[ubuntu-art] Wallpaper Aspect Ratio

2010-03-05 Thread John Baer
e displays in use and would ganuratee the best possible presentation from netbook to large screen desktop. What would be left out is some very large screen and dual screen systems. Does this make sense and can Ubuntu support it? John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu

[ubuntu-art] Metacity Button Order Changed

2010-03-04 Thread John Baer
I noticed in today's upgrade (03/04) the order of the metacity's "minimize" and "maximized" buttons changed. In the old metacity the order was; minimize, maximize, close In the new metacity the order is: maximize, minimize, close Is this the desired effect or is this a bug? -- ubuntu-art mail

[ubuntu-art] Community Themes Too Hard To Find

2010-03-03 Thread John Baer
As I installed community themes and I found the only way to locate the package was through Syntapic search. As Software Center becomes the desired software installation tool is there a way to add this package? I am willing to create a screen shot or other required artwork. John -- ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Impression Metacity Updates

2010-01-10 Thread John Baer
om/Artwork/Incoming/Lucid/ImpressionGtkTheme BTW: All of the screen shots are on flickr with links on the wiki and this is working well. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Impression & Night Impression GTK Themes

2010-01-02 Thread John Baer
Hello everyone, I uploaded the Lucid Impression & Night Impression GTK Themes to the Wiki. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Lucid/ImpressionGtkTheme The only issue I am aware of the is the theme icons do not always display as desired in the "Appearance Preferences" dialog. I thought the

Re: [ubuntu-art] Fluid Boot Experience

2009-11-19 Thread John Baer
> > On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 15:37 -0600, Jonathan Blackhall wrote: > >> So I got to thinking about the boot experience today and I was > >> wondering if anyone had any comments on this. > >> > >> First, I think a successful default booting sequence should have 3 > >> characteristics that are currentl

[ubuntu-art] Blogging Ubuntu

2009-11-16 Thread John Baer
One way to actively promote Ubuntu is to blog about it. I put up a blog titled "projBlog" located here http://www.projblog.com/ . I'm new to blogging but the one interesting thing I discovered is how to leverage flickr to enhance your posts. All of the images and the Night Impression slide show ar

Re: [ubuntu-art] Checking In

2009-09-16 Thread John Baer
is ready. Is this weekend too late to build packages for the beta? As the author of Karmic Impression I suggest it not make the cut unless someone else disagrees. Most of my effort went toward creating Night Impression and IMO it adds the most value to ubuntu. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list

[ubuntu-art] Checking In

2009-09-15 Thread John Baer
o the point I would call it beta. I saw a post back in August from Andrew about community themes and I certainly hope Night Impression will make the cut. IMO it would be nice for the community if the community theme package is built and included for the beta (10/1). John -- ubuntu-art mailing

[ubuntu-art] Karmic Alpha 5 - Night Impression Upate

2009-09-04 Thread John Baer
Hello everyone, Karmic (Alpha 5) "Night Impression" theme is available on the Wiki. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/NightImpression All major issues with the theme are resolved. Although not completely dark, I like the result. :) As always comments are welcomed. En

[ubuntu-art] New Version of Night Impression

2009-08-09 Thread John Baer
k bar very well and I will submit a bug shortly. * Adjusted the "highlight_shade" property to provide a smooth transition to tool bars. * Added custom theming to Firefox. * Added custom theming to evolution. The screen shots are from Karmic. Comments are welcomed. John -- ubuntu-a

[ubuntu-art] Introducing Karmic NIght Impression

2009-08-02 Thread John Baer
I uploaded to the wiki an alpha release of a new theme titled Karmic Night Impression which is a theme which sports darker colors. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/NightImpression The screen shots were made with the Alpha 3 release of Karmic which includes a new release of Inkscape

[ubuntu-art] Mozilla Gtk Help

2009-07-17 Thread John Baer
owing gives me nothing. :( widget "MozillaGtkWidget.*Button*.*Label*" style "mozilla-GtkButtons" Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Karmic Impression

2009-07-02 Thread John Baer
away from the bold menu highlights to something light and stylish. Ubuntu Netbook remix menus gave me the inspiration. Other refinements include small changes to the toolbar and toolbar buttons and fixing an issue with text highlighting. Cheers! John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-ar

Re: [ubuntu-art] New Boot Experience in Karmic

2009-06-27 Thread John Baer
not display on my nVidia desktop but did display on my Intel laptop. :/ John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] setting up a meeting

