Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Powder

2009-03-31 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 15:25 -0500, Matthew Nuzum wrote: > My suggestion is to include a theme that has a distinctly feminine > appeal. I'm not suggesting eye-burning pink (like is included in XP), > but choosing a human related palette that says to women, "This is for > you." Sheesh, seeing the

Re: [ubuntu-art] system-search2 Icon

2009-03-31 Thread Oliver
Am Montag 30 März 2009 06:29:46 schrieb Matthew Lye: > I like the look of this but it doesn't seem to have the same bubbly 3d > depth that the other icons have managed. Perhaps building in another > lightsource? > Me too :) But at moment I let it without fixing. I am over gtk-media. Let me explain

Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe] gtk-media

2009-03-31 Thread Oliver
> snip > I think that they look really great, but have one possible suggestion: > could the shadows be sort of orange-tinted, as though the glyphs were > backlit by orange LEDs? I think it would lend a very slick look to > multimedia apps even beyond the excellent work you've done already! Thank

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Powder

2009-03-31 Thread Tibault Damman
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:44, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > > It seems the "pink for girls, blue for boys" is a rather new convention. > Some claim it was reversed at some point, while other say there simply > wasn't a convention for a long time. For what it's worth: in Belgium this depends form cit

Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe] gtk-media

2009-03-31 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 12:41 +0200, Oliver wrote: > > snip > > > I think that they look really great, but have one possible suggestion: > > could the shadows be sort of orange-tinted, as though the glyphs were > > backlit by orange LEDs? I think it would lend a very slick look to > > multimedia app

Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe] gtk-media

2009-03-31 Thread Oliver
Am Dienstag 31 März 2009 13:13:05 schrieb Thorsten Wilms: > On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 12:41 +0200, Oliver wrote: > > > snip > > > > > > I think that they look really great, but have one possible suggestion: > > > could the shadows be sort of orange-tinted, as though the glyphs were > > > backlit by ora

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Powder

2009-03-31 Thread Saleel
Thorsten Wilms wrote: > I agree that it would be nice to have at least one theme aimed at women. > To get there, one would first have to do some research. Then you need > female testers. Posting on the forums, or communities like the subreddit women, should make information flow easy. (There is a

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Powder

2009-03-31 Thread Cory K.
Really, before *anything* else happens, we need someone dedicated who *will* do the work. They have to create the theme (or at lease get someone else dedicated to do it), handle wiki documentation, research, make command decisions. Building a team is great also but I feel any effective effort arou

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Powder

2009-03-31 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Tuesday 31 March 2009 12:05:31 Tibault Damman wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:44, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > > It seems the "pink for girls, blue for boys" is a rather new convention. > > Some claim it was reversed at some point, while other say there simply > > wasn't a convention for a long

[ubuntu-art] Looking for a dark gtk theme base

2009-03-31 Thread Alex Armstrong
Hi folks, I posted about a theme called Nine a few months ago. Since, then I've been working on a dark theme, a kind of re-imaging of Dark Room. I've currently re-written it twice. The first time using an evolved version of Nine, originally based on Shiki-Colors 2.1, back when it was using clearl

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Powder

2009-03-31 Thread Matthew Nuzum
2009/3/31 Kenneth Wimer : > On Tuesday 31 March 2009 12:05:31 Tibault Damman wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:44, Thorsten Wilms wrote: >> > It seems the "pink for girls, blue for boys" is a rather new convention. >> > Some claim it was reversed at some point, while other say there simply >> >

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Powder

2009-03-31 Thread Oliver
So we have some smalltalk with Colours, Themes, girls and boys etc. I will write a analyse I noticed. Windows: Games, DirectX and tuning are the most imprortant Themes there. So we will find many many stuffs about this in this Operating System. Mac: Sound, Graphic and DTP. This OS-Users makes a

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Powder

2009-03-31 Thread Matthew Nuzum
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Oliver wrote: > Conclution: I'm sure if Linux would be known - like Mac - for his Graphic- > Power (maybe because we have similars Programms like Freehand and > Photoshop), Breathe would have much more Volunteers helping in this Project. > But it's logical. ;) >

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Powder

2009-03-31 Thread Oliver
Am Dienstag 31 März 2009 19:20:43 schrieb Matthew Nuzum: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Oliver wrote: > > Conclution: I'm sure if Linux would be known - like Mac - for his > > Graphic- Power (maybe because we have similars Programms like Freehand > > and Photoshop), Breathe would have much mo

