Hello everybody, Since the produce phase has now officially began, I think that it would be useful if we took the time to discuss with one another what we feel about the styles that have been outlined. This is purely for internal purposes, which is why I think the mailing list is useful for this purpose rather than the wiki or Launchpad.
The three styles that have been defined are: - Failsafe -- the original theme style that has been used since Ubuntu 4.10. - Rounded -- a more subtle version of failsafe with rounded corners. - Circles -- an ambitious redesign that incorporates circles rather than rectangles. Then there are two "looks": - Matte and gloss -- glossy foreground elements with dim matte background elements. - All-out gloss -- glossy elements on both the foreground and background. See the details at the propose phase results page: https:// wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan/Propose/Results The easiest way to find out which style you will probably like best is by seeing which combination you intuitively would like to work for based on the knowledge that you can get from that page. Then you can begin to rationalize your thoughts and figure out what really is the reason why that combination seems good to you. Personally, I haven't been very captivated by the "all-out gloss" look, simply because I believe in a firm and well-established contrast between foreground and background elements (granted, "matte and gloss" is also very low on contrast between foreground and background, but this would seem more easily fixable than in "all-out gloss"). Other than that, I have been thinking about continuing my contributions to the "failsafe" style, as I think it has already become a very distinctive style that no other distro seems to have so concisely. Just rounding the artwork seems like a novelty feature rather than a substantial design decision to me, while on the other hand, the circle look is interesting. I think it's very beneficial to get this discussion going a little bit. What do you guys think about the styles and looks? Regards, Michiel Sikma [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