2009-06-06 Thread John Baer
On Sat, 2009-06-06 at 08:56 +0100, Kenneth Wimer wrote: > On Thursday 04 June 2009 01:03:24 spg76 wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Cory K. wrote: > > > Kenneth Wimer wrote: > > > > Cory or Sebastian: could you attend if we held it on Sunday? > > > > > > No as I will be well away from a

Re: [ubuntu-art] setting up a meeting

2009-06-01 Thread John Baer
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Kenneth Wimer wrote: > > Hi all, > > Who would be interested in having an irc meeting to discuss current and > future > community related design issues? > > +1 Great idea! -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/list

Re: [ubuntu-art] extra wallpaper package for Karmic

2009-05-13 Thread John Baer
On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 20:12 +0100, Kenneth Wimer wrote: > On Tuesday 12 May 2009 14:09:05 Thorsten Wilms wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 14:13 +0200, Kenneth Wimer wrote: > > > For Karmic we would like to include a set of high quality desktop > > > backgrounds which are organized according to a p

Re: [ubuntu-art] canonical design team

2009-05-11 Thread John Baer
you > > to Ivanka Majic. Let's give her a hearty welcome. > > > Ken, no need to wait! Ivanka welcome to the team! John :) -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Submitting Backgrounds Images Correctly

2009-05-06 Thread John Baer
Thorsten, Is it your desire all Karmic background submission are placed on the https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Backgrounds page? John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Artwork Team Wiki Page - Final

2009-05-06 Thread John Baer
On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 12:50 +0100, Saleel wrote: > Kenneth Wimer wrote: > > On Tuesday 05 May 2009 03:50:42 John Baer wrote: > > > Assuming no news is good news I have put the final touches on the > > > Artwork Team Wiki page mock up. > > > > >

[ubuntu-art] Artwork Team Wiki Page - Final

2009-05-04 Thread John Baer
Assuming no news is good news I have put the final touches on the Artwork Team Wiki page mock up. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnBaer/SandBox Ken & Thorsten I would like to move this page into production. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu

[ubuntu-art] Wiki Annotations - Ubuntu People - Artwork Draft 4

2009-05-03 Thread John Baer
ojwiki.com/index.cgi/UbuntuArtworkTeam My questions are: 1) Do the annotations add value? 2) Which Artwork Team home page has the most appeal? For comparison I direct you to: Fedora: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork openSUSE: http://en.opensuse.org/Artwork John -- ubuntu-art mailing l

Re: [ubuntu-art] what colour-palette to use for karmic

2009-05-03 Thread John Baer
al. +1 I would add if this team isn't leading Canonical then we may not be adding value. Alex & others ... If you have an idea on how to improve Ubuntu put it on the wiki as a submission and let's discuss here. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Artwork Wiki Page - Draft 2 (Kenneth Wimer)

2009-05-02 Thread John Baer
On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 17:17 +0100, Kenneth Wimer wrote: > On Thursday 30 April 2009 04:02:00 John Baer wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 11:39 +0100, > ubuntu-art-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com > > > > wrote: > > > Message: 4 > > > Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009

Re: [ubuntu-art] Artwork Wiki Page - Draft 2

2009-04-30 Thread John Baer
9870.kw...@ubuntu.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Thursday 30 April 2009 04:02:00 John Baer wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 11:39 +0100, > ubuntu-art-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com > > > > wrote: > > > Message: 4 > > &g

[ubuntu-art] Work Theme

2009-04-30 Thread John Baer
wondering if they would > be an acceptable contribution to the list and to the wiki. > Yes! Submit your ideas to the wiki (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic) and let's discuss on the list. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Planning for UDS

2009-04-30 Thread John Baer
ype: text/plain > > On Wed, 2009-04-29 at 06:14 -0400, John Baer wrote: > > > I see from the Launchpad Blueprint for UDS 7 items titled > > "design-karmic" assigned to Ivanka Majic with a priority of > undefined. > > > > Is this a discussion fo

Re: [ubuntu-art] Open Week, sabdfl on artwork

2009-04-30 Thread John Baer
On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 00:05 +0100, Ryan Prior wrote: > Message: 13 > Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:05:39 -0500 > From: Ryan Prior > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Open Week, sabdfl on artwork > To: Discussion on Ubuntu artwork > Message-ID: > <1172c9070904291605t490b74bale254f393b0f1e...@mail.gmai

