Re: [ubuntu-art] Moving things forwards.

2008-01-04 Thread Nick Bauermeister
Am Freitag, den 04.01.2008, 02:52 +0100 schrieb Kenneth Wimer: we are not going to change the theme for Hardy radically as it is the last of the LTS cycle Didn't you mean _next_ there? -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com

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2008-01-04 Thread Álvaro Medina Ballester
Hey, the last one is incredible!! 2008/1/4, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi! No access to my archive here - new thread. A new bug, based on the likely most hated real life bug ;) Plus shading. http://thorwil.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/ubuntu-brainstorm-6/ Please tell me: - is

[ubuntu-art] Theme Update

2008-01-04 Thread Andrew Laignel
I've done a bit of tweaking on my theme based on the feedback I have recieved so far and added some bits. Just so you know - details on the wiki. Comments would be appreciated as usual! https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/Alternate/Kerberos -- ubuntu-art mailing list

[ubuntu-art] Most Hated Bug continued

2008-01-04 Thread t_w_
Hi! No access to my archive here - new thread. A new bug, based on the likely most hated real life bug ;) Plus shading. http://thorwil.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/ubuntu-brainstorm-6/ Please tell me: - is the bug recognizable (being a bug, not the exact species)? - which shading do you prefer? -

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2008-01-04 Thread Donn
I kind of like those. Here's another quick idea (bzip2 tar), using the elements of your ideas. I'm not much good at gradients, and Ink keeps crashing on me with this file, for some reason, but it's supposed to be a bug-spray can. \d A new bug, based on the likely most hated real life bug ;)

[ubuntu-art] // a new take on brown: mockup seen on Digg //

2008-01-04 Thread julian
i just spotted this and thought i'd post it here for posterity and/or comments: http://mossblaser.deviantart.com/art/Ubuntu-8-04-GUI-Design-Idea-72574609 i like where the brown is going in there, dark without the dusk. see how the blue in the example notification box stands out

Re: [ubuntu-art] Stop kickin' the dead horse - Create a full Union GTK theme.

2008-01-04 Thread shadowh511
Thanks for the GTK theme, Ken. I think that it could use one thing to make it perfect. The color, it needs to be brown.e When I think of Ubuntu, I think of a clean, simple OS. the color brown represents cleanliness and simplicity, while blue represents sadness and fear. If we want to have

Re: [ubuntu-art] Stop kickin' the dead horse - Create a full Union GTK theme.

2008-01-04 Thread Jan Niklas Hasse
the color brown represents cleanliness i don't think so -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Stop kickin' the dead horse - Create a full Union GTK theme.

2008-01-04 Thread shadowh511
Jan Niklas Hasse wrote: the color brown represents cleanliness i don't think so its my opinion -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Most Hated Bug continued

2008-01-04 Thread Donn
What the heck - some more hated bug ideas. \d idea3.svg.tar.gz Description: application/tgz -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

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2008-01-04 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
On Jan 4, 2008 12:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! No access to my archive here - new thread. A new bug, based on the likely most hated real life bug ;) Plus shading. http://thorwil.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/ubuntu-brainstorm-6/ Please tell me: - is the bug recognizable (being a bug,

Re: [ubuntu-art] Stop kickin' the dead horse - Create a full Union GTK theme.

2008-01-04 Thread Ken Vermette
I just updated the wiki to include some buttons and tabs, so there's a rough idea of the direction widgets could be going. I pushed it out as quickly as I could, but I didn't have my regular machine so I couldn't build it as quickly as I would have liked. I'll have an update later today with

Re: [ubuntu-art] Most Hated Bug continued

2008-01-04 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
On Jan 4, 2008 8:57 PM, Donn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What the heck - some more hated bug ideas. \d Thanks for your mockups! I'm looking at their meanings but I'm still feeling the arrows are the best symbols yet to express the most hated part of the message we want to deliver. Here this part

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2008-01-04 Thread Troy James Sobotka
Nicolas Deschildre wrote: When I see a logo drawn like this like with pencils, it gives an artistic connotation and I will expect the website to be somehow artwork-related. Ignore your feelings. You are beginning to fall into the FOSS trap when it comes to art and design - the avoiding of

Re: [ubuntu-art] Most Hated Bug continued

2008-01-04 Thread Troy James Sobotka
Nicolas Deschildre wrote: The bug in the Ubuntu battery is original, but the most hated part of the message is also missing. As proof of my last point. I'll go out on a limb and suggest that it is a can of bug killer. *sigh*. Sincerely, TJS signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital

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2008-01-04 Thread Donn
As proof of my last point. I'll go out on a limb and suggest that it is a can of bug killer. *sigh*. Yup, bug killer alright - the nozzle is not well drawn. \d http://otherwiseingle.blogspot.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-art] Theme Update

2008-01-04 Thread sylvain marc
Good theme 2008/1/4, Andrew Laignel [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've done a bit of tweaking on my theme based on the feedback I have recieved so far and added some bits. Just so you know - details on the wiki. Comments would be appreciated as usual!

