Re: [ubuntu-art] Default design note

2009-10-05 Thread Dávid Horváth
I have to agree - good morning by the way. I'm very interested in W7, i heard very good opinions about it, and after Vista's black soup nothing can be worse. I saw video's on youtube and it is amazing. Looks homogene, logical, beautiful and *very* nice. I dont like the attitude of m$, but W7 is

Re: [ubuntu-art] Default design note

2009-10-05 Thread SorinN
Jerry Casiano wrote: I think you're kidding yourself if you think people who are happy with XP will choose Ubuntu or any other OS over Windows 7. Sounds like you haven't checked 7 out. I'm not kidding at all - I win my money providing design decisions - I know how users react - I know what I

Re: [ubuntu-art] Default design note

2009-10-05 Thread SorinN
Dave, a short question - you are working on some gnome team ? I think I will offer my free time to the gnome community... if you are related to some gnome projects - please give me a signal at nemes.so...@gmail.com 2009/10/4 David Zondlo dzon...@gmail.com: Definitely give 9.10 kubuntu a try.

Re: [ubuntu-art] Default design note

2009-10-05 Thread David Zondlo
No sorry, I was interested at one point but found it too hard of a community to become a part of without knowing anyone currently working on it. Though I would still suggest at least becoming a part of the gnome team art team at: http://art.gnome.org/ , or if you know c++ (or w/e gnome is written

Re: [ubuntu-art] Default design note

2009-10-05 Thread David Zondlo
^^ Also forgot to throw in this link on how to get involved. Tho, I'm sure you would have found it anyway googling http://live.gnome.org/JoinGnome ~Dave -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Default design note

2009-10-04 Thread Cory K.
Dávid Horváth wrote: Hey Dear Artists! I read a topic on Ubuntu.hu (Hungarian Ubuntu forum), and i would like to bring you the message what i think is the conclusion of the discussion. First have a look of these pictures, and observe them slowly. Try to concentrate what feeling you have when

Re: [ubuntu-art] Default design note

2009-10-04 Thread mac_v
On Sun, 2009-10-04 at 12:34 +0200, Dávid Horváth wrote: Hey Dear Artists! Lets observe the third one. Nice welcoming warm colours, you stop at the middle line. Observe it a bit. Nice, smooth lines.. As there is nothing at the bottom your focus goes up to the upper right corner. Bob. Red

Re: [ubuntu-art] Default design note

2009-10-04 Thread David Zondlo
While kde 4.3 does look great and performs so much better than previous versions, it still lacks enough stability (for me at least) to use on a desktop computer. Even though ubuntu's default desktop isn't quite as pretty as leopard's or vista's (or 7's), in my opinion the ability to customize far

Re: [ubuntu-art] Default design note

2009-10-04 Thread SorinN
The strange point is that 90% users will not customize anything. The global perception of Ubuntu user experience, will still walk around the first look. To gain a new level of perception which is needed for the large mass (yep - peoples which will cross from XP to Ubuntu not to win7), a whole new

Re: [ubuntu-art] Default design note

2009-10-04 Thread David Zondlo
Definitely give 9.10 kubuntu a try. The new kde is a huge step up. I'm sure within a few releases it will be really great. @ SorinN, I think if you really wanted to change the GUI as a whole you should look into joining the gnome community. I'm sure you have some great ideas that they might be

Re: [ubuntu-art] Default design note

2009-10-04 Thread Jerry Casiano
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 12:43 PM, SorinN nemes.so...@gmail.com wrote: ... To gain a new level of perception which is needed for the large mass (yep - peoples which will cross from XP to Ubuntu not to win7), a whole new look - by default - it's a must. ... I think you're kidding yourself if