There is a certain cancerous thinking that goes into designing a default theme for an OS/distro. I've been working on various possible defaults for Ubuntu for almost a year now, and many of them were very pleasant to work with; but I've come to realise that while the palette (brown, yellow, orange) is important in terms of branding, it is largely irrelevant in terms of actual usage.
I am not speaking of the sort of user who, like myself, relishes to customize his virtual desktop environment. I have in mind the folks who use computers in a professional environment. Most places I've worked at (Caveat emptor: none of them were IT-centric) relied on PCs with Windows XP. The default XP theme is decidedly gaudy and, in my limited experience, the tendency was to switch to the stark Windows 2000 look. It's not an impressive theme, by any means, but it is unobtrusive and it gets the job done and, more importantly, allows the user to ignore it. Assuming a similar market for Ubuntu--and I am sure a professional market exists, even if limited--I think there may be a need for a theme to counterpoint the default. Something grey, dull, perhaps with a pinch of blue or possibly not; something that gets out of your way. I understand that this list was created to assist in the brand image of Ubuntu. I was just wondering if there may also be a need for a "work" theme; something that simply does not draw attention to itself. Alex P.S. From the tone of this e-mail, you may be able to tell that I've been working on themes along such lines. I was wondering if they would be an acceptable contribution to the list and to the wiki. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
