A Thought About F9 Artwork

2008-01-01 Thread John Baer
All, IMO the F8 artwork presents Fedora very favorably and it seems a waste not to leverage this success in F9. Does it make sense to change the theme every other release cycle and use the off cycle to improve or tweak the current theme? Presenting the same question a differ way. Would Fedora

Re: A Thought About F9 Artwork

2008-01-01 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Steven Garrity wrote: I proposed a seasonal Spring/Fall theme set to coincide with the time-based release schedule of Fedora back in November. I've been trying to create a page for it on the wiki, but I'm having trouble getting my account created (probably my own fault). Are you following

Re: A Thought About F9 Artwork

2008-01-01 Thread Laith Juwaidah
On Wednesday 02 January 2008 00:06:07 Steven Garrity wrote: John Baer wrote: Does it make sense to change the theme every other release cycle and use the off cycle to improve or tweak the current theme? This is a good point - it would be nice to see a somewhat common theme getting more and

Re: A pretty please (regrading Fedora 9 theme)

2008-01-01 Thread Valent Turkovic
On 1/1/08, Máirín Duffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Valent Turkovic wrote: Here are one audio review which also says artwork for Fedora 8 is lacking: http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/index.php/archives/fedora-8-audio-review/ and one random forum comment: Artwork quite poor compared to

Re: A Thought About F9 Artwork

2008-01-01 Thread Máirín Duffy
Laith Juwaidah wrote: Perhaps we could adopt a spring visual theme for the odd-numbered releases that fall in the spring, and a fall visual theme for the even-numbered releases that fall in the, well, fall. Could it also be that the colors match the season (green for spring releases and

Re: A pretty please (regrading Fedora 9 theme)

2008-01-01 Thread Máirín Duffy
Valent Turkovic wrote: Did you listen to Linux Action Show podcast review in the link that is provided? They also mention icons and few other issues, but best listen to it if you can. Sorry, I didn't, I don't have much time these days. A summary of actual issues brought up would be helpful.

Re: [F9 theme proposal] (Also Freedom :)) Round 1

2008-01-01 Thread Máirín Duffy
Valent Turkovic wrote: On 1/1/08, Máirín Duffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This sounds too busy for a default wallpaper. Maybe for an add-on one though. Well it is a bit busy :) But it was only as an idea, if some who is more artistically inclined than me can use this link I posted as an idea

Re: A Thought About F9 Artwork

2008-01-01 Thread Daniel Geiger
I believe it would be beneficial to Fedora to stabilize the artwork in successive releases. IMO, radically changing the artwork each release detracts from giving Fedora a recognizable look and feel. I am for refining and improving the artwork, though--maybe in the degree to which Ubuntu

Re: A Thought About F9 Artwork

2008-01-01 Thread Michael Beckwith
New themes, that are relatively radically different, I tend to think ARE Fedora's recognizable look. Something new and well done to greet you with each release. No you can't satisfy everyone, but that should be expected. Just look at modern art for an example of that. Daniel Geiger wrote: I

Re: A Thought About F9 Artwork

2008-01-01 Thread inode0
On Jan 1, 2008 9:40 PM, Michael Beckwith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: New themes, that are relatively radically different, I tend to think ARE Fedora's recognizable look. Something new and well done to greet you with each release. No you can't satisfy everyone, but that should be expected. Just