[ubuntu-art] panel background

2006-09-26 Thread effraie
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 a small proposal for the panel background, if it's not too late. i'll try put them here : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/EffraiePanel -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigma

Re: [ubuntu-art] Restarting art.ubuntu.com

2006-09-26 Thread Viper550
Mark Shuttleworth wrote: > > In late July the Art Team requested that art.ubuntu.com be shut down > so that it could be replaced with "something better". It's now late > September, and nothing better has actually been delivered, so I think > it's necessary to ask the art team to turn art.ubuntu.

Re: [ubuntu-art] Knot 3 Wallpaper - comment

2006-09-26 Thread Chuck Huber
On Tue, 2006-09-26 at 15:24 +0200, Julian Oliver wrote: > consider also that it may not be at all bad. > > perhaps the potential for unconscious recognition would make some > considering migrating from Windows XP feel Ubuntu feel oddly at home > when they see that sweeping cross on the desktop

[ubuntu-art] Restarting art.ubuntu.com

2006-09-26 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
In late July the Art Team requested that art.ubuntu.com be shut down so that it could be replaced with "something better". It's now late September, and nothing better has actually been delivered, so I think it's necessary to ask the art team to turn art.ubuntu.com back on so that the community

Re: [ubuntu-art] cancel / apply icons

2006-09-26 Thread Andreas Nilsson
David Prieto wrote: > This Launchpad bug provides cancel / apply buttons that could replace > the current, dated, ugly ones: > > https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/tangerine-icon-theme/+bug/40607 > > > > You can see how the proposed cancel icon is a red cross just like the > curren

Re: [ubuntu-art] cancel / apply icons

2006-09-26 Thread Viper550
Troy James Sobotka wrote: > On Tue, 2006-26-09 at 15:36 +0200, David Prieto wrote: > >> You can see how the proposed cancel icon is a red cross just like the >> current one, only beautiful. And the apply button is a green tick just >> like the one we have one, so the metaphors really stay the sa

[ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Artwork, Request for Comments

2006-09-26 Thread Rahim Virani
Hi All, I joined this mailing list to add my comments, the Knot release in my opinion sports unparalell artwork to any previous ubuntu release. I really enjoy all the warm colors and I think that they make Ubuntu a very calming and warm distribution to look at and use. Congratulations, I am very

Re: [ubuntu-art] cancel / apply icons

2006-09-26 Thread Frank Schoep
On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 03:36:10PM +0200, David Prieto wrote: > This Launchpad bug provides cancel / apply buttons that could replace > the current, dated, ugly ones: > > https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/tangerine-icon-theme/+bug/40607 > > > > You can see how the proposed cance

Re: [ubuntu-art] cancel / apply icons

2006-09-26 Thread Troy James Sobotka
On Tue, 2006-26-09 at 15:36 +0200, David Prieto wrote: > You can see how the proposed cancel icon is a red cross just like the > current one, only beautiful. And the apply button is a green tick just > like the one we have one, so the metaphors really stay the same. My only concern with the two ic

Re: [ubuntu-art] Knot 3 Wallpaper - comment

2006-09-26 Thread Julian Oliver
consider also that it may not be at all bad. perhaps the potential for unconscious recognition would make some considering migrating from Windows XP feel Ubuntu feel oddly at home when they see that sweeping cross on the desktop ;) julian ..on Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 11:40:59AM +0200, Michiel Si

Re: [ubuntu-art] Knot 3 Wallpaper - comment

2006-09-26 Thread Troy James Sobotka
On Tue, 2006-26-09 at 11:38 +0200, Julian Oliver wrote: > ..on Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 01:13:29PM +0200, Andreas Haller wrote: > > Hi, > > > > i just saw the new Wallpaper for Edgy Knot3 > > (http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/knot3) and wanted to tell you that the > > "cross" on the left side reminded me

Re: [ubuntu-art] Knot 3 Wallpaper - comment

2006-09-26 Thread Julian Oliver
..on Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 11:40:59AM +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: > That is total nonsense. It's a very good wallpaper, and I don't think > that the balance its composition currently holds should be > compromised because a design element vaguely reminds you of a logo. > That's just silly. it

Re: [ubuntu-art] Knot 3 Wallpaper - comment

2006-09-26 Thread Michiel Sikma
I don't really see how my mail was against the code of conduct. He simply said that he thinks it looks like a logo. I replied that I find that silly, since it doesn't make any attempt to resemble the Windows logo and is, in fact, something completely different. I didn't think I'd need to el

Re: [ubuntu-art] Knot 3 Wallpaper - comment

2006-09-26 Thread Joao Inacio
> To validate my previous mail a bit: I don't think that it should > remind most people of the Windows logo. It's a cross that visually > divides different parts of the image alright, but it isn't anything > more than that. I feel that the composition the wallpaper has now is > good, and that any c

Re: [ubuntu-art] Knot 3 Wallpaper - comment

2006-09-26 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michiel Sikma wrote: That is total nonsense. It's a very good wallpaper, and I don't think that the balance its composition currently holds should be compromised because a design element vaguely reminds you of a logo. That's just silly. Michiel, please observe the code of conduct i

Re: [ubuntu-art] Knot 3 Wallpaper - comment

2006-09-26 Thread Julian Oliver
..on Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 01:13:29PM +0200, Andreas Haller wrote: > Hi, > > i just saw the new Wallpaper for Edgy Knot3 > (http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/knot3) and wanted to tell you that the > "cross" on the left side reminded me of the windows logo. i agree. i didn't see it at first, but my wif

Re: [ubuntu-art] Knot 3 Wallpaper - comment

2006-09-26 Thread Michiel Sikma
That is total nonsense. It's a very good wallpaper, and I don't think that the balance its composition currently holds should be compromised because a design element vaguely reminds you of a logo. That's just silly. Michiel Op 26-sep-2006, om 11:38 heeft Julian Oliver het volgende geschreve