On Tue, 2009-04-28 at 02:11 +0100, Alex Armstrong wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:10:52 +0300 > From: Alex Armstrong <alehand...@gmail.com> > Subject: [ubuntu-art] Work Theme > To: ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: <1240870252.11146.6.ca...@ubox> > Content-Type: text/plain > > 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. > Yes! Submit your ideas to the wiki (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic) and let's discuss on the list.
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