Re: [ubuntu-art] Artwork Wiki Page - Draft 2

2009-04-29 Thread John Baer
9.3463.9.ca...@charly> > Content-Type: text/plain > > On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 17:06 -0400, John Baer wrote: > > > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnBaer/SandBox > > > I left justified the graphics and adjusted the text formatting. > > I'm for putting this in

[ubuntu-art] Planning for UDS

2009-04-29 Thread John Baer
arcelona, 25-29 May" I see from the Launchpad Blueprint for UDS 7 items titled "design-karmic" assigned to Ivanka Majic with a priority of undefined. Is this a discussion for the list? John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Artwork Wiki Page - Draft 2

2009-04-27 Thread John Baer
On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 15:40 +0100, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > On Sun, 2009-04-26 at 21:23 -0400, John Baer wrote: > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnBaer/SandBox > > > > Thoughts? > > "Team Ambassador: Christina Kokott"? > Did I miss something? Not t

[ubuntu-art] Artwork Wiki Page - Draft 2

2009-04-26 Thread John Baer
Thorsten & Team, The following is draft 2 of a "mockup" of the Artwork Team wiki page. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnBaer/SandBox Thoughts? John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Artwork Team Wiki Page Mockup

2009-04-23 Thread John Baer
Thorsten, Thanks for the comments. Will try to have a draft 2 ready in a couple of days. :) -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Lines of Authority - Controlled Membership

2009-04-22 Thread John Baer
ill validate our requirements are satisfied? In the case of Fedora I believe any existing team member can validate a request for membership. I believe this will work for us but in all cases the final decision is Ken's or Ken's delegate. Why do I feel this will work? Ubuntu depends on Can

[ubuntu-art] Artwork Team Wiki Page Mockup

2009-04-21 Thread John Baer
represent community-theme and community-theme-extras packages which is the target of our development effort. This is my attempt to address some of the concerns in the "Gettin' our @ $$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring." thread. Thoughts? John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-a

[ubuntu-art] newest member - Christina Kokott

2009-04-21 Thread John Baer
be first point of contact for web > queries. Christina, Welcome to the team. If you need any help just let us know. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring.

2009-04-19 Thread John Baer
s) * GTK Themes * Icons or Icon Themes * Sounds or Sound Themes * Usplash Themes * Other(?) Let this categorization be the bases on how community themes are packaged. I would keep the best of show package small, and if desired because we have to many good choices (Yea!), make an "extras" package. Add to the above creating count-down banners, posters, and responding to other art related requests (e.g. wiki artwork), this team will become very active. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Community Themes Wiki Page Update (Thorsten Wilms)

2009-04-16 Thread John Baer
On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 13:39 +0100, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 22:32 -0400, John Baer wrote: > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnBaer/SandBox > > > If agreed, I will move the content to the official page. > > You have my blessing. > > Ju

Re: [ubuntu-art] Need Launchpad Help (Kenneth Wimer)

2009-04-16 Thread John Baer
On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 12:54 +0100, Kenneth Wimer wrote: > On Sunday 12 April 2009 21:31:30 John Baer wrote: > > I added "Impression" to Launchpad @ > https://launchpad.net/impression . > > > > Currently a 192x192px image titled "product-mugshot" i

[ubuntu-art] Community Themes Wiki Page Update

2009-04-15 Thread John Baer
I reworked the Community Themes Wiki Page and placed the draft here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnBaer/SandBox I see two specific goals for community themes. 1. Enhance the user experience of Ubuntu by creating high quality alternate themes which are available from the repositories. 2. Advocate

[ubuntu-art] Defining the Artwork Team Goals and Objectives

2009-04-13 Thread John Baer
ontent and advocating the use of open source creative tools." The vision statement broadly defines who we are and is usually only a sentence or two. Your thoughts? John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Status of Community Themes

2009-04-13 Thread John Baer
Ken, I have not seen an updated package for "community-themes" come through. Do you know the status? Thanks, John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Mandating usage of free tools - reflections

2009-04-12 Thread John Baer
an opportunity for change. Thank you for bringing this forward and for your contributions to this team. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Need Launchpad Help

2009-04-12 Thread John Baer
I added "Impression" to Launchpad @ https://launchpad.net/impression . Currently a 192x192px image titled "product-mugshot" is displayed to the left. https://launchpad.net/@@/product-mugshot How does one change this image? Thanks, John -- ubuntu-art mai

Re: [ubuntu-art] Mandating usage of free tools.

