[ubuntu-art] Community Council nominations and confirmation polls

2007-04-23 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Members of the Ubuntu community, We have 5 nominations to expand the community council, and voting starts today. Each candidate is standing individually, so there are 5 separate votes. If a majority of the voters approve that candidate, then (s)he will be confirmed as a new member of the CC with

Re: [ubuntu-art] Update-notifier icon

2007-02-13 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Lapo Calamandrei wrote: What about something like these? Lapo *Really* like the arrows, the orange one suits me better but I could live with the red one too. Ken? Mark -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubunt

Re: [ubuntu-art] Update-notifier icon

2007-02-13 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
I like the idea of the up arrow, it does seem to symbolize "upgrading" or "improving". Needs to go along with something, though. Mark -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Update-notifier icon

2007-02-12 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Étienne Bersac wrote: > I don't want agressive. The red hat example is far too annoying for my > taste. And may be very disturbing. (Especially in development release, i > sometimes let updates awaiting). > > The two points are : > > * Icon is not consistent with panel icon. I just had an id

Re: [ubuntu-art] Update-notifier icon

2007-02-12 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Étienne Bersac wrote: > As i noticed during the dapper cycle, the update-notifier icon is wrong. > It has one goal : tell the user to manually trigger update. I notice > that neither my father nor my mother nor any other membres of my family > understood that (that's almost all the clueless people

Re: [ubuntu-art] A word of thanks to all of you

2006-10-24 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
For my part I'd like to thank Frank for holding things together across a highly divergent and artistic crowd! We've learned a great deal, and in the end I think the result is excellent - Edgy's art is all community-contributed. Please use this thread to comment on the experience of Edgy, and

Re: [ubuntu-art] good job on the usplash!

2006-10-23 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Jakub Steiner wrote: the last update finally revealed a well executed usplash. While still a bit on the bubblegum side, it's nice and polished. Good job! Thanks Jakub - that's high praise indeed coming from the man who's defined the look of so much great free software! Well done guys.

Re: [ubuntu-art] [OLS] Getting us a FeatureFreeze exception

2006-10-16 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
We will get an exception if Frank and his team deliver the needed graphics. It's looking good so far. Please  keep traffic on this subject to a minimum - what's needed now is time for Frank to do his bit. Mark -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/

Re: [ubuntu-art] Reversion to Dapper Artwork

2006-10-12 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Toby Smithe wrote: This second clause rather contradicts the first (in the second sentence). We have invested a huge amount of time, but you're still prepared to waste that when people have spent their own spare time, for free, on it? I don't consider it a waste. We have all learned a lot a

Re: [ubuntu-art] Reversion to Dapper Artwork

2006-10-12 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Reverting to Dapper would not be a great outcome - but it would be preferable to shipping with artwork that does not meet our standards. We've invested a huge amount of time and effort in the Edgy art community process, and thus far we don't have a final set of images that IMO cut the mustard.

Re: [ubuntu-art] Last minute logo love leaves littler outlines

2006-10-10 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Who wrote: These fix those issues in a few ways I know you said no gradients on the gloss, but I tried it the other way around on 18 anyway as a 'see what we can see' experiement. It was an attempt to make the text feel somehow darker but the gloss line still visible... It took 3

Re: [ubuntu-art] Last minute logo love leaves littler outlines

2006-10-10 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Who wrote: Here are some brighter ones (if I go any brighter then I will be less true to the colours of the logo...) with the text changed as suggested. I used 85% because 90% was undetectable - perhaps my monitor is funny? OK, these are looking good. Some more comments.  * don't

Re: [ubuntu-art] Last minute logo love leaves littler outlines

2006-10-09 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Who wrote: Here are the more saturated versions: I have also worked on the style of highlight on the text - I hope people like it now... https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan/Polish/Incoming?action=""> It's like a 'build your own logo' system - choose a logo and a

Re: [ubuntu-art] Last minute logo love leaves littler outlines

2006-10-09 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
The edging here is much better. I can't wait to see them without the blowout white! Mark -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] New emblems are complete! (update)

2006-10-04 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Ivan Sagalaev wrote: While such a unification might be good from the artists point of view it's not that good for usability. Three primary characteristics by which humans distinguish things are form, color and pattern. These icons eliminate form recognition (they are all round) and the or

Re: [ubuntu-art] New emblems are complete! (update)

