Re: [ubuntu-art] Start here button

2009-02-23 Thread Anton Kerezov
From: ubuntu-art-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-art-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of spg76 Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 3:44 AM To: Discussion on Ubuntu artwork Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Start here button I made a Start Here button. I only did the 22/24px to see how it

Re: [ubuntu-art] start-here button

2009-02-23 Thread Steve Dodier
Hello, I made a PNG of the idea I had, unfortunately i can't make anything near that with Inkscape, so i'm just gonna leave it here incase someone wants to do it. Here's the pic : http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6162/logoubuntu.png And the PSD (cs3) : http://www.flyupload.com/?fid=577394785

Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Metacity Updates

2009-02-23 Thread Oliver Scholtz
Am Montag, den 23.02.2009, 15:47 +1300 schrieb tonic: 2009/2/23 Cory K. coryis...@ubuntu.com John Baer wrote: I believe I understand your desire but for some reason I am having trouble making it work. :( Realizing the round buttons do

Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Metacity Updates

2009-02-23 Thread Oliver Scholtz
UbUntU --- second idea attached ;) PD: This kind of buttons I haven't see anywhere ... :D Hope it can be useful, too ;) Sincerly Oliver attachment: ubuntu2.png-- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

[ubuntu-art] Background resolutions and a template

2009-02-23 Thread Thorsten Wilms
Hi! I looked through a PC hardware shop to get an idea of currently offered screen resolutions and compiled the following list: Monitors 2560 x 1600 1.6 8:5 1920 x 1200 1.6 8:5 2048 x 1152 1.77 16:9 1920 x 1200 1.6 8:5 1920 x 1080 1.77 16:9 1680 x 1050 1.6 8:5 1600 x 1200 1.33

Re: [ubuntu-art] Start here button

2009-02-23 Thread spg76
I made a Start Here logo based on Anton's idea. You can see it at http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/113489/start-here2.png 2009/2/23 Thorsten Wilms t...@freenet.de Sorry for saying this so late, but by default, you have the menu where the logo belongs to Applications, right? For this reason I think

Re: [ubuntu-art] Background resolutions and a template

2009-02-23 Thread Kenneth Wimer
On Monday 23 February 2009 14:26:53 Thorsten Wilms wrote: Hi! I looked through a PC hardware shop to get an idea of currently offered screen resolutions and compiled the following list: Monitors 2560 x 1600 1.6 8:5 1920 x 1200 1.6 8:5 2048 x 1152 1.77 16:9 1920 x 1200 1.6 8:5

Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Metacity Updates

2009-02-23 Thread David
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 7:27 AM, Joseph yhar...@gmail.com wrote: Hey guys, Here is a quick, if amateur start button sketch. Also can someone tell me how not to top post whatever that means, since I think i got screamed at for that before. On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 6:34 AM, Oliver Scholtz

[ubuntu-art] Top-posting gmail users

2009-02-23 Thread Cory K.
Joseph wrote: Also can someone tell me how not to top post whatever that means, since I think i got screamed at for that before. You pretty much just move your cursor from where it starts to the bottom of the page. Worked that way last time I use gmail through the web anyway. I use Thunderbird

Re: [ubuntu-art] Top-posting gmail users

2009-02-23 Thread Smartboy
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Cory K. coryis...@ubuntu.com wrote: Joseph wrote: Also can someone tell me how not to top post whatever that means, since I think i got screamed at for that before. You pretty much just move your cursor from where it starts to the bottom of the page. Worked

Re: [ubuntu-art] Top-posting gmail users

2009-02-23 Thread Ryan Prior
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Cory K. coryis...@ubuntu.com wrote: Joseph wrote: Also can someone tell me how not to top post whatever that means, since I think i got screamed at for that before. You pretty much just move your cursor from where it starts to the bottom of the page.

Re: [ubuntu-art] Background resolutions and a template

2009-02-23 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 15:07 +0100, Kenneth Wimer wrote: Seeing as we have this page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Documentation/WallpaperRules I think it should go somewhere in the Documentation. Perhaps you could render some pngs (with some example background) to explain the concept

Re: [ubuntu-art] Remove subject tag and footer. Pros/cons

2009-02-23 Thread Cory K.
Ryan Prior wrote: I do think that we should turn the footer off. Furthermore, I think we should get rid of the [ubuntu-art] tag appended to the front of the emails and stop munging the reply-to header. http://woozle.org/~neale/papers/reply-to-still-harmful.html As some people use the

Re: [ubuntu-art] Remove subject tag and footer. Pros/cons

2009-02-23 Thread Alan Pope
2009/2/23 Cory K. coryis...@ubuntu.com: As some people use the subject tag for filtering it should be discussed. You can always use the sender as a filter here. So pros/cons on both? I like the subject tag because whilst I don't electronically filter on it, I do filter on it with my eyes.

