imho, the 2 most defining factors of "pushability" are the button outline and button overlay (of the *whole* button). I believe we should focus on creating a simple button that includes the system logo and/or the word start. Theming should focus on font, colors, background, and, shape.
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Ryan Prior <ryanpr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Smartboy <smartboyath...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Saleel <svela...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Ryan Prior wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Cory K. <coryis...@ubuntu.com >> >> <mailto:coryis...@ubuntu.com>> wrote: >> >> >> >> You should keep better track of the development. ;) >> >> >> >> >From the SuperEarlyShouldn'tBeDoingThisIt'sTooSoonRelease thread: >> >> > I also added my start-here icon just as a placeholder 'till >> >> something >> >> > better comes along. ;) >> >> >> >> >> >> Ah. I do vaguely remember that now, but I was shocked when I saw the >> >> placeholder start showing up in mockups and screenshots. >> >> >> >> >> >> And where were you with the 2 or 3 other calls for a start here >> image? >> >> >> >> >> >> I do not think that my submission is up to the quality of other things >> >> we've seen here. However, when I started to think about how to >> >> re-stimulate discussion on what "start here" image to use, I figured >> >> it wouldn't hurt to show what I made. If I can get it to look more >> >> "breathe"-styled, I will indeed put the 128px icon on the submissions >> >> page. >> >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> > http://www.piccdrop.com/images/1235095736.png >> > >> > A quick idea-purge to show what I think it should look like. >> > >> > --Saleel >> > >> > -- >> > ubuntu-art mailing list >> > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art >> > >> >> I did an even quicker pic based on your idea in Inkscape of that idea. >> I think that making the Ubuntu logo look like that would be good, just >> make it a little more like the Ubuntu logo. Anyway, here is my pic: >> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2rnyerq&s=5 > > > I really like what you did there! Here's what it makes me think: we've seen > some push-buttons lately and they have a sort of gradient-driven, smooth > motion to them which I definitely see in your icon. Could we make a > pushbutton that definitely says Ubuntu? If you could download the sources to > one of SebastianPorta's pushbuttons and integrate the one you came up with > here, I think it would fit quite well with the rest of the set and say "push > me" while still saying "Ubuntu". > > >> >> >> Smartboy >> >> -- >> 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 > >
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