2006-10-04 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Eric Schwenke wrote: I don't understand completely the question, but I'll do my best to answer. I have created these set to have a new human like style for the emblems in these dialog (attached). The idea for this, comes from the small orange circle with a house, on the bottom of the "home f

Re: [ubuntu-art] New emblems are complete! (update)

2006-10-04 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Eric Schwenke wrote: Sry for filling the mailing list, but in mind of some critic i have an updatet version of my set created. Changes: - Gloss effect like the human folder one (more consistent) - Added a orange color version, in mind of human consistent The Orange version looks like it

Re: [ubuntu-art] New emblems are complete! (update)

2006-10-04 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Jesse Schalken wrote: Could we have the icons abide by the Tango specification? I think they need that 'double dark-light border' that allows them to be visible against any background, but otherwise they are perfect. Tango is not the default schema for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-art mailing l

Re: [ubuntu-art] List moderation : first step done.

2006-10-02 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Effraie - thank you! -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] [polish] FreshWaves Splash Screen

2006-10-02 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
That's nice Viper, but it's completely different to the directions I've given Frank and the art team to focus on for the Edgy release. Please everybody, let's focus this list ONLY on the pieces we are creating for the default theme of the Edgy release. If you want to help, please read the pag

Re: [ubuntu-art] gtk2-engines-murrine iinto Universe?

2006-09-30 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Viper550 wrote: Andrea Cimitan wrote: I would like to ask someone to add murrine engine into *at least* universe, because supporting for free the ubuntu community is becoming a little difficult for me since at the moment I haven't an ubuntu box on my pc (so i can't package).

[ubuntu-art] Kubuntu Edgy

2006-09-28 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
...just upgrade to Edgy on my Kubuntu desktop. It's wow. A thing of great beauty. Well done Ken. Mark -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] panel background

2006-09-27 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Frank Schoep wrote: There is (also) an aesthetic problem with several applets and gadgets that can be added to the panel which ignore the panel background. Some of them look great until you hover over them, at that moment they start looking like a push button which drops the whole facade of

Re: [ubuntu-art] panel background

2006-09-27 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
effraie wrote: i'll try put them here : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/EffraiePanel I think the panel needs to look quite different from our window borders and dialog backgrounds. At the moment, part of the problem is that the panel looks too similar to the menu bar, of an app, and to the in

[ubuntu-art] Restarting art.ubuntu.com

2006-09-26 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
In late July the Art Team requested that art.ubuntu.com be shut down so that it could be replaced with "something better". It's now late September, and nothing better has actually been delivered, so I think it's necessary to ask the art team to turn art.ubuntu.com back on so that the community

Re: [ubuntu-art] Knot 3 Wallpaper - comment

2006-09-26 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michiel Sikma wrote: That is total nonsense. It's a very good wallpaper, and I don't think that the balance its composition currently holds should be compromised because a design element vaguely reminds you of a logo. That's just silly. Michiel, please observe the code of conduct i

Re: [ubuntu-art] [WIKI] Defining the sabdfl aesthetic

2006-09-18 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Thanks for doing this Troy. I can appreciate that I'm difficult to please, and it's useful at least to know what's worked in the past. It's easiest for me to give feedback in person or at least by voice. Can we organise a conference call for the AiC, Jmak, myself and yourself to discuss the s

Re: [ubuntu-art] Apologies

2006-09-13 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Jesse Schalken wrote: My deepest apologies to anyone who had interpreted a previous email of mine as offensive to the artist who had created the work in question. Apology accepted - now let's get this artwork to rock! Jmak, you and Troy both have excellent elements in your work. Can we g

Re: [ubuntu-art] Announcing: Fonty Python - TTF Font manager for Gnu/Linux

2006-09-13 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Donn wrote: With Fonty Python you can select ttf fonts and put them into "pogs" (from the word typography). You can place fonts into pogs from a folder or from another pog. You then install the pog you need. After that, you fire-up Inkscape (or Gimp, or Sodipodi, or Blender etc) and thos

Re: [ubuntu-art] Edgy's current art looks like fecal matter :O

2006-09-12 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Jasper Schalken wrote: I know I'm being blunt, but it's true. It's dark brown, it's lumpy, and it has red and green streaks running through it. Not a pleasant combination :P. This is NOT constructive criticism of someone else's work! Please choose your words more carefully in future. In my op