Re: [ubuntu-art] Remove subject tag and footer. Pros/cons

2009-02-23 Thread Jonathan Motes
Oops, sorry for the top-post. I seem to always forget :( -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Remove subject tag and footer. Pros/cons

2009-02-23 Thread Ryan Prior
Hello Alan, If the decision is made (as I hope it will be) to remove the tag, I will be happy to write you a Python script that filters your mail for to:ubuntu-art and adds an [ubuntu-art] tag to the subject line. On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: 2009/2/23 Cory

Re: [ubuntu-art] Remove subject tag and footer. Pros/cons

2009-02-23 Thread Alan Pope
2009/2/23 Ryan Prior ryanpr...@gmail.com: If the decision is made (as I hope it will be) to remove the tag, I will be happy to write you a Python script that filters your mail for to:ubuntu-art and adds an [ubuntu-art] tag to the subject line. What? Against my gmail inbox? Cheers, Al. --

Re: [ubuntu-art] Remove subject tag and footer. Pros/cons

2009-02-23 Thread Jonathan Motes
I think the [ubuntu-art] subject tag is very important. In Gmail, I search for ubuntu-art when I need to label and archive emails from the list. On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: 2009/2/23 Cory K. coryis...@ubuntu.com: As some people use the subject tag for

Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Metacity Updates

2009-02-23 Thread Oliver Scholtz
:) Not importing the style and format of email and answering them ... it's OT and not the world. LOL What about the idea for the metacity-stuff? I like it, because it's looks like this - U b U nt U - and isn't square like Windows and round like Mac :) I attach the sketches agian ;) Sincerly

Re: [ubuntu-art] Remove subject tag and footer. Pros/cons

2009-02-23 Thread Ryan Prior
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: 2009/2/23 Ryan Prior ryanpr...@gmail.com: If the decision is made (as I hope it will be) to remove the tag, I will be happy to write you a Python script that filters your mail for to:ubuntu-art and adds an [ubuntu-art] tag

Re: [ubuntu-art] Remove subject tag and footer. Pros/cons

2009-02-23 Thread Who
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Jonathan Motes jonathanmo...@gmail.com wrote: I think the [ubuntu-art] subject tag is very important. In Gmail, I search for ubuntu-art when I need to label and archive emails from the list. you could search from:(ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com) OR

Re: [ubuntu-art] Remove subject tag and footer. Pros/cons

2009-02-23 Thread Alan Pope
2009/2/23 Ryan Prior ryanpr...@gmail.com: I didn't know you were a gmail user. For gmail users, tags are shown graphically (you can even choose colors) so you can create a filter that adds an ubuntu art tag to everything that matches to:ubuntu-art. I have a filter too, ignore me, I'm just

Re: [ubuntu-art] Top-posting gmail users

2009-02-23 Thread Odysseus Flappington
2009/2/23 Cory K. coryis...@ubuntu.com: Odysseus Flappington wrote: Also, here's a question.. What's so bad about top-posting? Googling will show you the best info on this. Also, when you subscribe to this list it gives you links on this subject. -Cory K. -- ubuntu-art mailing list

Re: [ubuntu-art] Start here button

2009-02-23 Thread Anton Kerezov
From: ubuntu-art-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-art-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of spg76 Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 3:33 PM To: Discussion on Ubuntu artwork Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Start here button I made a Start Here logo based on Anton's idea. You can see it at

Re: [ubuntu-art] Start here button

2009-02-23 Thread spg76
@Anton, I thought about that. I'm gonna try it on a next version. @Cory, I think what Anton means it's that I should decide how my design should look like :) I made a new version of the orange/black start-here. You can see it at http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/113489/start-here3.png -- Seba (AKA

Re: [ubuntu-art] Start here button

2009-02-23 Thread Cory K.
spg76 wrote: @Cory, I think what Anton means it's that I should decide how my design should look like :) OK. With the bad quoting, it was real hard to tell. I made a new version of the orange/black start-here. You can see it at http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/113489/start-here3.png At

Re: [ubuntu-art] Start here button

2009-02-23 Thread Anton Kerezov
From: ubuntu-art-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-art-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of spg76 Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 9:17 PM To: Discussion on Ubuntu artwork Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Start here button @Anton, I thought about that. I'm gonna try it on a next version.