2009-04-12 Thread John Baer
Preserving vector graphics, raster layers and channels is important for such materials." We currently don't have a goals and objectives page for the team but if we did I would advocate the use of free tools be there. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com http

Re: [ubuntu-art] WikiDesign Wiki Page

2009-04-09 Thread John Baer
> Content-Type: text/plain > > On Thu, 2009-04-09 at 06:13 -0400, John Baer wrote: > > Thorsten, > > > > I would like to change the WikiDesign wiki page to simply list the > > content of the Artwork category (the bottom half of the current > page). >

Re: [ubuntu-art] Numerals for the Ubuntu version number

2009-04-09 Thread John Baer
Alternatives and tweaks welcome, I simply want a single solution for > this! > > > -- > Thorsten Wilms > > thorwil's design for free software: > http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ > > Thorsten, Great idea! As the targeted use is version numbers my preference is t

[ubuntu-art] WikiDesign Wiki Page

2009-04-09 Thread John Baer
age design. Sebastian, I have an idea which uses your accessories-dictionary breathe icon submission if that is ok. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Organizing Artwork Wiki

2009-04-06 Thread John Baer
document the outcome when the effort is complete. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Organizing Artwork Wiki

2009-04-05 Thread John Baer
On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 23:04 +0100, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 10:03 -0400, John Baer wrote: > > > IMO we should lay out and agree to the desired organizational > structure > > of our pages and then move content to this structure. > > I have to

[ubuntu-art] Organizing Artwork Wiki

2009-04-05 Thread John Baer
e tasks to achieve the agreed result. One thing I noticed is wiki response time is not as good as it should be. A good example is the "WikiDesign" page. I don't know if the solution is tweaks to MoinMoin or adding more hardware. :) John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-a

Re: [ubuntu-art] Community Themes - Jaunty

2009-04-03 Thread John Baer
t; Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" > > On Friday 03 April 2009 02:23:27 Andrew wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 6:09 PM, John Baer wrote: > > > Andrew, > > > > > > What is the status of the community-themes package for Jaunty? If &

Re: [ubuntu-art] Community Themes - Jaunty (Andrew)

2009-04-02 Thread John Baer
On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 01:23 +0100, Andrew Starr-Bochicchio wrote: > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 6:09 PM, John Baer wrote: > > Andrew, > > > > What is the status of the community-themes package for Jaunty? If > the > > package is ready I would like to see this pushe

Re: [ubuntu-art] Tricky Wiki (Thorsten Wilms)

2009-04-02 Thread John Baer
page. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] My Return (Thorsten Wilms)

2009-04-02 Thread John Baer
> the > first place! Damn me. > > > Thanks guys, and congratulations to tacone for being the first to > notice > and state the day ;) > > (Really thought there had been clues enough. Poor Kenneth) > > > -- > Thorsten Wilms Sad to see you go, glad you're back! (lo

[ubuntu-art] Community Themes - Jaunty

2009-04-02 Thread John Baer
assist in any way that I can. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Community Themes Guidelines Wiki Page

2009-04-02 Thread John Baer
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:00 AM, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 21:31 -0400, John Baer wrote: > > Realizing there are some emails on this topic I haven't read, my desire > > is to get this out for review, comments, and improvements. > > > &

[ubuntu-art] Community Themes Guidelines Wiki Page

2009-04-01 Thread John Baer
fy as needed. I'm not very available the next few days so I will catch up on the email threads this weekend. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Community Themes Brainstorm

2009-03-30 Thread John Baer
Key points put forward on this list are: 1) Define guidelines for inclusion 2) Define milestones and deadlines dates 3) Define the decision process I would add ... 4) Define the process to remove a submission 5) Define packaging and support requirements Are there others? John -- ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-art] Karmic Questions

2009-03-30 Thread John Baer
omething/community-themes/community > >>-themes > >> > >> Hope that helps. It would be a shame for nothing to happen to the > >> package... > > > > I'll check it out and get back to you...Sunday here, family time! > > > > Have a great and relaxing Sunday! Thanks for your work on this. > > - Andrew > My thoughts exactly. My question is support. Would bug reports come to community themes or directly to the community project. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Request To Join Team