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu panel background proposal

2006-09-09 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Álvaro Medina Ballester wrote: Hi!!! I'm agree with jmak and Jan, transparent panel makes less readable everything but, yes, first impression can be cool. But if we put it in Edgy because it's cool we're going very wrong. Let me explain some short reasons: 1.- First of all, the gnome pa

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu panel background proposal

2006-09-09 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
jmak wrote: I have the feeling that transparency will meet with the same fate as the flash intro. Now, it is cool and fun but it has plenty of drawbacks. Disregarding their resource hungriness, they diminish text legibility and in general make the desktop look more chaotic and disorganized

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu panel background proposal

2006-09-09 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
PingunZ wrote: Honestly I don't like that at all, sorry. The transparant background may look nice when no windows are open but when there are, it looks very cheap. What I prefer is a background image ( not-transparant ) and it should fit the GTK theme. I attached a screenshot of my panel. I

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu panel background proposal

2006-09-09 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
I far prefer the "semi-transparent" panel idea that someone posted a little while ago. I think the Panel should have a very distinctive look, and not be Grey at all! That goes for the Panel menu items as well as the Panel itself. Mark -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-art] Workflow management

2006-09-07 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Nathan Eckenrode wrote: There is some interesting work happening over here at http://kollabor8.toegristle.com/ I am not certain of the software which is being used , but I think that this is the sort of idea that you are looking for. Yes, this is very close to what I want! I tihnk we nee

[ubuntu-art] Workflow management

2006-09-07 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
The thread on shifting to the Forums made me think a little about the value of good supporting tools. The wiki is absolutely not optimal for a lot of what the artwork team needs to do. For example, there is just no support for revisioning *images* over time. I would like to be able to watch a

Re: [ubuntu-art] Glass panels - just a thought

2006-09-01 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote: Completely unrelated and out of sync to Edgy release cycle I put up a glass panel suggestion on the wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/GlassPanel I've been using it on my desktop for a few days and thought - "Hey, the artwork team has been goin

Re: [ubuntu-art] Fwd: Re: Pretty System Consoles

2006-09-01 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Matthew Nuzum wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am pretty uncertain as to whether the usplash can/will be made to do more colors for edgy, so I would not hold my breath on that. Forgive the naive question: * Must it be a single animated image, or can it be a series of i

Re: [ubuntu-art] Matte and Gloss work

2006-08-26 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Who wrote: (in the course of it I changed my glossy logo, thoughts on the ones at the ed vs the ones at the beginning?) I like the one you selected for the GDM screens. There's a sizing issue, where the "ubuntu" is too small relative to the logo, but the "chiselled glass" look with the

Re: [ubuntu-art] ubuntuartist.org icon attribution

2006-08-25 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Jakub Steiner wrote: Howdy, I'm not really sure if this is the right list for this request, but there is a good chance there is the person responsible for the ubuntuforums.org skin subscribed here. Currently the footer is attributing the used icon artwork to Canonical Ltd. Can you please hav

[ubuntu-art] Gtk / Metacity changes

2006-08-23 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
After the correspondence between Michiel and I on the list, Frank mailed me to point out this page which gives a fuller picture of the discussion that has happened so far.   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/PolishHumanGTKTheme/Incoming Overall I'm very impressed with the commentary there

[ubuntu-art] Sound on boot

2006-08-23 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Hi Daniel Now that we have an effort underway to produce high quality sounds for Edgy, I wonder if we shouldn't set things up so that a sound is played on boot, when ALSA is loaded and configured? Daniel, would you look into that? I think it should be a configurable sound (for people willing

Re: [ubuntu-art] Some guidelines for consideration

2006-08-23 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michiel Sikma wrote: I do think it is very powerful, and if the drop down menu is kept, perhaps we can think about making it appear in the same style as the rest of the design instead of consisting of a default drop down menu as any would be rendered. The bottom part of the screen is brown and

Re: [ubuntu-art] Styles/looks discussion

2006-08-23 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michiel Sikma wrote: Just so this is clear: if anything I make is not accepted, then this is fine. It does, however, seem very awkward to me that the artist-in-chief specifically starts up the efforts to polish the Human GTK theme, then applauds efforts I exert in doing just that, only for it t

