Re: [ubuntu-art] Tossing some Window decorations into the pot.

2008-09-01 Thread Rico Sta. Cruz
Hey! The things I'm not sure about here are: - The orange glow. I like the idea of a different-colored shadow, but if it appears as a glow against certian backgrounds, it seems inconsistent and a bit cheesy. - The min/max/close buttons. I'm not sure if it's too big or if the borders tick me off

Re: [ubuntu-art] theme teams

2008-09-01 Thread Rico Sta. Cruz
Hi Ken, How useful! Should be ping you in case of any updates to our themes? :) -Rico Kenneth Wimer-5 wrote: > > On Monday 01 September 2008 18:40:42 Kenneth Wimer wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Today I put Kin, Dust, and New Wave into my PPA so that people can >> install >> and test them. Please,

Re: [ubuntu-art] Folder Icon challenge.

2008-09-01 Thread Cory K.
Ken Vermette wrote: > On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Kenneth Wimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I think that for a first try this is pretty good. The highlight > gradient at > the bottom could be less saturated at the first stop and perha

Re: [ubuntu-art] Folder Icon challenge.

2008-09-01 Thread David
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Ken Vermette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Kenneth Wimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I think that for a first try this is pretty good. The highlight gradient >> at >> the bottom could be less saturated at the fir

Re: [ubuntu-art] Folder Icon challenge.

2008-09-01 Thread Ken Vermette
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Kenneth Wimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I think that for a first try this is pretty good. The highlight gradient at > the bottom could be less saturated at the first stop and perhaps a bit more > subtle - I know that is getting picky but it is one ve

Re: [ubuntu-art] Tossing some Window decorations into the pot.

2008-09-01 Thread Isaiah Heyer
On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 14:42 -0500, xl cheese wrote: > Now if someone can tell me how to make the close button in metacity > wider than the other buttons I'd be a happy camper. I don't know of a way but you could get around it by making the button size different and making the min and max buttons o

Re: [ubuntu-art] // wider opinion of Dust theme from Ubuntu users //

2008-09-01 Thread Arjuna Navaratna
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 8:13 PM, Arjuna Navaratna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Jesper Lundgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Rico Sta. Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> >>> >>> Re: min-max-close buttons: >>> They're a bit fi

Re: [ubuntu-art] // wider opinion of Dust theme from Ubuntu users //

2008-09-01 Thread Arjuna Navaratna
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Jesper Lundgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Rico Sta. Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> >> Re: min-max-close buttons: >> They're a bit fixed on the Dust-2 attachment in the wiki page. However, >> they're still not proper min-ma

Re: [ubuntu-art] // wider opinion of Dust theme from Ubuntu users //

2008-09-01 Thread Jesper Lundgren
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Rico Sta. Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Re: min-max-close buttons: > They're a bit fixed on the Dust-2 attachment in the wiki page. However, > they're still not proper min-max-close buttons. Gotta make better ones... > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/I

[ubuntu-art] Dust + Willibex

2008-09-01 Thread Mario Viviani
Hi everybody! I made a different emerald theme using Kin Dust emerald theme found on the wiki, and i edited it to fit willibex theme, that was one of the discussed themes few weeks ago, if i remember correctly. I modified willibex theme too, changing the background from brown-yellow colours to whi

Re: [ubuntu-art] Folder Icon challenge.

2008-09-01 Thread Cory K.
Who wrote: > On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 3:58 AM, Cory K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'm at the beginning stages of a new icon set effort for Ubuntu. But I >> have a little question in the meantime. >> >> Answer this: http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8752/dreamfolderyu0.png >> >> Consider it a

Re: [ubuntu-art] Folder Icon challenge.

2008-09-01 Thread Who
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 3:58 AM, Cory K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm at the beginning stages of a new icon set effort for Ubuntu. But I > have a little question in the meantime. > > Answer this: http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8752/dreamfolderyu0.png > > Consider it an exercise. :) > I did

Re: [ubuntu-art] Kin Dust

2008-09-01 Thread Andreas Berger
Kenneth Wimer schrieb: > On Monday 01 September 2008 18:19:26 Andreas Berger wrote: >> the layout from my previous mail turned out even more twisted than in my >> preview. so this time an attachment. sorry for the mess. > > I suggest staying away from the panel transparency as it doesn't work with

Re: [ubuntu-art] theme teams

2008-09-01 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Monday 01 September 2008 18:40:42 Kenneth Wimer wrote: > Hi all, > > Today I put Kin, Dust, and New Wave into my PPA so that people can install > and test them. Please, don't flip out if it is not the very latest version > or such; I simply picked the latest stuff I could find on the wiki and pu

Re: [ubuntu-art] Folder Icon challenge.

