[FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-23 Thread John Baer
All, I added a new RHGB submission to the round 2 page titled "Happy Feet"! Rock on ... Cheers, John ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-23 Thread Ben Arnold
On 23/12/06, Ben Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 20/12/06, Leo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Máirín Duffy (2006-12-20 12:58 -0500) said: > [...] > > How do OOo, Gimp, and Eclipse splash screens provide the best user > > experience possible...? They don't. They provide a

[FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-23 Thread John Baer
All, Updated the RHGB (try 3) screen of this theme with completely new and different colors. Cheers, John ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-22 Thread Chitlesh GOORAH
On 12/18/06, John Baer wrote: Just for fun I made an Open Office and Gimp splash screen. Have a look at this http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=39122 There is a splash screen, as well as some wonderful openoffice icons :) Chitlesh -- http://clunixchit.blogspot.com _

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2 Preview

2006-12-20 Thread Máirín Duffy
Hi John, John Baer wrote: Máirín & Diana, You *can* address the whole list - this is a community project as is Fedora. :) I would like to get feedback on this theme from the forum. To that end I prepared a "Preview" wiki page to be used as a link. Do you mean FedoraForum? They already se

[FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2 Preview

2006-12-20 Thread John Baer
Máirín & Diana, I would like to get feedback on this theme from the forum. To that end I prepared a "Preview" wiki page to be used as a link. Your thoughts? http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fc7ThemeProposalFlyingHighPreview Thanks, John ___ Fedora-ar

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-20 Thread Leo
* Máirín Duffy (2006-12-20 12:58 -0500) said: [...] > How do OOo, Gimp, and Eclipse splash screens provide the best user > experience possible...? They don't. They provide a fuller 'brand > experience' for sure, but that's different from 'user experience' > (former benefits us more t

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-20 Thread Máirín Duffy
Hi John, John Baer wrote: I do agree splash screens should not be at the top of our list and to Fedora's credit Open Office and Gimp do load quickly, but I also feel strongly we should not lose site of what we are trying to accomplish. "Provide the best user experience possible!" How do OOo

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-20 Thread John Baer
All, I do agree splash screens should not be at the top of our list and to Fedora's credit Open Office and Gimp do load quickly, but I also feel strongly we should not lose site of what we are trying to accomplish. "Provide the best user experience possible!" IMO folks will seek out the distro

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-20 Thread David Zeuthen
On Wed, 2006-12-20 at 02:13 -0500, Máirín Duffy wrote: > I don't think we should be changing the Gimp and Open Office's splash > screens - those products have their own brand identity. I do think, > though, there are other themeable bits we should definitely look into - > e.g., the default 'you'

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-20 Thread Nicolas Mailhot
Le Mer 20 décembre 2006 08:13, Máirín Duffy a écrit : >> b) some applications take pride in their splash screen and branding >> it might be considered offensive. For example this applies to >> The Gimp where there's, IIRC, a competition for splash screens > > Are we required to create on

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-19 Thread Nicu Buculei
David Zeuthen wrote: On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 08:56 +0200, Nicu Buculei wrote: Question: do we want customized splash screens for such applications? I think we should avoid theming splash screens because My opinion is the same, for ablout all the reasons you already said, but asked mostly to

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-19 Thread Máirín Duffy
David Zeuthen wrote: On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 08:56 +0200, Nicu Buculei wrote: John Baer wrote: Posted some additional artwork submissions to the round 2 page. Just for fun I made an Open Office and Gimp splash screen. Question: do we want customized splash screens for such applications? - the s

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-19 Thread John Baer
All, In an effort to lighten the RHGB screen I posted another RHGB submission as try 2 to the round 2 page. Is this going in the right direction? Cheers, John ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/l

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-19 Thread John Baer
Nicu Buculei wrote: > Question: do we want customized splash screens for such applications? > - the splash for OpenOffice.org was customized for a while (around > FC2-FC3) in the Bluecurve style.; > - the GIMP splash was never (AFAIK) customized in RHL/Fedora; > - in the current FC6 the Eclipse s

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-19 Thread David Zeuthen
On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 08:56 +0200, Nicu Buculei wrote: > John Baer wrote: > > > > Posted some additional artwork submissions to the round 2 page. > > > > Just for fun I made an Open Office and Gimp splash screen. > > Question: do we want customized splash screens for such applications? > - the s

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-18 Thread Nicu Buculei
John Baer wrote: Posted some additional artwork submissions to the round 2 page. Just for fun I made an Open Office and Gimp splash screen. Question: do we want customized splash screens for such applications? - the splash for OpenOffice.org was customized for a while (around FC2-FC3) in the

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-18 Thread John Baer
All, Posted some additional artwork submissions to the round 2 page. Just for fun I made an Open Office and Gimp splash screen. Cheers, John BTW, if anyone would like these I can post images with an install script. ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-15 Thread John Baer
All, If you haven't checked out the white board recently there are many excellent submissions posted. I love the Anaconda screen! Nice work everyone... John ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/lis

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-14 Thread John Baer
All, Added my first attempt at a RHGB screen to the whiteboard wiki page. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/FC7Themes/Fc7ThemeProposalFlyingHighRound2 A thought I am exploring is having the balloon dotted with the grub screen, outlined at the RHGB screen, something more at login, and fully d

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-14 Thread Nicu Buculei
Máirín Duffy wrote: > > (it's a little oversaturated for sure; it needs to be tuned down) I was > kind of going for a grainy-film look. The balloon idea made me think of > the Smashing Pumkins 'tonight, tonight' music video [1] which had that > kind of novel quality to it so I wanted to see how it

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-13 Thread Xie Zhengwei
Great ! I like it! On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:54:11 -0800, Máirín Duffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: John Baer wrote: I guess it's time to get to work! I put together some Flying High with Fedora artwork for round 2. I uploaded it here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/FC7Themes/Fc7Theme