Re: [ubuntu-art] Some guidelines for consideration

2006-08-23 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michiel Sikma wrote: It's a little unfortunate that the "shut down", "restart", etc. buttons are now in a drop-down box, which I think kind of seems out of place when opened. I'd rather have those buttons on the GDM screen itself, like Breezy did. We made that change explicitly to simplify the

Re: [ubuntu-art] Styles/looks discussion

2006-08-23 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michiel Sikma wrote: This is ridiculous. So even though it was asked by Frank to polish the Human GTK theme, going as far as to start a wikipage dedicated to it and advertising it on the mailing list (and not minding the fact that I did so afterwards), apparently we're now dropping it

Re: [ubuntu-art] Styles/looks discussion

2006-08-22 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Frank Schoep wrote: One goal I set for myself was to _only_ use ideas and sketches that came up during our collaborative brainstorming. I want the artwork we're producing to be the sum of our collaboration to showcase what we can do with the team, basically the end-goal of our new proc

[ubuntu-art] Some guidelines for consideration

2006-08-22 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Hi guys We had a fantastic experience at LinuxWorld San Francisco last week, with tremendous interest in the community and commercial stands for Ubuntu at the expo. Jane briefed me on feedback from the conference, and there were a couple of items that I think are worth passing on to you, becau

Re: [ubuntu-art] Styles/looks discussion

2006-08-21 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michiel Sikma wrote: I think it's very beneficial to get this discussion going a little bit. What do you guys think about the styles and looks? Agreed Michiel - thanks for kicking it off! Mark -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/l

Re: [ubuntu-art] R: [TT-Tropic] New Version + Open Casting Call for SplashScreens!

2006-08-19 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Title: R: [ubuntu-art] [TT-Tropic] New Version + Open Casting Call for SplashScreens! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Want anything more from my engine? Another problem is that murrine isn't in official repos... It should at the very least be in universe. I'm sure Frank Schoep wil

Re: [ubuntu-art] Starting the Produce phase for Edgy Eft

2006-08-19 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Just a quick note to say thanks to Frank for getting the ball rolling on the Produce phase. Having had a look over the "Propose" phase results I'm very, very excited! I think there are some excellent visual themes there that will make Edgy look really distinctive. So, to all who are participa

Re: [ubuntu-art] Excellent sound work

2006-08-15 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
That's excellent. I think it would be worth chatting to the Kubuntu folks if you think that those samples might evolve in the direction of ubuntu or kubuntu equally. Mark -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Excellent sound work

2006-08-14 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
I listened to the excellent samples this evening, and wanted to mail the list with some comments. First, super work. Nice to have such a range of options initially, to get a feel for them. Some I think feel more "kubuntu" and some more "ubuntu", so I definitely think it's worth integrating so

Re: [ubuntu-art] NVIDIA with GeForce FX 5200 256mb

2006-08-03 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Felipe Fidelix wrote: please! after i install my GeForce and configure Xorg in Kubuntu Dapper, X starts and everything blows up. a BLACK SCREEN appear, and all devices like mouse, and keyboard stops working. what should i do?? You need to reconfigure your system for the new car

Re: [ubuntu-art] Bar charts required for Fridge

2006-08-02 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Matthew Revell wrote: Hi guys, Any of you fancy helping out with a Fridge story? Here are the details: "Possible Fridge story: http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1202417,00.html has some great data about Ubuntu and security (it would be great to see so

Re: [ubuntu-art] Theme Team application addendum

2006-08-01 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Frank Schoep wrote: The full overview of Theme Teams is available on the following Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan/ThemeTeams The Theme Teams will now start working on their themes and I've gotten a few requests on using the main artwork mailing list fo

Re: [ubuntu-art] [REQUEST] Sound designers?

2006-07-31 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Troy James Sobotka wrote: That said, I believe that the opening sounds and such are very critical to Ubuntu's development. If anyone is interested in this facet, please contact me as I know several sound designers from the video game / motion picture industry who would probably love to hel

Re: [ubuntu-art] Nuak's Proposals

2006-07-31 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
These ideas are nice, and it would be good to see them getting wider discussion, but the most important thing is to ensure that we are getting the right sorts of ideas at the right stage of the process. I know everyone wants to jump to the END point, and see the final finished goods. But righ

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu login

2006-07-31 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
jmak wrote: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EdgyProposals/JMak Jmak, these are really gorgeous. Keep going! It would be great for you to sync with Frank Schoep to see how you can make sure these proposals are in sync with the timelines he has for integrating artwork in Edgy. Mark

