On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Kenneth Wimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Realistically speaking we won't make this the default for 8.10 anyway, unless > we can fix all the many problems apps seem to have using dark themes. For now > it is a test which hurts nobody during an alpha. > > I even question how many people are actually running the alpha and not just > formulating their opinions based on screenshots. > >> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080629-horny-for-ubuntu-8-10-first-l >>ook-at-intrepid-ibex.html > > Actually, I think that this description of the theme fits pretty well. I'll > say it again, we are testing a dark theme to find out whether it is even > possible to use one or not. We are collecting information the best way > possible --> by putting a dark theme in an important distro which is seen by > many BEFORE it really makes a difference (and while there is still time to > revert).
>> currently, the criticisms are spread both too widely and in contexts not >> constructive to collating well-meaning, useful feedback.. > > I am in the process of creating a feedback page in which people can post the > problems they are having with apps (and screenshots thereof) so that we get > an overview of things and find out where the problems are. I'll post more > about this soon. In any case it will not be a page in which people can vent > their hatred and nasty comments - that is what the forum is for ;-) (the > second half of that poorly formed sentence was a joke). Some people on planet.ubuntu.com should blog about this in order to get more constructive feedback. I saw on that forums comment linked previously someone alluded to bugs in apps they used, which is the wrong place to do that. :-( Just the feedback we wanted but not in a way we can easily use. -- Matthew Nuzum newz2000 on freenode -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
