Flying high theme is garbage!

2007-03-21 Thread Andrew Simkovsky
I normally don't get involved in artwork on Linux, mostly because I'm not an artist, and I really don't know what I'm talking about in that area. But in this case I can't sit back and let it happen. The default Fedora theme in FC7 is flat out crap. Balloons??? Why balloons? I absolutely LOVED th

Re: Echo cursor theme

2007-03-21 Thread Martin Sourada
Ben Arnold napsal(a): > I think if we put both our current pages on the front Artwork page > under Artwork/EchoCursors and Artwork/EchoLoading, it would encourage > more people to get involved if they want to and it seems this will > continue. What do you think? > Yep, I think so as well. I rename

Re: Echo cursor theme

2007-03-21 Thread Ben Arnold
On 21/03/07, Martin Sourada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Martin Sourada napsal(a): > I created subpage in my personal wiki page for start [1]. Please feel free to > edit it. Please add you sketches there. After we make some decision about > default look (i.e. pick one of the different type of sketc

Re: Echo cursor theme

2007-03-21 Thread Martin Sourada
Martin Sourada napsal(a): > I created subpage in my personal wiki page for start [1]. Please feel free to > edit it. Please add you sketches there. After we make some decision about > default look (i.e. pick one of the different type of sketches if there is more > than one) we will make also a page

Re: Echo cursor theme

2007-03-21 Thread Martin Sourada
Máirín Duffy napsal(a): > Hey Martin, > > Why not stick this on the main artwork page? It sounds like a good > long-term project to me! It'll make it easier for folks to find I think! > > ~m > > ___ > Fedora-art-list mailing list > Fedora-art-list@redh

Re: Echo cursor theme

2007-03-21 Thread Máirín Duffy
Hey Martin, Martin Sourada wrote: Nicu Buculei napsal(a): Martin Sourada wrote: Will we make some wiki page for them (like EchoDevelopment) to easily track which ones need to be done now, or just start with sketches? Sure, start a wiki page and post the sketches on that page. I created sub

Re: Echo cursor theme

2007-03-21 Thread Martin Sourada
Nicu Buculei napsal(a): > Martin Sourada wrote: >> >> Will we make some wiki page for them (like EchoDevelopment) to easily >> track >> which ones need to be done now, or just start with sketches? > > Sure, start a wiki page and post the sketches on that page. > I created subpage in my personal

Re: Echo cursor theme

2007-03-21 Thread Nicu Buculei
Martin Sourada wrote: Will we make some wiki page for them (like EchoDevelopment) to easily track which ones need to be done now, or just start with sketches? Sure, start a wiki page and post the sketches on that page. -- nicu Cool Fedora wallpapers: http://fedora.nicubunu.ro/wallpapers/ Open

Re: Echo cursor theme

2007-03-21 Thread Nicu Buculei
Ben Arnold wrote: On 21/03/07, Nicu Buculei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A cursor theme has a relatively small number of images, so the quantity is not the main problem, the main problem is optimizing the images for small size display. The arrow in the icon that Martin referenced suits this any

Re: New projekt? Echo cursor theme

2007-03-21 Thread Martin Sourada
Nicu Buculei napsal(a): > IIRC, the current cursor theme is not that old as Bluecurve, but > certainly is made some years ago. > Hm,... than at least it is named Bluecurve... look at mouse cursor settings or under /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/cursors. > Currently Bluecurve have two sets of icons: n

Re: Echo cursor theme

2007-03-21 Thread Martin Sourada
Ben Arnold napsal(a): > On 21/03/07, Nicu Buculei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Martin Sourada wrote: >> > So what about making an Echo cursor theme? > >> I don't think anyone would oppose such a project. Start a cursor theme >> and if it will look better then probably it will be used. > > O

Re: Echo cursor theme

2007-03-21 Thread Ben Arnold
On 21/03/07, Nicu Buculei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Martin Sourada wrote: > So what about making an Echo cursor theme? I don't think anyone would oppose such a project. Start a cursor theme and if it will look better then probably it will be used. Over lunch, I have done some quick paper s

Re: Echo - Throbber animation

2007-03-21 Thread Ben Arnold
On 21/03/07, Martin Sourada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It's interesting idea. After some time spent watching the cursor it convinced me - I like it. Yet there can be some improvement. First of all I would not use the red colour you used, it's too striking, drags ones attention to the cursor. Mayb

Re: User Images

2007-03-21 Thread Nicu Buculei
Mark wrote: Is too early to tell, we don't know yet even if the login scrren will remain the same or will be 3D. 3D... more info on that please.. i didn`t see anything about that passing by in the mailing list here.. i might have missed it or it passed by before i watched here.

