Sumit Agarwal wrote: > 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
Honestly, best thing is to start the idea yourself and pull in like minded people once your idea is framed up. -Cory \m/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
