[Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-16 Thread Thomas Kole
I really want to create a wallpaper for f12, but what is the theme? :) Thomas ___ design-team mailing list design-team@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-16 Thread Martin Sourada
On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 19:35 +0200, Thomas Kole wrote: > I really want to create a wallpaper for f12, but what is the theme? :) > If possible, it will be based on the release name which is currently being voted on. Be a little more patient ;-) Mo, what's the theming process for F12? My idea based

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-16 Thread Thomas Kole
Martin Sourada wrote: > On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 19:35 +0200, Thomas Kole wrote: > >> I really want to create a wallpaper for f12, but what is the theme? :) >> >> > If possible, it will be based on the release name which is currently > being voted on. Be a little more patient ;-) > > Mo, what'

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-16 Thread Máirín Duffy
Hi Martin, On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 20:04 +0200, Martin Sourada wrote: > Mo, what's the theming process for F12? > > My idea based on our previous approaches: > 1. sketching the base concepts (ideas accompanied by simple pictures) > 2. get initial approach wallpapers into Alpha (concept should be de

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-16 Thread Nicu Buculei
On 06/16/2009 09:04 PM, Martin Sourada wrote: > On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 19:35 +0200, Thomas Kole wrote: >> I really want to create a wallpaper for f12, but what is the theme? :) >> > If possible, it will be based on the release name which is currently > being voted on. Be a little more patient ;-) I

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-16 Thread Nicu Buculei
On 06/16/2009 09:04 PM, Martin Sourada wrote: > > My idea based on our previous approaches: > 1. sketching the base concepts (ideas accompanied by simple pictures) We should decide here about the way to go: like F11, trying to get a concept/metaphor and everybody working toward it or like F8-F10

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-17 Thread Martin Sourada
On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 09:18 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: > We should decide here about the way to go: like F11, trying to get a > concept/metaphor and everybody working toward it or like F8-F10 with an > open "competition". > I think neither of those worked very well... > Well, in my humble opinio

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-17 Thread Máirín Duffy
On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 09:18 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: > On 06/16/2009 09:04 PM, Martin Sourada wrote: > > > > My idea based on our previous approaches: > > 1. sketching the base concepts (ideas accompanied by simple pictures) > > We should decide here about the way to go: like F11, trying to get

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-17 Thread Nicu Buculei
On 06/17/2009 08:39 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote: > I wonder if we could take an approach instead of creating the base image > from scratch this time, to go out and search the best of openly-licensed > content and try to provide a thematic selection? That way there is much And have no default? What we w

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-18 Thread Samuele Storari
- Original Message - From: "Nicu Buculei" To: "Fedora Design Team" Sent: Thursday, 18 June, 2009 08:42:02 GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Bern / Rome / Stockholm / Vienna Subject: Re: [Design-team] The Theme On 06/17/2009 08:39 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote: > I won

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-18 Thread Jaroslav Reznik
On Tuesday 16 June 2009 20:04:36 Martin Sourada wrote: > On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 19:35 +0200, Thomas Kole wrote: > > I really want to create a wallpaper for f12, but what is the theme? :) > > If possible, it will be based on the release name which is currently > being voted on. Be a little more patie

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-18 Thread Máirín Duffy
On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 09:42 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: > On 06/17/2009 08:39 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote: > > I wonder if we could take an approach instead of creating the base image > > from scratch this time, to go out and search the best of openly-licensed > > content and try to provide a thematic se

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-18 Thread brian hurren
Subject: Re: [Design-team] The Theme To: "Fedora Design Team" Received: Friday, 19 June, 2009, 1:55 AM On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 09:42 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: > On 06/17/2009 08:39 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote: > > I wonder if we could take an approach instead of creating the base ima

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-18 Thread Nicu Buculei
On 06/18/2009 04:55 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote: > On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 09:42 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: >> >> I hope we will do something with wallpaper extras for F12. > > I know. How did we fail on this in F11, just not enough time / > preparation? Do we need a packager to help? It was late for F11

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-18 Thread Nicu Buculei
On 06/18/2009 05:27 PM, brian hurren wrote: > what if we create our own repository of open source clip art containing > useful elements that can be modified and cut up as needed. we can start > searching the net and contibuting our own creations now. Sort of like a > scrap book. Why run our own? S

