> 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 This combo lends itself to looking outdated or out of fashion.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.
One of my favourite thing's about Ubuntu's colour scheme is how unlike other operating systems where they use a cold colour scheme (Windows, Mac OS X), Ubuntu sticks with a warm colour scheme. Also, in terms of professionalism, in my opinion Orange is a much more vibrant, exciting look rather then brown. Take a look at the Personification<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/Personification>theme ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/Personification ). Although the theme itself looks pretty sloppy, I feel the colour scheme looks good. But I agree with you, Ubuntu is not up to scratch in terms of looks. I remember showing someone the default screenshots of Ubuntu and they were not impressed at all. I'm currently looking at some screenshots of Mac OS X 10.5, and I can see why Mac users love it so much. The desktop is truly a work of art. Nicholas (LostOverThere)
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