Re: [ubuntu-art] Re: LAST CALL: Art Council Applications 3/3

2006-07-19 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Matthew East wrote: 1. The Art Council should not be responsible for granting Ubuntu membership, because the risk is that the community won't get to know new  members or hear about good work being done in the art area, and there is a risk of less consistency in membership appointments. The CC

Re: [ubuntu-art] FEEDBACK: Responses

2006-07-18 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Troy James Sobotka wrote: This is why the proposal phase is important! At Paris it wasn't precisely clear that Mr. Shuttleworth was hoping to resume where "Dapper" direction left off. This is now clearer. Thank you for taking the time to comment, we shall steer accordingly. So folks, ta

Re: [ubuntu-art] [Propose] Caramel Glass GDM

2006-07-17 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Who wrote: This style is based loosely on the Dapper Splash, It uses a glossy Ubuntu logo that still needs a fair bit of perfection, but I think the gimping (I.E using some filters) of the glassy logo has helped somewhat https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EdgyProposals/GDMP

[ubuntu-art] Re: FEEDBACK request

2006-07-17 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Hi! Troy sent me a bunch of URL's where he'd carefully pulled together submissions from a bunch of different sources. Thanks Troy! I'll comment on each of these briefly here on the mailing list so that everyone can see these responses. Troy James Sobotka wrote: I compiled the bits that ot

Re: [ubuntu-art] Xubuntu

2006-07-17 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
jmak wrote: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/XubuntuEdgy/Proposals Logo v3 looks cleanest to me. Very classy! Mark -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Lots of new stuff (wiki'ed!)

2006-07-16 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Niklas Weidel wrote: Regarding the metallic/brown wallpapers, with the circle device - anyone have any ideas for another graphic element to use there, seeing as we don't want branded wallpapers? The *default* wallpaper should be unbranded, though the use only of the logo-device is not as bad a

Re: [ubuntu-art] Lots of new stuff (wiki'ed!)

2006-07-16 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Niklas Weidel wrote: Three new wallpaper sketches added to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/EdgyProposals/WallpaperProposal Very classy work, Niklas! I particularly liked the metallic and brown wallpapers (with the large circle-of-friends device). Mark -- ubuntu-art mailing list

Re: [ubuntu-art] Tropic: Human or Tangerine?

2006-07-16 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Viper550 wrote: As you know, I am working on a new theme which will be included in Edgy called Tropic (blah blah blah, let's get to the good stuff)... Just a small clarification, I think the Art Council will choose which themes are included in Edgy. Troy, could you add a deadline for that deci

Re: [ubuntu-art] art.ubuntu.com

2006-07-14 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Matthew Nuzum wrote: On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 17:32 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote: Niklas Weidel wrote: Regarding CMS, as Neil said, there is no shortage of great, free CMS-systems. I've been using Joomla for example, which has a lot of plugins that could f

Re: [ubuntu-art] art.ubuntu.com

2006-07-14 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Jerome Gotangco wrote: The early discussions (when we were like 2 or 3 admins for the said site) before the art team finally got things rolling was move it to moin like all the other ubuntu sites to make it easier for community to upload their stuff as well as use the existing LP infra

Re: [ubuntu-art] WIKI: Please wiki Wallpapers and logos

2006-07-14 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Can I suggest that this list adopt a rule of etiquette, that "we won't comment on art that is not wikified". This means that people who send art to the list are pointed at a simple document describing how to put that art on the wiki *and where to put it*, after which we can all comment with a

Re: [ubuntu-art] art.ubuntu.com

2006-07-14 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Niklas Weidel wrote: Regarding CMS, as Neil said, there is no shortage of great, free CMS-systems. I've been using Joomla for example, which has a lot of plugins that could form a basis for an easy-to-handle artwork site. What's short is someone to devote the time to getting the system up a

Re: [ubuntu-art] new wallpaper

2006-07-06 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michiel Sikma wrote: http://thingmajig.org/tmp/abstract1.png http://thingmajig.org/tmp/abstract1b.png (different color scheme) Very nice Michiel! -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Artwork specs for Edgy

2006-07-04 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Could you add an overall "edgy-artwork" spec, which depends on each of the specific targets? Also, I think its important to rename the specs to "edgy-ubuntu-usplash", "edgy-kubuntu-login-screen" etc rather than "ubuntu-art-foo", because we will want new specs for edgy+1. Mark -- ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Legal question