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-18 Thread brian hurren
wrote: From: Nicu Buculei Subject: Re: [Design-team] The Theme To: "Fedora Design Team" Received: Friday, 19 June, 2009, 2:43 AM On 06/18/2009 05:27 PM, brian hurren wrote: > what if we create our own repository of open source clip art containing > useful elements that can be m

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-18 Thread Martin Sourada
On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 17:36 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: > It was late for F11, maybe for F12 we should start early and make it an > official feature, so we are motivated enough towards finishing it? > > Martin offered to do the packaging, which should be not harder than the > packaging he did for

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-18 Thread Martin Sourada
On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 09:55 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: > We still need a default. We could pick one of the ones we select to be > the default one, but have others along the same theme available as > options. Adding another dialog I think isn't a good idea. Think of Live CDs. We don't have the space

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-18 Thread Máirín Duffy
On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 22:56 +0200, Martin Sourada wrote: > On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 09:55 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: > > We still need a default. We could pick one of the ones we select to be > > the default one, but have others along the same theme available as > > options. Adding another dialog I th

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-18 Thread Máirín Duffy
On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 17:28 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: > On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 22:56 +0200, Martin Sourada wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 09:55 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: > > > We still need a default. We could pick one of the ones we select to be > > > the default one, but have others along the

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-18 Thread Martin Sourada
On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 17:28 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: > On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 22:56 +0200, Martin Sourada wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 09:55 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: > > > We still need a default. We could pick one of the ones we select to be > > > the default one, but have others along the

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-18 Thread Martin Sourada
On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 18:00 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: > Maybe I am being a bit unreasonable. I have been thinking about it - > > Maybe we can aim to do an abstract, vector-based (please vector-based, > the reasons you give for avoiding 100MB+ XCFs is quite sound, Martin) > default wallpaper that

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-18 Thread Michael Beckwith
On 06/18/2009 05:39 PM, Martin Sourada wrote: On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 18:00 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: Maybe I am being a bit unreasonable. I have been thinking about it - Maybe we can aim to do an abstract, vector-based (please vector-based, the reasons you give for avoiding 100MB+ XCFs is q

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-18 Thread Máirín Duffy
On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 00:31 +0200, Martin Sourada wrote: > My point is -- learn from the mistakes of past and but be also aware in > what we were good at. In all cases where we failed, we failed because we > had to redo the artwork anew late at the process. We should really avoid > this. This is a

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-18 Thread Joost Elfering
> > > > Perhaps we could use a simple bug track to track our tasks? Or would it > > be an overkill? I can see the advantages of people being able to more > > closely follow the process and also people claiming tasks knowing that > > others didn't claiming those yet. Plus people would have better id

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-18 Thread Nicu Buculei
On 06/19/2009 05:12 AM, Máirín Duffy wrote: > I think I really like the requirement that the default be: > > - original > - vector > - abstract > - theme-related +1 from me, I am for such a default. > And that we pick, let's say as originally proposed, 4 works from the > creative commons / openly

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-18 Thread Nicu Buculei
On 06/18/2009 11:42 PM, Martin Sourada wrote: > On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 17:36 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: >> It was late for F11, maybe for F12 we should start early and make it an >> official feature, so we are motivated enough towards finishing it? >> >> Martin offered to do the packaging, which sho

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-19 Thread Martin Sourada
On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 22:12 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: > On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 00:31 +0200, Martin Sourada wrote: > > My point is -- learn from the mistakes of past and but be also aware in > > what we were good at. In all cases where we failed, we failed because we > > had to redo the artwork anew

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-19 Thread Martin Sourada
On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 09:42 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: > - a huge gallery with *everything* available online, where people can > browse with Firefox and use it's "set image as desktop background" option. I wonder if we could integrate it into the desktop even more. Yeah, we can for example add wal

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-19 Thread Nicu Buculei
On 06/19/2009 12:46 PM, Martin Sourada wrote: > On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 09:42 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: >> - a huge gallery with *everything* available online, where people can >> browse with Firefox and use it's "set image as desktop background" option. > I wonder if we could integrate it into the

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-19 Thread Martin Sourada
On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 13:08 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: > On 06/19/2009 12:46 PM, Martin Sourada wrote: > > On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 09:42 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: > >> - a huge gallery with *everything* available online, where people can > >> browse with Firefox and use it's "set image as desktop ba