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-13 Thread Ben Arnold
On 13/12/06, Nicu Buculei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Máirín Duffy wrote: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/FC7Themes/Fc7ThemeProposalFlyingHighRound2 Wow! Just wow! I *really* like the "Squarish Artwork". Just make the colours in the tangram balloon a little more vivid and the background

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-13 Thread duffy
Quoting Nicu Buculei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Rahul Sundaram wrote: Máirín Duffy wrote: (it's a little oversaturated for sure; it needs to be tuned down) I was kind of going for a grainy-film look. The balloon idea made me think of the Smashing Pumkins 'tonight, tonight' music video [1] which ha

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

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Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-13 Thread Máirín Duffy
Nicu Buculei wrote: Rahul Sundaram wrote: Máirín Duffy wrote: (it's a little oversaturated for sure; it needs to be tuned down) I was kind of going for a grainy-film look. The balloon idea made me think of the Smashing Pumkins 'tonight, tonight' music video [1] which had that kind of novel qu

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-13 Thread Nicu Buculei
Rahul Sundaram wrote: Máirín Duffy wrote: (it's a little oversaturated for sure; it needs to be tuned down) I was kind of going for a grainy-film look. The balloon idea made me think of the Smashing Pumkins 'tonight, tonight' music video [1] which had that kind of novel quality to it so I want

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Máirín Duffy wrote: Do we like this artwork straight/clean/clear? Maybe we could play around with a more painterly touch or textures? E.g., while I stared at this too long when I made it and it's probably overkill, something like: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fc7ThemeProposalFlyingHighPO

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-13 Thread Máirín Duffy
Nicu Buculei wrote: Máirín Duffy wrote: I put together some Flying High with Fedora artwork for round 2. I uploaded it here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/FC7Themes/Fc7ThemeProposalFlyingHighRound2 I really really liked Jiří's Flying High mockup [1] so these were heavily inspired

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-13 Thread John Baer
Máirín, I always welcome help. Please edit the "Flying High" wiki pages as needed to come into alignment with your vision. :) John ___ Fedora-art-list mailing list Fedora-art-list@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-art-list

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-12 Thread Nicu Buculei
John Baer wrote: I posted a GRUB image for your consideration. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fc7ThemeProposalFlyingHighGrub My thoughts are this image should be simple and the background color should be black. Sorry, but I think is excessively simple. The boot process starts with a black ba

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-12 Thread Nicu Buculei
Máirín Duffy wrote: I put together some Flying High with Fedora artwork for round 2. I uploaded it here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/FC7Themes/Fc7ThemeProposalFlyingHighRound2 I really really liked Jiří's Flying High mockup [1] so these were heavily inspired by that! I added Jiří

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-12 Thread Máirín Duffy
John Baer wrote: I guess it's time to get to work! I put together some Flying High with Fedora artwork for round 2. I uploaded it here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/FC7Themes/Fc7ThemeProposalFlyingHighRound2 I really really liked Jiří's Flying High mockup [1] so these were heavily

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-12 Thread John Baer
Máirín and Diana, I posted a RHGB submission to the wiki but I need your advice as to whether this type of image will work. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fc7ThemeProposalFlyingHighRhgl Other comments are welcomed as well. John ___ Fedora-art-list mai

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-12 Thread John Baer
All, I posted a GRUB image for your consideration. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fc7ThemeProposalFlyingHighGrub My thoughts are this image should be simple and the background color should be black. The boot process starts with a black background, proceeds to GRUB, then starts RHGB with a black

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-12 Thread Máirín Duffy
Hi John, John Baer wrote: To your list I added optional artwork for a gimp splash, open office splash, and the cd/dvd cover/jewel case. A total 18 images. Is it ok if I rearrange the flying high wiki pages a little bit? I don't think we're really ready in round 2 to break out into the differ

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-12 Thread Nicu Buculei
Máirín Duffy wrote: Jiří, can you make the source artwork (SVG?) available for [1]? I want to play around with your balloon design and try to make a new mockup for Flying High! http://jjm.xf.cz/ and http://jjm.xf.cz/jjm-flying-high01.svg -- nicu Cool Fedora wallpapers: http://fedora.nicubun

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-11 Thread Máirín Duffy
Nicu Buculei wrote: I totally forgot about Corel and I can assure everyone Corel did not enter my mind when I was brain storming ideas for fc7. I would refer all those interested in the concept to the theme's home wiki. Indeed, there are ways, a lot of ways, that *if* in the end we will use a

Re: No top posting (was: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2)

2006-12-11 Thread Leo
Hi John, * [2006.12.11 18:04 -0500] John Baer wrote: ^ > As suggested I read the "Communicate/MailingListGuidelines" and I must > confess I did not see any mention of "top" posting. > > However, Google found this link. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting

No top posting (was: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2)

2006-12-11 Thread John Baer
On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 12:00 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There are huge threads of discussing about top posting in Fedora > community: > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general/200832/focus=201098 > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general/210209/focus=210

Re: [FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-11 Thread Nicu Buculei
John Baer wrote: I totally forgot about Corel and I can assure everyone Corel did not enter my mind when I was brain storming ideas for fc7. I would refer all those interested in the concept to the theme's home wiki. Indeed, there are ways, a lot of ways, that *if* in the end we will use a

[FC7 theme proposal] Flying High with Fedora 7 - Round 2

2006-12-11 Thread John Baer
Gabriel Hurley wrote: > I hope there is no conflict with the former Corel logo. (see > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4e/Corel_Ballon_Logo.gif) IANAL, but I doubt this is an issue. It would be one thing if the artwork for their balloon was ripped off here, or if a derivative work wa