Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater

2013-02-05 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bruno wrote on 31/01/13 12:52: ... On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas ... It's quite a lot taller than wide. I wonder if that's a problem at typical sizes. For example, what would it look like in the Launcher? ...

Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater

2013-01-31 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Krzysztof Węgliński wrote on 23/01/13 19:46: How about something like this? ubuntupackage.jpg (35 KB) ... I like how that suggests the presence of a parachute without actually showing it. Clever. The style is a bit unusual. Most icons in

Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater

2013-01-31 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Bruno Bruno Alacoque wrote on 24/01/13 13:42: Please find my two cents as a tetris airdrop ;) hope you guys like it http://www.energumene.com/ubundrop2.png ( 500px ) http://www.energumene.com/ubundrop3.png ( 100px) ... That looks

Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater

2013-01-29 Thread Prateek Jadhwani
Well now is the era of minimalistic designs. I have an idea but it will take me a while to draw it. So try to keep everything minimalistic. On Jan 23, 2013 11:47 AM, Krzysztof Węgliński krzys...@sth-group.pl wrote: How about something like this? ubuntupackage.jpg (35

Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater

2013-01-25 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey Vish Vish wrote on 24/01/13 10:42: ... While the idea of an airdrop/parachute is nice, as someone else also pointed out, people are more used to the arrows and it is easier to use that known metaphor for updates to make it easier for

Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater

2013-01-24 Thread Wouter Vandenneucker
I really like that idea Krzysztof! +1 for the parachute. Though I'd try making it look a little bolder.. Kudos Wouter 2013/1/24 Patrick Karuri patrickarii...@gmail.com On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Krzysztof Węgliński krzys...@sth-group.pl wrote: How about something like this?

Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater

2013-01-24 Thread Vish
On 01/23/2013 05:58 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: Hi folks We have a usability problem in Software Updater (formerly known as Update Manager). The problem is that when the updates dialog appears by itself, there's no visual clue that this is an official Ubuntu

[ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater

2013-01-24 Thread Ilya Crols
I'm not an artist, so the best thing I can do is send in some concept art. http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/024/d/8/ubuntu_update_logo_by_idanwin-d5sj7zg.jpg Hope this helps. -Ilya attachment: Ubuntu-Update-Logo.jpg-- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater

2013-01-24 Thread Bruno Alacoque
Please find my two cents as a tetris airdrop ;) hope you guys like it http://www.energumene.com/ubundrop2.png ( 500px ) http://www.energumene.com/ubundrop3.png ( 100px) [[ Matthew Paul Thomas ]] @ [[ 23/01/2013 11:58 ]]-- Hi folks We have a

[ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater

2013-01-23 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi folks We have a usability problem in Software Updater (formerly known as Update Manager). The problem is that when the updates dialog appears by itself, there's no visual clue that this is an official Ubuntu thing. In Ubuntu 12.10 and earlier,

Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater

2013-01-23 Thread Carlos
If you search for update in Google Images you get mostly variations of spinning arrows. The parachute idea is nice, but maybe it would be better to stick to what the user is used to and try to get something nice using those arrows. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater

2013-01-23 Thread Krzysztof Węgliński
Airdrop idea rox. We should go this way. Imho those + or arrows are too usedup by others. I'll make some projects when i get home, which is about 3hours. Matthew Paul Thomas m...@canonical.com napisał(a): -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi folks We have a usability problem in

Re: [ubuntu-art] New icon needed: Software Updater

2013-01-23 Thread Patrick Karuri
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Krzysztof Węgliński krzys...@sth-group.pl wrote: How about something like this? ubuntupackage.jpg (35 KB)https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2ik=641c94ae2bview=attth=13c68f270dc73919attid=0.1disp=saferealattid=f_hcavvmeg0zw 2013/1/23 Krzysztof Węgliński