Re: User Images

2007-03-21 Thread Diana Fong
On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 13:25 +0100, Mark wrote: > damn.. mine didn`t made it into the main 24 images.. o well.. better > luck next time. > btw.. i seem to be the only one that is know with his nickname only > (markg85) ^_^ o well.. i like my privacy. > > btw.. is a contest like this gonna be held f

Re: New projekt? Echo cursor theme

2007-03-21 Thread Nicu Buculei
Martin Sourada wrote: Hi all, with Ben Arnold's throbber animation it came to my mind, that fedora uses the same cursors red hat used for years - bluecurve. I think, as we replacing the IIRC, the current cursor theme is not that old as Bluecurve, but certainly is made some years ago. old b

New projekt? Echo cursor theme

2007-03-21 Thread Martin Sourada
Hi all, with Ben Arnold's throbber animation it came to my mind, that fedora uses the same cursors red hat used for years - bluecurve. I think, as we replacing the old bluecurve icon theme with new one, we could do the same with the rest of the artwork. So what about making an Echo cursor theme? I

Re: User Images

2007-03-21 Thread Mark
Is too early to tell, we don't know yet even if the login scrren will remain the same or will be 3D. 3D... more info on that please.. i didn`t see anything about that passing by in the mailing list here.. i might have missed it or it passed by before i watched here. If you like this kind of

Re: User Images

2007-03-21 Thread Nicu Buculei
Mark wrote: btw.. is a contest like this gonna be held for the next fedora as well (core 8)? i sure hope it will. Is too early to tell, we don't know yet even if the login scrren will remain the same or will be 3D. My personal opinion is that it does not make sense to change the set of u

Re: Echo icon set: preferences-system mockups

2007-03-21 Thread Mark
it`s simply wonderful i can`t give any critics on that... just looks cool. 2007/3/19, Martin Sourada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Ben Arnold napsal(a): > How about the orange that is used in the recent document-properties > lot? I would have thought that contrasted nicelyh with the blue in the > monitor

Re: User Images

2007-03-21 Thread Mark
damn.. mine didn`t made it into the main 24 images.. o well.. better luck next time. btw.. i seem to be the only one that is know with his nickname only (markg85) ^_^ o well.. i like my privacy. btw.. is a contest like this gonna be held for the next fedora as well (core 8)? i sure hope it will.

Re: Fedora Firefox Start Page

2007-03-21 Thread Mark
i like and dislike it... i like the idea i dislike the icons that are on the page.. make them smaller. also center the fedora cloud ;) the idea is nice. o and that top grey fading bar might be better in darkblue or even black... (just to let it fir with a cloud.. now you have a rainy day ^_^) 20

Re: Mascot

2007-03-21 Thread Nicu Buculei
Luya Tshimbalanga wrote: Nicu Buculei wrote: I got the time to start something: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/Mascot antropomorphic? Sound like we are going to create a Fedora version of Pokemon. antropomorphic, right? Well, I definitely would like something along the lines of http

Re: Echo - Throbber animation

2007-03-21 Thread Martin Sourada
Ben Arnold napsal(a): > All, > > I have noticed on the Echo wiki page there is a space for a new > loading image. I have done some paper-based ideas which I have made a > quick mockup for; they can be seen on my wiki page [1]. > > As this cursor is a kind of key icon, seen by everyone quite a lot

Re: Mascot

2007-03-21 Thread Luya Tshimbalanga
Nicu Buculei wrote: > > I got the time to start something: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/Mascot > antropomorphic? Sound like we are going to create a Fedora version of Pokemon. antropomorphic, right? *Going to sleep and thinking about steck*

Echo - Throbber animation

2007-03-21 Thread Ben Arnold
All, I have noticed on the Echo wiki page there is a space for a new loading image. I have done some paper-based ideas which I have made a quick mockup for; they can be seen on my wiki page [1]. As this cursor is a kind of key icon, seen by everyone quite a lot of the time, I thought it would be

Re: MASCOT

2007-03-21 Thread Nicu Buculei
Jiri Jakub Masek wrote: Hi everybody, I added to wiki one picture of mascot named Feliks, a dragon-fly pilot, it isn't in the list of possibilities, but it's lovely, isn't it? It seems we needed someone to break the ice and Jiri just did that with a first graphic. Everybody, the friendly comp

MASCOT

2007-03-21 Thread Jiri Jakub Masek
Hi everybody, I added to wiki one picture of mascot named Feliks, a dragon-fly pilot, it isn't in the list of possibilities, but it's lovely, isn't it? JJM -- I'm still learning English... Jiří Jakub Mašek - Mr Jiri Jakub Masek Czech Republic, European Union http://jjm.xf.cz