I could not agree more. I really don't know why Ubuntu have this "childish comic look" with default human theme if it self-proclaims to be a "modern" alternative to Mac OS X or Microsoft's Vista. Did somebody ever look at the Mac OS X icons?! Ubuntu is really well established in solid kernel foundations, is rock stable, it has many features that put it well in front of these other two, but final users, simple users, as someone have said, want some eye candy too. They see this as a signal of a really modern OS. And honestly, that's not what Ubuntu brings by default.
Simple users don't want to know details about App Armor...they can't see it! They want a beautiful (and functional) OS! Well, you can say that with a few clicks you can change the entire look of Ubuntu, and that is entirely true, but hey, the first impression is what counts, and when they put the live CD and see the look.. I really think that sometimes all the Ubuntu team (not only us!) thinks that Ubuntu is replacing Windows XP in old machines that don't run Vista, and so a "XP look" is enough..Our main enemy is not XP: is the modern look that Leopard and Vista brought to new OS's, and that is what final users see as a modern OS. []'s Tiago Souza On Nov 3, 2007 3:09 PM, Can K. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whatever GTK engine Hardy will use, the design community should focus on a > new, modern theme. In contrast to Vista's or OS X's theme, the Human theme > is in an inferior position. Once the new color palette is found (am I right > that it's going to be black/orange?), we have to work on new buttons, new > checkboxes, new menu entrys, and so on. The current theme looks quite boring > and bland from my point of view. We should put in more depth with gradients, > more gloss and choose other corners. > Another thing I have to criticize is that the new icon theme will still > follow the Tango dogmas. In comparison to the KDE4 Oxygen icon set for > example, I expect any Tango style icon theme to be comic-like and too much > child-friendly. Tango style icons fit quite well to Edubuntu, but not to > Ubuntu which claims to be a modern alternative to Windows and OS X. > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
