milne wrote: Pierre Jarillon wrote: The mandrake backgrounds are always the same. I agree ... it would be nice to have some better ones. Have a look at : http://pjarillon.free.fr/docs/fonds/camelia-12.jpg

Re: [Cooker] A new background ?

2003-07-24 Thread Levi Ramsey
On Thu Jul 24 20:57 +0200, Pierre Jarillon wrote: photo are usually not very good as background, and is there are many dark part it's even worse. My third desktop uses this picture and the fifth is file:/usr/share/mdk/backgrounds/nature.jpg which is also a dark picture. You need

Re: [Cooker] A new background ?

2003-07-24 Thread Pierre Jarillon
Le Jeudi 24 Juillet 2003 22:11, Ben Reser a écrit : On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 04:10:42PM +0200, Buchan Milne wrote: Or maybe some of these (unless Danny or someone has some better flower/tulip photos)? http://ranger.dnsalias.com/photos/?mode=albumalbum=Flowers_200208dispsi ze=640 I have

Re: [Cooker] A new background ?

2003-07-24 Thread Buchan Milne
On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, Pierre Jarillon wrote: Fine pictures. Some of them can be used as wallpapers. But there is no room on the CD for more than few wallpapers. Which is why I think we must get one or two *excellent* wallpapers together, MS has a good selection, but IMHO too many landscapes,

Re: [Cooker] A new background ?

2003-07-24 Thread Steffen Barszus
Am Donnerstag, 24. Juli 2003 23:30 schrieb Buchan Milne: IMHO, we don't want to purposely waste space that could be used for software on duplication of style. I think it would be nice to have one or two *really* good backgrounds in each style, so maybe: -landscapes -flowers/butterflies kind

Re: [Cooker] A new background ?

2003-07-24 Thread Austin
On 2003.07.24 17:33, Levi Ramsey wrote: Indeed... my preference is for darker (especially a nice dark blue). I really miss the pastel days of 7.x. I though the 8.x series looked so much blander and MS-ish with the deep blues. Austin