> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 02:31:17 +0000> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
> ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Moving things
> forwards.> > On Jan 3, 2008 2:16 AM, Andrew Laignel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:> > I think votes are valuable. Not for seeing who likes a theme but
> rather> > who hates it. Any overly stylised theme is going to polarise
> people> > How does a conventional 'vote for the one you like' allow us to see
> this?> > > into love it/hate it camps which should be avoided at all cost.
> Ideally> > a default theme should not be even noticed by the public - being
> neutral> > and innofensive as possible should be the goal. A perfect
> demonstration> > of this is Apple, where the current theme for OSX is crips,
> clean,> > stylish and probably as neutral as you can get - no loud colours,>
> > drastic layouts or hard edges.> > AFAIK, this has never been the aim for
> the Ubuntu default theme - and> I don't think it ever will be. Sometimes
> going for love it or hate it> beats going for bland. At least then people see
> it!> This is true. The default gutsy wallpaper got a a LOT of exposure due
> to the massive 'hate it'
> response.http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Gutsy+Default?content=66683>
> As long as I can remember the Ubuntu Theme has been part of the> branding,
> something that helps make Ubuntu known, something for people> to talk about.
> From this point of view, it has worked very well - if> you see a screenshot
> of linux and it is brown, you _know_ it is ubuntu> - if you see a blue
> distro.... who knows...> > sabdfl has said this a few times in interviews - I
> thought in a mail> to this list sometime - but I can't find it...> > >> >
> This problem befell the Compiz logo effort. I really hated the new one> >
> and thought the 2nd choice was a much stronger effort. While the second> >
> choice did not elicit an equal poisitive response, it also did not get> > the
> same level of hatred as the 1st choice.> >> > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list>
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