2009-03-29 Thread John Baer
As I scrolled through the Art Team membership list on launchpad I did not find my name. :( May I be counted as a member of the Team. Thanks, John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Gathering Membership Opinion

2009-03-29 Thread John Baer
There are times when the desire is to capture the opinion of the membership of this list in order to direct some future action. How does one use the Artwork Team poll in launchpad? John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Community Themes is a great Opprotunity

2009-03-29 Thread John Baer
(e.g. no copy righted material, agreed architecture, etc). Just my thoughts ... John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Karmic Questions

2009-03-28 Thread John Baer
ned with Ubuntu in mind they may add value to other open source projects. :) It would have been nice to see some items land in community-themes but that effort did not bear fruit. As you plan for Karmic that should be a topic for discussion. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Countdown Banner

2009-03-26 Thread John Baer
On Wed, 2009-03-25 at 23:42 +, Michael Stephenson wrote: > 2009/3/25 Matthew Nuzum > > > 2009/3/25 John Baer : > > > Jaunty Beta is out tomorrow, what is the status of the count down > > > banner? > > > > > > > If you were on the web p

[ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Countdown Banner

2009-03-25 Thread John Baer
Jaunty Beta is out tomorrow, what is the status of the count down banner? :) -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Supporting Community Themes

2009-03-24 Thread John Baer
higher) on the Impression submission home page. My question is how does one volunteer to provide this type of support? John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Impression Wiki Page Updates

2009-03-23 Thread John Baer
Thanks everyone for your votes and comments. As promised, I polished the "Impression" wiki home page adding the Kyūdō methodology. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/Impression John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailma

Re: [ubuntu-art] community-themes package on jaunty

2009-03-20 Thread John Baer
.1) jaunty; urgency=low * Initial release: (LP: #335888) - "Dust" and "Dust Sand" by Ricardo Mariano II, from lp:dusttheme r52. - "New Wave" by Dilomo, from lp:anton r6. -- Martin Pitt < martin.p...@ubuntu.com> Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:28:13 +0100 * John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Final Changes To Impression Submission Complete

2009-03-19 Thread John Baer
. As time permits in the coming days I plan to polish the wiki pages in anticipation of release. :) John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 45, Issue 58

2009-03-19 Thread John Baer
> seem to be on theirs :p). There probably are people making artwork for > Kubuntu, and they probably need people to help them ;) > I would add there are other choices you want to consider as well and they are listed on the wiki. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty John

[ubuntu-art] Jaunty Background - Boat

2009-03-17 Thread John Baer
Just to mix it up a bit I created a dark background titled "Boat". https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/Impression/BoatBackground Cheers, John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Get It In Gear Background

2009-03-12 Thread John Baer
I added another Jaunty background to the wiki. The image is shown with a black background color. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/Impression/GearBackground John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Submission Tweaks

2009-03-10 Thread John Baer
Metacity I made a minor tweak to the Impression Metacity theme. The close prelight presentation was very bold so I backed it off by reducing the size of the band. The prelight band widths are now: Close: 7px Max: 3px Min: 5px By default the Widgets are 11px. In prelight they grow to 14px. When

Re: [ubuntu-art] Jaunty Highway Background

2009-03-10 Thread John Baer
On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 12:00 +, ubuntu-art-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 21:02:01 -0600 > From: david zondlo > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Jaunty Highway Background > To: Discussion on Ubuntu artwork > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; c

[ubuntu-art] Jaunty Highway Background

2009-03-09 Thread John Baer
I posted another Jaunty background for your consideration. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/Impression/HighwayBackground The snapshot shows the image with a customizable vertical gradient color scheme. The format is 2560x1600 as suggested by Cory K. (thanks!) John -- ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Alpha 5

2009-03-07 Thread John Baer
/Impression IMO your concept is AWESOME and the more I use it the better I like it. Thank you!! John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Alpha 5

2009-03-05 Thread John Baer
9-1" > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:22 AM, Joseph wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 7:01 AM, Joseph wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 9:44 PM, John Baer wrote: > >> > >>> On Sun, 2009-03-01 at 06:54 +, Jonathan Blackhall wrot

Re: [ubuntu-art] Fwd: Wallpaper again

2009-03-05 Thread John fox
Nice, just a thought, maybe if you colud try to incorporate a small jackalope in the grey area would be cool, goes with system versioning and all ;) however you don't really want it to obvious, solta more of a shadow fox - Dum vita est, spes est. On Mar 5, 2009, at 17:55, Mads Rosendah