2008-09-01 Thread Cory K.
Kenneth Wimer wrote: > Ken Vermette wrote: > > Something like this? > > http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/example.png > > > Hi all, > > I think that for a first try this is pretty good. The highlight gradient at > the bottom could be less saturated at the first stop and perhaps

Re: [ubuntu-art] Kin Dust

2008-09-01 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Monday 01 September 2008 18:19:26 Andreas Berger wrote: > the layout from my previous mail turned out even more twisted than in my > preview. so this time an attachment. sorry for the mess. I suggest staying away from the panel transparency as it doesn't work with all applets (some will still

Re: [ubuntu-art] Intrepid theme choosen ?

2008-09-01 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Monday 01 September 2008 18:44:46 Patrice Vetsel wrote: > I don't know where to find the information, but is the final theme for > Intrepid choosen ? > > I hope to test it and report bug/problem as soon as possible. No, it has not been chosen yet. Once everything is final I will be sure to ann

Re: [ubuntu-art] Folder Icon challenge.

2008-09-01 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, I think that for a first try this is pretty good. The highlight gradient at the bottom could be less saturated at the first stop and perhaps a bit more subtle - I know that is getting picky but it is one very important part that we don't want to lose. One very tricky part of making fold

[ubuntu-art] Intrepid theme choosen ?

2008-09-01 Thread Patrice Vetsel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I don't know where to find the information, but is the final theme for Intrepid choosen ? I hope to test it and report bug/problem as soon as possible. Regards - -- Patrice Vetsel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Aka/Alias Kagou https://launchpad.net/people/vets

[ubuntu-art] theme teams

2008-09-01 Thread Kenneth Wimer
Hi all, Today I put Kin, Dust, and New Wave into my PPA so that people can install and test them. Please, don't flip out if it is not the very latest version or such; I simply picked the latest stuff I could find on the wiki and put it in. I'll modify this as needed once we have discussed it a

Re: [ubuntu-art] Kin Dust

2008-09-01 Thread Andreas Berger
the layout from my previous mail turned out even more twisted than in my preview. so this time an attachment. sorry for the mess. style "panel" = "default-inverted" { xthickness = 0 ythickness = 0 bg_pixmap[NORMAL] ="panel.png" #unfortunate

Re: [ubuntu-art] Kin Dust

2008-09-01 Thread Andreas Berger
Ken Vermette schrieb: > Right now I'm fighting with panels. There are two problems with them; > - The buttons on the panels are beige, instead of blending in with > the panels. > - The Applications-Places-System use the wrong background, they > should look like the rest of the panel. I used a

[ubuntu-art] Icon management (was: introduction)

2008-09-01 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 15:01 +0200, Frank Karlitschek wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to introduce myself. I´m running the openDesktop.org > network with for example GNOME-Look.org, Ubuntu-Art.org and Kubuntu- > Art.org. Hi and welcome! Thank you for the work you are already doing, it's so easy t

Re: [ubuntu-art] introduction

2008-09-01 Thread Vadim Peretokin
I have no official position whatsoever, so don't take my word for this. But it would be nice if ubuntu-art.org had a section for "8.10 artwork discussion" - where artists could upload their work and get user feedback. Similar to this list, but I suppose that would get a lot more coverage. -- ubun

Re: [ubuntu-art] Folder Icon challenge.

2008-09-01 Thread Cory K.
Mr.doob wrote: > On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Ken Vermette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Cory K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Ok I didn't want to put any more rules on this but one thing we want to >>> capture if we hope to go for default is to try

Re: [ubuntu-art] Folder Icon challenge.

2008-09-01 Thread Mr . doob
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Ken Vermette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Cory K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Ok I didn't want to put any more rules on this but one thing we want to >> capture if we hope to go for default is to try to capture that "bottom >

Re: [ubuntu-art] Folder Icon challenge.