Re: [ubuntu-art] Start here button

2009-02-23 Thread Ryan Prior
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Anton Kerezov ank...@gmail.com wrote: *From:* ubuntu-art-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto: ubuntu-art-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] *On Behalf Of *spg76 *Sent:* Monday, February 23, 2009 9:17 PM *To:* Discussion on Ubuntu artwork *Subject:* Re: [ubuntu-art]

Re: [ubuntu-art] Start here button

2009-02-23 Thread Cory K.
Ryan Prior wrote: I'm starting tot think this is a case where pixel art should really be sought rather than vector art. All the tiny start icons I'm seeing remind me of the limitations of vector art as the size of final icon shrinks, so if you can either touch-up or completely compose a start

Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe]Submission media-playback-start concept 2

2009-02-23 Thread Oliver Scholtz
Concept 2 for media-playback-start submitted. I thought Play is light blue throwing to lila. Stop is a light red ... Pause a light green etc. etc. Should have some glass-effects ... ;) If not okay ... I can try Concept 3! Already I don't know what 3 will be ... :D Sincerly Oliver Scholtz --

Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe]Submission media-playback-start concept 2

2009-02-23 Thread Cory K.
Oliver Scholtz wrote: Concept 2 for media-playback-start submitted. I thought Play is light blue throwing to lila. Stop is a light red ... Pause a light green etc. etc. Should have some glass-effects ... ;) I shoulda put this out there before but I think we should just stick with the

Re: [ubuntu-art] Start here button

2009-02-23 Thread Oliver Scholtz
Am Montag, den 23.02.2009, 15:20 -0500 schrieb Cory K.: Ryan Prior wrote: I'm starting tot think this is a case where pixel art should really be sought rather than vector art. All the tiny start icons I'm seeing remind me of the limitations of vector art as the size of final icon shrinks,

Re: [ubuntu-art] cONTENT OF ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 44, Issue 18

2009-02-23 Thread Emrah Ünal
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Tibault Damman tibault.dam...@gmail.comwrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 15:50, Thorsten Wilms t...@freenet.de wrote: On Sun, 2009-02-22 at 14:27 +0100, Lukas Eigensatz wrote: MY Background ! Lukas Eigensatz ... Lost of important stuff that I'm very

Re: [ubuntu-art] [Breathe]Submission media-playback-start concept 2

2009-02-23 Thread Cory K.
Oliver Scholtz wrote: Sorry. I don't know if I had understand well ... *schame* Both are thinking it's a good idea play with colours? It's okay if I stay on course with this idea? The light blue play-button, light red stop-button etc.??? No colors. Only white with transparency. Play with

[ubuntu-art] Jaunty BG: Laola

2009-02-23 Thread Thorsten Wilms
Hi! Just added https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/Backgrounds?action=AttachFiledo=viewtarget=laola_frontal.jpg to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/Backgrounds The laola wave is a community effort, people working together to make it happen. Once again the motive of

Re: [ubuntu-art] Impression Metacity Updates

2009-02-23 Thread Joseph
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Oliver Scholtz scholli...@yahoo.dewrote: :) Not importing the style and format of email and answering them ... it's OT and not the world. LOL What about the idea for the metacity-stuff? I like it, because it's looks like this - U b U nt U - and isn't square

Re: [ubuntu-art] Start here button

2009-02-23 Thread Oliver Scholtz
Am Montag, den 23.02.2009, 15:51 -0500 schrieb Cory K.: Oliver Scholtz wrote: Am Montag, den 23.02.2009, 15:20 -0500 schrieb Cory K.: Ryan Prior wrote: I'm starting tot think this is a case where pixel art should really be sought rather than vector art. All the tiny start

Re: [ubuntu-art] Start here button

2009-02-23 Thread Ryan Prior
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Oliver Scholtz scholli...@yahoo.de wrote: Am Montag, den 23.02.2009, 15:20 -0500 schrieb Cory K.: Ryan Prior wrote: I'm starting tot think this is a case where pixel art should really be sought rather than vector art. All the tiny start icons I'm

Re: [ubuntu-art] Start here button

2009-02-23 Thread spg76
2009/2/23 Ryan Prior ryanpr...@gmail.com On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Anton Kerezov ank...@gmail.com wrote: This is a tricky issue. Of course, the logo is in the center, but the eye tends to be attracted to the center of the circle, not the center of the logo. I'd suggest extending the