2006-07-03 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Gabriel Rodríguez Alberich wrote: My question is: can I freely modify and redistribute the Ubuntu Logo as the ubuntu-artwork license says? As Corey pointed out, there are two *different* law's that govern this. One is copyright law. That is what talks about the art as "art", and determi

Re: [ubuntu-art] Mark's Comments on Branding

2006-07-03 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Niklas Weidel wrote: How about upgrading the shipment to offer DVD-versions? It would allow for some serious improvements in both shipped software as well as configurability, extras and tutorials. And there's not one computer shipped today that is without a dvd-reader, and keep a dieted CD-vers

[ubuntu-art] Mailing lists

2006-07-03 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Hi folks At some stage I think we will need to split this list into a variety of more focused lists. I would propose:  - ubuntu-art (this list) for high-level direction, art council discussions, policy that affects all *buntu.  - ubuntu-theme-human for ongoing work to improve the current defa

Re: [ubuntu-art] Mark's Comments on Branding

2006-07-03 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Joao Inacio wrote: - How much of this "ubuntu distinctiveness" is really needed on the other included wallpapers (not default)? Even though this i completely agree on the default wallpaper, from my humble POV a few extra wallpapers that didnt quite follow the rules to the point,

Re: [ubuntu-art] Mark's Comments on Branding

2006-06-30 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michiel Sikma wrote: They don't necessarily have to be distinctly Ubuntu, I believe. That's up for debate. I think that nice photos that are included by default can be abstract enough as well simply to be good filler material. Besides, how would you make them classify as Ubuntu-ish, anyway? Do

Re: [ubuntu-art] new wallpaper

2006-06-30 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michiel Sikma wrote: Op 30-jun-2006, om 0:22 heeft Étienne Bersac het volgende geschreven: Hello, www.neuronioenlatado.com.br/ubuntu/eft1920x1280.png That would be nice to ship wallpaper in such high resolution. Especially for widescreen for 1650x10

Re: [ubuntu-art] Mark's Comments on Branding

2006-06-29 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michiel Sikma wrote: Op 29-jun-2006, om 16:14 heeft Matthew Nuzum het volgende geschreven: On 6/29/06, Mark Shuttleworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  Étienne Bersac wrote:  For me, the branding on the Breezy background was great - it belnded

[ubuntu-art] "How to" make something look a particular way

2006-06-29 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Troy's post on compiling Inkscape made me think about an article I saw a while back on "how to make icons that look good on OS X". It was basically a guide to creating something in the "gel" style that Aqua uses. Once we are through the early stages and are converging on a particular style it

Re: [ubuntu-art] Mark's Comments on Branding

2006-06-29 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Étienne Bersac wrote: For me, the branding on the Breezy background was great - it belnded in very well with the backdrop - an generally looked 'cool'. Agree, but it was too dark. Especially if we have window shadow. I've no problem if there are SOME desktop wallpapers in

Re: [ubuntu-art] Schedule-thought

2006-06-26 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michiel Sikma wrote: Thoughts regarding wallpaper idea would be appreciated; http://www.weidel.se/gfx/desktop2%201400.png The desktop colour should not be too bright, or it becomes tiring to look at all day. We generally have chosen to go with darker, richer colours so that there is

Re: [ubuntu-art] Quick Update

2006-06-26 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Lapo Calamandrei wrote I feel like being personally attacked when somebody talk down tango this way. I certainly have no desire to cause offense - sorry if that's the case. My experience with Tango has just not been the one I want for the default experience with Ubuntu and Kubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-art] Schedule-thought

2006-06-26 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Niklas Weidel wrote: Just a small thought for the edgy-schedule; the headings could be a bit more obvious, for example there's "Ponder" two time in a row. It's not very obvious, at least to me, that the second of these is meant to represent the end of that activity. It would be wiser to label t

Re: [ubuntu-art] Quick Update

2006-06-26 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
OK, I think we are making progress here! Michiel Sikma wrote: What I do appreciate is that Human was used in Dapper while it was incomplete as an extra impulse to get people to complete it. I'll definitely make it one of my things to do to point out things which I believe are bad choices in H