2008-09-01 Thread Cory K.
Ken Vermette wrote: > Something like this? > > http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y111/raraken/example.png Very nice sir. Lets see what Ken W. thinks. :) He also has alt Oxygen folders that weren't used. They might spark some ideas. My plan is to issue a couple more challenges like this then reveal

Re: [ubuntu-art] Dust theme implementation

2008-09-01 Thread Ken Vermette
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Rico Sta. Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Is there any way we can get some GTK love on this theme? I'm currently lost > at figuring out how to make the menubar have a gradient. > > The latest versions are always at: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Int

Re: [ubuntu-art] Kin Dust

2008-09-01 Thread Ken Vermette
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Anton Kerezov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > В 09:44 -0400 на 01.09.2008 (пн), Ken Vermette написа: > > > Right now I'm fighting with panels. There are two problems with them; > > - The buttons on the panels are beige, instead of blending in with > > the panels. > >

Re: [ubuntu-art] // wider opinion of Dust theme from Ubuntu users //

2008-09-01 Thread Rico Sta. Cruz
Re: min-max-close buttons: They're a bit fixed on the Dust-2 attachment in the wiki page. However, they're still not proper min-max-close buttons. Gotta make better ones... https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/DustTheme Btw, I did the wallpaper (and the Dust concepts). I'm glad someo

Re: [ubuntu-art] Dust theme implementation

2008-09-01 Thread Rico Sta. Cruz
Is there any way we can get some GTK love on this theme? I'm currently lost at figuring out how to make the menubar have a gradient. The latest versions are always at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/DustTheme -Rico S. Kido Mariano wrote: > > I *tried* to implement the Dust

Re: [ubuntu-art] Folder Icon challenge.

2008-09-01 Thread Ken Vermette
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Cory K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok I didn't want to put any more rules on this but one thing we want to > capture if we hope to go for default is to try to capture that "bottom > glow" on the human folders. > > Ken W. might be able to explain it more. > > -Cor

Re: [ubuntu-art] Kin Dust

2008-09-01 Thread Anton Kerezov
В 09:44 -0400 на 01.09.2008 (пн), Ken Vermette написа: > Right now I'm fighting with panels. There are two problems with them; > - The buttons on the panels are beige, instead of blending in with > the panels. > - The Applications-Places-System use the wrong background, they > should look like t

Re: [ubuntu-art] Folder Icon challenge.

2008-09-01 Thread Cory K.
Ok I didn't want to put any more rules on this but one thing we want to capture if we hope to go for default is to try to capture that "bottom glow" on the human folders. Ken W. might be able to explain it more. -Cory K. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-art] Folder Icon challenge.

2008-09-01 Thread Dooboo Ya
> > > Answer this: http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8752/dreamfolderyu0.png > > http://thorwil.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/folder_challenge_01.png > > > -- > Thorsten Wilms Actually I think it's a bit more like this (see attachment). <>-- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com htt

Re: [ubuntu-art] Kin Dust

2008-09-01 Thread Ken Vermette
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 7:15 AM, Anton Kerezov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > В 15:43 -0400 на 29.08.2008 (пт), Ken Vermette написа: > > > I forgot to ask, but is there anybody with GTK theme experience > > available to help me stamp some bugs out of the GTK/streamline it a > > little? I know there a

Re: [ubuntu-art] Folder Icon challenge.

2008-09-01 Thread Rico Sta. Cruz
Here: http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/9104/dusticonsez0.png Perhaps not a direct answer here, as I was thinking more of my Dust theme while making this ;) But the idea is to mix: - Human's orange - The subtleness of the Oxygen icon - The sly translucency of both ...while donning a new a m

[ubuntu-art] introduction

2008-09-01 Thread Frank Karlitschek
Hi, I would like to introduce myself. I´m running the openDesktop.org network with for example GNOME-Look.org, Ubuntu-Art.org and Kubuntu- Art.org. I´m following your discussion about the future of the Ubuntu Artwork with a lot of interest. I think you all are doing a great job with building

Re: [ubuntu-art] Kin Dust

2008-09-01 Thread Anton Kerezov
В 15:43 -0400 на 29.08.2008 (пт), Ken Vermette написа: > I forgot to ask, but is there anybody with GTK theme experience > available to help me stamp some bugs out of the GTK/streamline it a > little? I know there are several (more/less) simple fixes, I just have > no experience in GTK (and the fa

Re: [ubuntu-art] Folder Icon challenge.

2008-09-01 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 22:58 -0400, Cory K. wrote: > Answer this: http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8752/dreamfolderyu0.png http://thorwil.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/folder_challenge_01.png -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art m