[ubuntu-art] "Union" Theme

2007-12-24 Thread Ken Vermette
A few days back I said I'd create a theme based from my own work: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/Alternate/BasicIdeals ...and another theme by forum user Floodcasso2... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2620273#post2620273 The end result is linked below in a new Wiki, which

[ubuntu-art] YAM (Yet Another Mockup) - Tropical Feather: Renegade

2007-12-24 Thread Nanley Chery
Title sounds cool doesn't it? =D Well this is a Hardy theme I made using everything included in the default Hardy Alpha - except for the wallpaper that is. Instead of being orange and black, it's more of a gold and black. I choose this because it looks better and **the title bars give off a cool gl

Re: [ubuntu-art] Who is our target audience?

2007-12-24 Thread Troy James Sobotka
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thorsten Wilms wrote: > Having a clearly defined target audience would be of advantage. But I > have to say that during my industrial design studies, this part was > mostly guesswork. Then you didn't go to a very good school or for long enough. > We

[ubuntu-art] MERRY XMASS

2007-12-24 Thread sylvain marc
MERRY CHRISTMASS FOR ALL OF YOU AND FOR YOUR FAMILY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR... Sam7 (Sylvain) -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Who is our target audience?

2007-12-24 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Mon, 2007-12-24 at 11:18 +0100, Thorsten Wilms wrote: ... I had users and environment, so I should also mention tasks. Quick draft: - Research - Browsing the web - Communicate - Email - Chat - VoIP - Video conferencing - Create - Graphics - Photography - Graphic design

Re: [ubuntu-art] Target Audience

2007-12-24 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Mon, 2007-12-24 at 14:45 +0200, Henning Ludeke wrote: > From a marketing point of view I agree with xl cheese: Bias the GUI > towards novice users. What would that even mean, to bias the GUI towards novice users? Even if we would agree on this, it leads nowhere if there are no consequences th

[ubuntu-art] Target Audience

2007-12-24 Thread Henning Ludeke
Hey happy festive times all :) >From a marketing point of view I agree with xl cheese: Bias the GUI towards novice users. The discussion regarding upper levels - I think they'll all agree we want to make Ubuntu a real alternative to Vista & Leopard. Thus the GUI needs to be as easy to use, yet

Re: [ubuntu-art] Who is our target audience?

2007-12-24 Thread Andrew Laignel
Firstly Merry Christmas - I am off and wont be back 'till after. Hope santa is good to you all! Secondly I agree. When I undertake a traditional graphic design project or website, I'll usually do a mockup, the client will then say if they like it/hate it and suggest changes. When your creati

Re: [ubuntu-art] Who is our target audience?

2007-12-24 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 22:58 -0600, xl cheese wrote: > That is the question we need to ask. Do we want to target noobs to > linux or the vets of linux? Maybe I'm wrong, but new linux and > novice computer users are typically enticed with eye candy. It's > the veteran linux users that like th