[ubuntu-art] Impression Metacity Update

2009-03-04 Thread John Baer
t; file on the Impression page titled "ImpressionDot.tar.gz". John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Alpha 5

2009-03-04 Thread John Baer
t; Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > John, > > what about this Metacity? It's a permitted round button :D > > Sincerly Oliver Scholtz > -- next part -- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: ubuntu_impressio

[ubuntu-art] LDM needs a shiny new login

2009-03-02 Thread John Baer
t; Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi all, > > LDM needs a shiny new login screen for Jaunty...certainly someone is > interested in helping out? > > Questions or help can be sent to this list, myself and St?phane > directly. > > -- >

Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Alpha 5

2009-03-02 Thread John Baer
ke in your example. They even >> look pretty decent in "dashed" presentation, IMO. Ryan, As soon as time permits I will give your idea a try. :) John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Alpha 5

2009-03-02 Thread John Baer
with it, because it's too similar to the Mac-Design. :) > Sincerly Oliver Scholtz Thank you ... John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Alpha 5

2009-03-01 Thread John Baer
for frame control widgets is not from OSX. The symbolism comes from the Ubuntu logo. As the Impression theme design is based on Ubuntu, IMO it makes sense. As the widgets are small it is difficult to craft icons which display detail. However, if you hover your mouse over the widget a description

[ubuntu-art] FastBoot Background

2009-03-01 Thread John Baer
I added another background to the collection. This one is an abstract of fast boot. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/Impression/FastBootBackground John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Message Background

2009-03-01 Thread John Baer
I added a new background to wiki which is an abstract of Jaunty's "new message system" concept. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/Impression/MsgBackground John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Alpha 5 GDM

2009-02-28 Thread John Baer
Jaunty Alpha 5 has a new and dramatically different GDM. IMO the presentation is great with a large screen but a little cramp-y @ 1024x768. I really like the way Jaunty boots. It sounds like usplash will get some attention in "9.10". John -- ubuntu-art mailing list

[ubuntu-art] Impression Alpha 5

2009-02-28 Thread John Baer
ing/Jaunty/Impression/Gtkrc John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Metacity Updates

2009-02-22 Thread John Baer
On Sun, 2009-02-22 at 21:44 +, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > On Sun, 2009-02-22 at 12:44 -0500, John Baer wrote: > > I updated the wiki with my latest thoughts on metacity controls. > > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/Impression/Metacity > > >

Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Metacity Updates

2009-02-22 Thread John Baer
moment I am going to use this theme to see how it goes. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Metacity Updates

2009-02-21 Thread John Baer
tu.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > John Baer wrote: > > I adjusted the Impression metacity controls to reflect the comments > I > > have received and created a wiki page to show the changes. > > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incomin

[ubuntu-art] Impression Metacity Updates

2009-02-21 Thread John Baer
add value. If you have the time and would like to contribute please post your effort to the wiki page or this list. As always comments are welcome. Cheers, John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 44, Issue 29

2009-02-19 Thread John Baer
re rather close to each other. I suggest using a cool > color > for minimize. Agreed. I really like the concept but it doesn't play out as well as I would like. Thanks, John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Impression Kyudo Update

2009-02-19 Thread John Baer
and why this makes sense. If the criteria of usability is simply good looks, every theme submitted to "gnome-look.org" passes this test. I believe the desire of Kyudo is more. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Applying Kyudo To Impression

2009-02-15 Thread John Baer
/KyudoPage01 Thorsten, your comments would be greatly appreciated. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Jaunty Wallpaper (Kenneth Wimer)

2009-02-14 Thread John Baer
n is would this be considered "too new" applying the "Kyudo" standard? In addition there is some info on the wiki relative to a face-book GDM. Is this a go, or is this an effort to be developed using the "Kyudo" process? Finally, I applaud your vision with "Kyudo

[ubuntu-art] GDM Login

2009-02-11 Thread John Baer
owser effort is not going forward or will be delayed. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/Impression John -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Artwork Deadline One (John Baer)

2009-02-11 Thread John Baer
ge. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/Impression/Background The last image is simply to point out he is there. The antlers get a bit lost in the straw but you get the idea. I want to create something for the GDM login background to complete this theme. John BTW: If you come up with a backgr

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