To 'rephrase' and add some of my own thoughts:
-ISSUE - theme not eye-pleasing enough
-IDEA - create aeshetically-pleasing theme
-CON - idea too vague
-IDEA - large-area UI elements should be color-neutral. This would
put greater visual importance and weight on application *content*
rather than the application/desktop UI
-ISSUE - UI controls such as scrollbars, max/min/close/etc can
get
visually 'lost'
IDEA - keep main theme elements such as
dialogue/application
backgrounds, menubars, and possibly titlebars color-neutral, but give
scrollbars and buttons strong colors (Ubuntu colors? Orange?) so that
they visually stand-out.
-IDEA - theme must clearly represent Ubuntu spirit
-ISSUE - we need to better define 'Ubuntu spirit' visually. First,
what does 'Ubuntu spirit' even mean? A sense of compassion? A sense of
ease? What are generally-accepted techniques for visually representing
these ideas? Does it mean warm colors? Does it mean a satin-look?
Is anyone up for building up an Ubuntu-art wiki around this type of
ISSUE/IDEA/PRO/CON organization? Should be easy to use in the existing
wiki.
-Sumit
On Apr 28, 2008, at 10:34 AM, Anton Kerezov wrote:
> Hello everyone.
>
> Really nice work Dana. I think we are making progress now :) So let
> this
> be our FIRST GOAL:
>
> 1. We have to make an automatically changing desktop with natural
> elements in mind (I think that the first link mostly represents this
> idea). Propositions should be in .png file format and be available at
> the highest reasonable resolution. The author must keep a copy of his
> work in his computer. So that when requested for packaging it should
> be
> available.
>
> I need to know if all of you agree on this first goal because if there
> is one that don't we should discuss it again. I think we can integrate
> weather forecast and geo-location data usage as well (proposed by
> Dana).
> I wish I knew more about gnome-programming to do this myself :(
>
> After we create acceptable "live" background we should go and pursue
> our
> SECOND GOAL:
>
> 2. Create aesthetically pleasing and eye-easy theme that clearly
> represents the Ubuntu spirit.
>
> Not perfect example for 2:
> http://lassekongo83.deviantart.com/art/Orange-door-hinge-80402700
>
>
>
> Any further discussions and and recommendations are always welcome :)
>
> Anton
>
> В 07:46 -0700 на 28.04.2008 (пн), Dana Goyette написа:
>> Anton Kerezov wrote:
>>> Hi Seth
>>>
>>> I have put such a proposal on Ubuntu Brainstorm and had also
>>> proposed
>>> the idea of semi transparent background an year ago but there was
>>> little
>>> interest in it. I can work with you to make this happen and I'm
>>> sure it
>>> will be the best improvement we can make towards an interface that
>>> feel
>>> more human. So is there anyone else who would like to help?
>>>
>>> Excuse my English.
>>>
>>> Anton
>>>
>>
>> I've actually taken a look at that feature; after I first saw it in
>> Fedora 8 and 9 (beta at the time), I've been 'dying' to see the same
>> feature in Ubuntu. It turns out that the XML slideshow wallpaper
>> feature from Fedora has been pushed upstream, so now it exists in
>> Gnome
>> 2.22, and thus Ubuntu (Hardy); there just isn't any artwork using it.
>> However, this feature is static, in that it responds only to time
>> changes, and not to season or weather changes.
>>
>> If you search for 'slideshow' on gnome-look, you get a few results:
>> http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Tree+Slideshow+Wallpaper+for+Fedora?content=74639
>> http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/DebianBlue+(Animated+Slideshow)?content=75289
>> http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Debian-Bling+(Animated+Slideshow)?content=75293
>> -- note: this one is more of an example of "what not to do!"
>> Some of the wallpapers from vladstudio.com also work decently well
>> with
>> these XML files.
>>
>> This feature can be very cool if done right, but it definitely needs
>> good artwork to go with it.
>>
>> I've also taken the time to 'hack together' a theme using the iGoogle
>> 'teahouse' theme's artwork; this at once shows how cool it can be,
>> and
>> shows how odd things can look when objects move around in the images.
>> I've attached the theme here; the XML currently has hardcoded
>> paths, and
>> needs to be placed in /usr/share/backgrounds , so the XML file will
>> be
>> /usr/share/backgrounds/teahouse/teahouse.xml .
>
>
> --
> 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
