Regarding extrapolating the wallpapers, seeing as this has been a ponder/proposal period, I've prioritized getting as many different style ideas and looks out. As time is very constrained for me, it's either or - few but extrapolated ideas, or more not extrapolated ideas. Seeing as we might be homing in on a look soon, the process of applying the look to all components gets easier and more worthwhile. I'll be doing it from now on.
I'm also finding some of the specs a bit loose, such as the usplash - how will the loading bar (if a such is to be introduced?) function for example. I'm sure the info is out there somewhere, but at least I haven't had the time to go golddigging for it yet. :)
Could someone also please point out where to submit specs for edgy +1? It eludes me in the wiki.
/weidel
2006/7/22, Troy James Sobotka <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
If I can find some time tonight, I will be attempting
a wiki update.
What I would like to do is trim the incoming dir
and migrate several items to 'Need Sorting'
directories.
We need four solid edgy incoming pages for each item,
plus one summary page for referencing at a distance.
This reflects the four primary specifications for open
development. Frank and Ken are frantically skittling
around in the background making sure some of the
demons in the details get taken care of.
If someone takes some time to do a little art legwork
and sort out the submissions into a clearer structure,
I would be thankful.
The bottom line -- if you want to make sure your material
is included in this update, try to get it all in by
midnight PST Saturday the 22nd.
This isn't any sort of official final notice, as I try
to keep current, but my schedule is ugly so I don't
know how often I am going to be able to do a semi-official
cleanup summary. They really should be done on the
checkpoints in the breakdown
(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan )
and we hit a checkpoint on the 20th.
Good time for a selection of feedback too, so I will try
to get something in place to take care of that.
Thanks for any help anyone can offer (and I do mean ANY),
TJS
PS: According to the breakdown, our Proposal phase ends
on the 7th of August, so please make sure that your attempts
are paper documented on the wiki for feedback. Get it
SOMEWHERE on there, and make sure the list knows about it.
Also take care to make certain that your work is somewhere
below /Artwork so that busy folks can sort without roaming
through reams of mailing list flog. Thanks again...
THINGS TO GET WORKING ON:
* We are really missing some good Edubuntu development,
which is unfortunate. I would suspect that the
Edubuntu folks would appreciate _something_ to build on,
even if for future releases.
* Many of the wallpapers people are submitting haven't tried
to extrapolate them into the other components. It would
look very lazy to just use a wallpaper as a background
for the Logon, not to mention simply unprofessional. Yes,
this means you jmak (for U and X if you can manage it),
Weidel, Who_, etc. If you submitted content, consider
it an obligation to at least try and present a 'look / feel'
spanning all four specs. ;)
* I encourage _everyone_ who intends to get proposals in
to try and provide a series of usplash/logon/lsplash/wallpaper
sheet sets for EACH loose concept. This means that you will
need to prove that your ideas can coordinate and work
together across the four specs AND work within the existing
framework (EG: Human Icons, Window Borders, etc.)
* Our specifications for FUTURE work need fleshing out.
In particular:
* Accessibility artwork is a MUST finish item for an
operating system that considers itself to be 'for human
beings'. Some of this work is dead easy to start now like
SVG'ing existing Human icons into the higher contrast
looks. Good experiment for folks who want to learn Inkscape,
with a useful byproduct as well. Finish off those icons
folks!
* Edgy +1 longer term issues? No one has any? Great,
that means there won't be a glut of email to the list
when Edgy +1 development starts! Seriously though folks,
if you have things that you would like to see get 'done',
get those specifications in. Make them look top notch
so that the guiding developers will take you seriously
and approve them.
* Keep your chin up as the slogging work starts! Everyone
will probably grow sick to death of the work once we
start pounding out the Production and Polish. It's the
nature of the beast, and I hope everyone will persist to
really finish up the work. It is very easy to simply
'try something new' when you get bored after having
spewed out an idea. It is very hard to elevate the work
to polished and final.
Awsome progress this cycle folks!
Let's keep it up and build on the
momentum.
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