Re: [ubuntu-art] Most Hated Bug continued

2008-01-04 Thread shadowh511
For the most hated bug, how about a bug that looks like a devil? lots of ppl hate the devil. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

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2008-01-04 Thread Nicolas Deschildre
On Jan 4, 2008 9:48 PM, Troy James Sobotka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nicolas Deschildre wrote: When I see a logo drawn like this like with pencils, it gives an artistic connotation and I will expect the website to be somehow artwork-related. Ignore your feelings. You are beginning to fall

Re: [ubuntu-art] Theme Update

2008-01-04 Thread julian
..on Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 10:25:18PM +0100, sylvain marc wrote: Good theme this is a clean and eye-pleasing direction. comments: i think the shading on the buttons is a bit too much, perhaps so much so that it's hard to differentiate between a button-pressed and a button-normal. could

Re: [ubuntu-art] Theme Update

2008-01-04 Thread Nemes Ioan Sorin
julian wrote: ..on Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 10:25:18PM +0100, sylvain marc wrote: Good theme this is a clean and eye-pleasing direction. comments: i think the shading on the buttons is a bit too much, perhaps so much so that it's hard to differentiate between a button-pressed and a

Re: [ubuntu-art] Stop kickin' the dead horse - Create a full Union GTK theme.

2008-01-04 Thread Troy James Sobotka
Nemes Ioan Sorin wrote: Blue OR blue + green, well combined will give you a Peace of Mind feeling [don't think a second that $MS designers are stupid]. Once again, colour psychology has been debunked 100 times in 10 different environments. Don't even think about going there. Look no

Re: [ubuntu-art] Stop kickin' the dead horse - Create a full Union GTK theme.

2008-01-04 Thread Who
If you want to make a Blue/Green theme for Ubuntu using aurora then a Theme Team is a good way... https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/Alternate/ThemeTeams You could get the guy that develops aurora to do it if he wanted? On Jan 5, 2008 12:55 AM, Nemes Ioan Sorin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ubuntu-art] Theme Update

2008-01-04 Thread Ken Vermette
I like the way you've used the brown and made it feel very light. Also, the way elements will use two tones of brown is very appealing. The first impression when I look at the theme though, is that it's looking at what else looks good - and patches all these looks together. In the end,

Re: [ubuntu-art] Stop kickin' the dead horse - Create a full Union GTK theme.

2008-01-04 Thread Ken Vermette
On Jan 4, 2008 8:17 PM, Troy James Sobotka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nemes Ioan Sorin wrote: Blue OR blue + green, well combined will give you a Peace of Mind feeling [don't think a second that $MS designers are stupid]. Once again, colour psychology has been debunked 100 times in

Re: [ubuntu-art] Stop kickin' the dead horse - Create a full Union GTK theme.

2008-01-04 Thread shadowh511
You know what, lets not create an official theme and have the user choose a theme from a list when the account is created or have a dialog to ask which OS they used in the past and have it open themes to make it look like that os Hey, its an idea -- ubuntu-art mailing list

Re: [ubuntu-art] Stop kickin' the dead horse - Create a full Union GTK theme.

2008-01-04 Thread shadowh511
I really like the union theme, how about a dialog to change the color? it would be like what Vista has and osx needs -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Stop kickin' the dead horse - Create a full Union GTK theme.

2008-01-04 Thread Ken Vermette
Probably not a good idea, in my opinion. It would require an additional dialog/prompt during interrupting our well-streamlined installation process, and possibly confuse some users. It could additionally kill the ability to easily troubleshoot without needing to ask how the user has their

Re: [ubuntu-art] Stop kickin' the dead horse - Create a full Union GTK theme.

2008-01-04 Thread shadowh511
Ken Vermette wrote: I think if something like that would be implemented as a general feature, it would be perfect. Probably something running a selective hue rotation system would give users the most control, and doing it would instantly give all themes colour selection to a limited degree.