Re: [ubuntu-art] Quick Update

2006-06-26 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Travis Watkins wrote: On 6/26/06, Mark Shuttleworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [huge snip] Just wondering: _are_ there any published guidelines and/or colour palettes for the Human icon set? If there are, are they being followed? One or both of these questions appears to b

[ubuntu-art] Appointment of AIC's for Edgy

2006-06-26 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Artists! Based on conversations on this list, as well as meetings and interviews, I would like to announce the appointment of Frank Schoep (Ubuntu) and Ken Wimer (Kubuntu) as "Artists in Chief" for Edgy Eft. They report to me, in the sense that I will approve their high level direction, but th

Re: [ubuntu-art] Quick Update

2006-06-26 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michiel Sikma wrote: I don't think it's just my opinion that differs. As I've mentioned before, I've got valid criticism for the Human icon set. I simply believe it to be inferior to Tangerine/Tango for various reasons. Michiel, Human is incomplete. It's your choice as to whether or not you wa

Re: [ubuntu-art] Quick Update

2006-06-25 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michiel Sikma wrote: I don't understand why it is so pertinently important to keep Human in. In all objectivity, it's simply a suboptimal icon set when compared to Tango. I also don't see why any of the arguments that I have given have to be ignored. Like I stated, Human doesn't seem to follow

Re: [ubuntu-art] Launchpad updates

2006-06-25 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Niel Drummond wrote: Do you know if it is a scheduled improvement to Launchpad to have spec names changeable after creation ? Funny, I just changed the way we do that in one of my development branches. They are currently changeable by the administrators and by the owner of the product o

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash improvements

2006-06-24 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote: Maybe you remember that a while ago I sent a mockup of a usplash-editor to this list. Good news is that large parts of the required patch are accepted. As Mark already said, the size/number of colors limitations remain, but the themeability is much better now.

Re: [ubuntu-art] usplash improvements

2006-06-23 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michiel Sikma wrote: It seems that a bunch of specs have been changed into "obsolete" because apparently a new usplash is in the making. Exactly what will the capabilities of this new usplash be? Is there any place where I can follow its development or learn about Edgy planned features? I'm int

Re: [ubuntu-art] Launchpad updates

2006-06-23 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Niel Drummond wrote: Some comments on what is being implemented: a) Launchpad names are of the form "ubuntu-art-mydescription" Since the specs are attached to the ubuntu distro, there's no need for the ubuntu- part of those names. Just art-mydescription would do! Launchpad specs

Re: [ubuntu-art] Art and the membership process

2006-06-23 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Étienne Bersac wrote: Do you mean that ubuntu-art on launchpad will loss every non core team members ? And let's involved contributors being recognize before joining the team ? I think the best implementation will be:  - create the "art council" (the folks to whom we will delegate this

Re: [ubuntu-art] Colour palette suggestions

2006-06-23 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Niel Drummond wrote: sorry I removed this page (it wasn't working very well anyway).. will try and fix it if mark and others agree to have such a thing I think a strong palette and consistent approach are essential - but don't want to deviate from the current Ubuntu logo colours so would as

Re: [ubuntu-art] Idea regarding themes

2006-06-22 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michiel Sikma wrote: Op 22-jun-2006, om 9:48 heeft Mark Shuttleworth het volgende geschreven: Michiel Sikma wrote: I've been thinking about how to retain consistency between different types of Ubuntu (Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu). Perhaps we could simply make sure tha

Re: [ubuntu-art] Idea regarding themes

2006-06-22 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Michiel Sikma wrote: I've been thinking about how to retain consistency between different types of Ubuntu (Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu). Perhaps we could simply make sure that the default themes that exist for the different distros are somewhat universal? For instance, Kubuntu could have a

Re: [ubuntu-art] Announcement: Minutes for meeting, news

2006-06-22 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
Pascal Klein wrote: On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 11:09 +0100, j michaelson wrote: hi pascal, could you clarify what you meant by... "Mark Shuttleworth has stated that the artist in chief will not selected not elected." Apologies. That should read: "Mark S

Re: [ubuntu-art] ubuntu pallete for inkscape

2006-06-20 Thread Mark Shuttleworth
j michaelson wrote: would it be worth having an ubuntu pallette made for inkscape users or is everything being switched over to the tango pallette now? No, we are not switching to the Tango palette, so it would be awesome to have the official Ubuntu Human palette in there! Mark -- ub

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