[ubuntu-art] [Breathe] media flash various

2009-03-31 Thread spg76
I uploaded to the wiki new icons for Compact Flash, Memory Stick and Smart Media cards. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/BreatheIconSet/Submissions Now I'm gonna make something more generic for media-flash. Oxygen have some kind of chip that I think it represents the one inside the cards. I should d

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Powder

2009-03-31 Thread Cory K.
So, we're just gonna keep *talking* about this without someone stepping up and saying "Ok. I can get this done." Without that, this is just the same old hot air. -Cory K. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe] media flash various

2009-03-31 Thread Cory K.
spg76 wrote: > I uploaded to the wiki new icons for Compact Flash, Memory Stick and Smart > Media cards. > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/BreatheIconSet/Submissions > Now I'm gonna make something more generic for media-flash. > Oxygen have some kind of chip that I think it represents the one insid

Re: [ubuntu-art] Community Themes Brainstorm

2009-03-31 Thread Andrew
I want to address some things from the previous thread: Thorsten Wilms wrote: > I'm in support of all your points. But not in favour of voting. Rough > consensus or even dictatorship is better. Meritocracy not democracy, > please ;) I generally agree with the idea that consensus is the best appro

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Powder

2009-03-31 Thread Matthew Nuzum
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Cory K. wrote: > So, we're just gonna keep *talking* about this without someone stepping > up and saying "Ok. I can get this done." > > Without that, this is just the same old hot air. > Did you read the email I sent earlier today? As a matter of fact over my lu

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Powder

2009-03-31 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 13:48 -0500, Matthew Nuzum wrote: > As a matter of fact over my lunch I put together four themes based on > clearlooks. I used the same wallpaper for each, an image of sakura > blossoms, desaturated and then added a hue to match each of the > themes. > > I will create a poll

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Powder

2009-03-31 Thread Cory K.
Matthew Nuzum wrote: > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Cory K. wrote: > >> So, we're just gonna keep *talking* about this without someone stepping >> up and saying "Ok. I can get this done." >> >> Without that, this is just the same old hot air. >> >> > > Did you read the email I sent ea

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Powder

2009-03-31 Thread Cory K.
Sorry for the split reply. @Matthew If you are indeed going to see the creation of this new theme to the end, great. I trust you know as much as any of the older heads around here the amount if ideas that get thrown out there and come to nothing. So if the things that are often discussed (but ra

Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe] media flash various

2009-03-31 Thread Cory K.
spg76 wrote: > I uploaded to the wiki new icons for Compact Flash, Memory Stick and Smart > Media cards. > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/BreatheIconSet/Submissions > Now I'm gonna make something more generic for media-flash. > Oxygen have some kind of chip that I think it represents the one insid

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Countdown Banner

2009-03-31 Thread Chris Tooley
:) already have it up on my site.. I can't contribute much but what I can contribute is a small amount of mind-space for people! -Chrsi On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Matthew Nuzum wrote: > 2009/3/27 Steve Dodier : > > Hello, > > > > Has the PHP version been given up ? > > > > Cordially, SD. >

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Powder

2009-03-31 Thread Matthew Nuzum
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Cory K. wrote: > Sorry for the split reply. > > @Matthew > > If you are indeed going to see the creation of this new theme to the > end, great. I trust you know as much as any of the older heads around > here the amount if ideas that get thrown out there and come t

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Powder

2009-03-31 Thread Matthew Nuzum
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > How do desktops customised by women look like? Are there recurring > themes? > Are there common characteristics women look for in desktop appearance? > Are there common complaints, perceived shortcomings of common offerings? > Do the finding

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Powder

2009-03-31 Thread Cory K.
Matthew Nuzum wrote: > Cory K. wrote: > >> QUESTION: Is the end game to ship w/Ubuntu or a separate package? (I see >> no prior info on this) >> >> > > I am an optimist so I will say that the end-game is to ship with > Ubuntu. That means that there are some compromises that need to be > mad

Re: [ubuntu-art] Community Themes Brainstorm

2009-03-31 Thread Who
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:52 AM, John Baer wrote: > Key points put forward on this list are: > This is awesome :) I'm pleased to see organisation and discussion in a direction away from the default theme. Spot on. I tried to instigate a process like this a few years ago - but there was basically

Re: [ubuntu-art] Community Themes Brainstorm

2009-03-31 Thread Matthew Lye
Anyone wanting to run some themeing tutorials ( GTK themeing + GDM & metacity) in IRC let me know and Ill get it set up for you. There are already packaging tutorials in operation as listed in the Fridge. -Matthew Lye You can do anything you set your mind to when you have vision, determination, a