Am Montag, den 23.02.2009, 15:47 +1300 schrieb tonic: > > 2009/2/23 Cory K. <coryis...@ubuntu.com> > John Baer wrote: > > I believe I understand your desire but for some reason I am > having > > trouble making it work. :( > > > > Realizing the round buttons do resemble OSX my question is; > are rounded > > button bad given the design elements of the Ubuntu logo? > > > > I noticed the highest rated theme at gnome-look.org use > rounded buttons. > > > > http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Aurora > +Smooth?content=80431 > > > > The highest downloaded theme is very OSX. > > > > http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/MacOS-X+Aqua > > +Theme?content=13548 > > > > The evidence seems to supports the fact rounded buttons are > the desire. > > > > Having said that, if any of the "Breathe" folks (or anyone > else) have an > > icon they would like to submit I would greatly appreciate > the help. :) > > > > Remember it needs to display @ 13x13px resolution. > > > There are *many* things that are popular but aren't really a > good idea. > > Generally, I think the folks here would like to see something > different. > Something that /could/ be defined as Ubuntu. > > I think there are a lot of options for window controls. Off the top of > my head, there is no need to stick to the button idea, a look like > touch sensitive surfaces could work well. Integration is an issue, > many themes I have seen seem to just tack on buttons without much care > for the overall aesthetic. Simple, smooth animations would be good too > but Metacity doesn't do that as it goes against the design philosophy. > > > Tonic
A piece from the thematic "Metacity Impression" ... I don't dislike this Metacity at moment, but it would be a general laugh about our poor imagination and copy stuffs from other systems. Somebody wrote something about KDE-buttons ... I dislike them much! ;) Here I send you a sketch how to fusion circle and quadrants with the effect you can read "UbuNtU"!!! on it :D Hope it can be useful ... :) Sincerly Oliver Scholtz
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