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-19 Thread Máirín Duffy
On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 13:08 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: > On 06/19/2009 12:46 PM, Martin Sourada wrote: > > On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 09:42 +0300, Nicu Buculei wrote: > >> - a huge gallery with *everything* available online, where people can > >> browse with Firefox and use it's "set image as desktop ba

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-19 Thread Nicu Buculei
On 06/19/2009 05:57 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote: > Should we request a gallery2 install of the infrastructure team? > > i've been playing around with one in my dreamhost acconut - you can > mount a gallery2 album webdav and drag& drop files which seems highly > awesome. There's a lot of convenient uplo

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-19 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:12:24PM -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: > I think it's a combo of: > > - the creative process is hard to control, and it's hard to know how > long something is going to take or what odd directions it might take > > - lack of people > > - outside of the team folks tend to be

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-19 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:12:24PM -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: > On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 00:31 +0200, Martin Sourada wrote: > > My point is -- learn from the mistakes of past and but be also aware in > > what we were good at. In all cases where we failed, we failed because we > > had to redo the artwo

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-22 Thread Nicu Buculei
On 06/20/2009 01:27 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote: > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:12:24PM -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: >> We could handle the 4 broader-community readymades as a separate >> project. > > Does this mean that there would be a fallback to some default theme or > background if we miss the parti

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-23 Thread John Poelstra
Nicu Buculei said the following on 06/22/2009 12:17 AM Pacific Time: > On 06/20/2009 01:27 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:12:24PM -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: >>> We could handle the 4 broader-community readymades as a separate >>> project. >> Does this mean that there would

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-23 Thread Máirín Duffy
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 16:34 -0700, John Poelstra wrote: > This would mean that all the artwork would need to be done by Feature > Freeze on 2009-07-28. This doesn't seem realistic to me? ~m ___ design-team mailing list design-team@lists.fedoraproject.

Re: [Design-team] The Theme

2009-06-23 Thread Michael Beckwith
On 06/23/2009 10:58 PM, � Duffy wrote: On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 16:34 -0700, John Poelstra wrote: This would mean that all the artwork would need to be done by Feature Freeze on 2009-07-28. This doesn't seem realistic to me? ~m ___ design-te

Re: [Design-team] The theme

2010-01-15 Thread Nicu Buculei
On 01/14/2010 10:34 PM, Hristo Petkov wrote: > Hi, Hi Hristo, > In my view it should be something digital to show the power of the > computer (and of the operation system). Have you played with the little app called Fyre? It can produce images similar with that. -- nicu :: http://nicubunu.ro

Re: [Design-team] The theme

2010-01-15 Thread Lukáš Vlček
example with DTS music (to test the system at starting). > > Regards, > Christo Petkov > > --- On *Fri, 1/15/10, Nicu Buculei * wrote: > > > From: Nicu Buculei > Subject: Re: [Design-team] The theme > To: "Fedora Design Team" > Date: Friday, January 15, 2010, 10:3

Re: [Design-team] The theme

2010-01-16 Thread Hristo Petkov
- it's O.K. If you wonder all the time how change it - it is not exactly O.K. Anyway. Have a nice day --- On Fri, 1/15/10, Lukáš Vlček wrote: From: Lukáš Vlček Subject: Re: [Design-team] The theme To: "Fedora Design Team" Date: Friday, January 15, 2010, 8:33 PM Christo, I thin

Re: [Design-team] The theme

2010-01-16 Thread Brad Fanella
for - it's > O.K. > > If you wonder all the time how change it - it is not exactly O.K. Anyway. > > Have a nice day > > --- On *Fri, 1/15/10, Lukáš Vlček * wrote: > > > From: Lukáš Vlček > > Subject: Re: [Design-team] The theme > To: "Fedora Design Te

Re: [Design-team] The theme

2010-01-18 Thread Nicu Buculei
On 01/15/2010 10:33 PM, Lukáš Vlček wrote: > > This brings up the most important question: What is the purpose of the > background in Fedora? > Users can find tons of neutral backgrounds on the net and switch if they > like (and I believe they do it) but I believe that for background in > Fedora th

Re: [Design-team] The theme

2010-01-18 Thread Hristo Petkov
ntually any analysis. Regards, Christo Petkov --- On Mon, 1/18/10, Nicu Buculei wrote: From: Nicu Buculei Subject: Re: [Design-team] The theme To: "Fedora Design Team" Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 9:14 AM On 01/15/2010 10:33 PM, Lukáš Vlček wrote: > > This brings up the