Re: [ubuntu-art] Bad visual metaphors

2007-03-01 Thread Lapo Calamandrei
2007/3/1, Alex Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [SNIP] 1. Save. Nobody uses floppy disks anymore! We need an updated metaphor, even if it's just some stupid abstract symbol that doesn't really represent something in the real world - as long as one can grow to associate it

Re: [ubuntu-art] Update-notifier icon

2007-02-14 Thread Lapo Calamandrei
I checked the naimng specs, it contemplate software-update-available and software-update-urgent: software-update-available: The icon used when an update is available for software installed on the computing device, through the system software update program. software-update-urgent: The icon used

Re: [ubuntu-art] Update-notifier icon

2007-02-14 Thread Lapo Calamandrei
2007/2/14, Kenneth Wimer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [SNIP] I really liked the version with the computer on top :-) Another idea would be to use the orange version for normal updates and the red version for urgent updates. uhm, since I'm colorblind I'm not to fond on color coding, I think those needs

Re: [ubuntu-art] Update-notifier icon

2007-02-14 Thread Lapo Calamandrei
This is what I have in mind for software-update-available and the uparrow-exclamationmark for software-update-urgent (eventually), the orange arrow should tie the two icons together. These icons (I prefer the one at the bottom) should work for our current needs imho (generic update available

Re: [ubuntu-art] Update-notifier icon

2007-02-14 Thread Lapo Calamandrei
2007/2/14, Kenneth Wimer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [SNIP] The exclamation mark in the bottom one is kinda hard for me to see/understand and having the box in the front seems to make the icon look a bit too busy for my tastes. I mean the previous one, affing stuff to the latest icons is not really

Re: [ubuntu-art] Update-notifier icon

2007-02-13 Thread Lapo Calamandrei
2007/2/13, Mark Shuttleworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I like the idea of the up arrow, it does seem to symbolize upgrading or improving. Needs to go along with something, though. Since the icon needs to be bold the dominant color should be something like red or orage, I can try to push in the

Re: [ubuntu-art] Update-notifier icon

2007-02-13 Thread Lapo Calamandrei
2007/2/13, David Prieto [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On mar, 2007-02-13 at 22:38 +0100, Lapo Calamandrei wrote: What about something like these? That red arrow looks GREAT! continuing with the arrow trend, here's another try with a stylized computer on it Lapo system-update-available-alt.png

Re: [ubuntu-art] The shredder icon for delete sucks

2006-12-21 Thread Lapo Calamandrei
2006/12/21, Nacho de los Ríos Tormo [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Nacho de los Ríos wrote: The icons suck, and the metaphors suck. They have to be replaced Very counterproductive and negative approach. Free software design has a little growing room, and you could get in on the ground floor

Re: [ubuntu-art] scalable vector graphics image editor

2006-06-18 Thread Lapo Calamandrei
Gimp is not a vectorial illustration program, btw there is a plugin that let you open svg, if you're on ubuntu just install gimp-svgCiaoLapo -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] A request

2006-06-12 Thread Lapo Calamandrei
Hi Michiel,You can use every tool you prefer in my opinion. BTW for icons in tangerine I'd like to have the source file in bzr as well (like we do for tango-icon-theme and for g-i-t upstream) and those source file should be either in xcf (gimp format) or svg, since you cannot force people to use

Re: [ubuntu-art] // External opinions on Ubuntu Art //

2006-05-30 Thread Lapo Calamandrei
That would be great! -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Gray fix

2006-05-30 Thread Lapo Calamandrei
Hi people, here's a quick fix to make the panel menu bar looks better using gray theme, see the screenshot attached:--- /usr/share/themes/Gray/gtk-2.0/gtkrc 2006-05-30 10:48:40.0 +0200+++ gtkrc 2006-05-30 22:43: 01.0 +0200@@ -1763,3 +1763,5 @@# prevent Sodipodi from crashingclass

Re: [ubuntu-art] Firefox Human theme 0.1 released

2006-05-05 Thread Lapo Calamandrei
Hi Frank,really nice theme, I think you should have a look at tango firefox theme by Nico Kaiser and Garret LaSage, they do some interesting thing in the prefs dialog for example, you can find it at https://addons.mozilla.org/themes/moreinfo.php?id=1565Can you explain what you mean by vertically