On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Salane Ashcraft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ubuntu Art Team- > > I have been doing some thinking about the color of the theme, the > buttons, etc. I also was thinking about some things that Mark > Shuttleworth told me and things he has said in interviews regarding > the desktop of Ubuntu. He has said that it is something that needs > work on , something that we need to improve to the point of being the > "Golden Standard," something that he currently believes rests in > Apple's hands with OS X. I will agree with him. We need a theme that > meets, improves upon, and is superior to OS X's strong points. What > are things people like about it? They like its seamless, integrated, > and unified design. What are things we can do to help Ubuntu do this? > > (The following are just my thoughts- carefully thought out and > considered as my own opinion I fell free to share) > > Color - Our current theme uses a mix of a light grey and a medium > brown. This combo lends itself to looking outdated or out of fashion. > Ubuntu is an operating system, a tech product- we want it to look > modern, and with Ubuntu in particular, we want it to look forward. > Mark thinks it is necessary to retain the Orange/Brown look of Ubuntu > - we can do this in ways other than trying to make the Gtk widgets and > panels these colors. I have seen many brown colors, created many > gradients, and brown just doesn't seem right as a panel color or > window color. I think that we need something that is neutral, yet > looks beautiful and futuristic ( not as in robots and the Jetsons, but > more like a true futuristic look). We also want Ubuntu to look unique. > Therefore black as in Vista and grey as in OS X are taken. What is > left besides brown? What is Ubuntu? Nothing in the logo will work. > What about what we have? Its a much lighter grey than OS X - why not > make it lighter, say to an off white? There is a way to do it where it > does not feel cold, or is too bright. Just a thought.
If I might try a rhetorical trick to alter your perception: instead of a light brown, why don't we use a dark orange? If that fails, then perhaps it's time to color parameterize the theme. I think Mark's right about the identification of the Ubuntu desktop. It reinforces the idea that using Ubuntu is easy, when people use the recognizable theme visible ways. I think we can satisfy both the value of a distinct default desktop and accommodate people who would like a different color. We wholly expect people to change the background; if it were just as easy to change the theme color I think there'd be little to complain about. Justin Dugger -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
