Re: [ubuntu-art] Proposal discussion on xubuntu wallpaper/artwork.

2010-11-24 Thread Saleel Velankar
Charlie can you look over the spec that john has written up/ update us with what happened at the meeting? -- Saleel -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art

Re: [ubuntu-art] Proposal discussion on xubuntu wallpaper/artwork.

2010-11-24 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 10:34 -0500, Saleel Velankar wrote: Charlie can you look over the spec that john has written up/ update us with what happened at the meeting? I criticized the spec for not being based on any kind of mission statement or strategy. Charlie put down an action item for

Re: [ubuntu-art] Proposal discussion on xubuntu wallpaper/artwork.

2010-11-24 Thread Charlie Kravetz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:11:08 +0100 Thorsten Wilms t...@freenet.de wrote: On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 10:34 -0500, Saleel Velankar wrote: Charlie can you look over the spec that john has written up/ update us with what happened at the meeting? I

Re: [ubuntu-art] Proposal discussion on xubuntu wallpaper/artwork.

2010-11-24 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 10:59 -0700, Charlie Kravetz wrote: Xubuntu would like to change the perception of only being for old and slow computers to being excellent for any hardware. According to the Xubuntu Strategy Document, it should perform well on any hardware. It should require and use

Re: [ubuntu-art] Proposal discussion on xubuntu wallpaper/artwork.

2010-11-24 Thread Saleel Velankar
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Thorsten Wilms t...@freenet.de wrote: Ok, so we want to express high performance. But not performance by brute force, no big machines, but rather by making the most of what you get, by being small and light. Associations: * Swallow * Dart * Ultra-light

[ubuntu-art] Compiz close-buttons on expose

2010-11-24 Thread Valentin
Hello guys! On expose we should have a clickable X-Icon, which closes the window (the application). It should be visable on mouse-over. Look this: http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/1174/bildschirmfotogb.png What do you think? -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-art] Compiz close-buttons on expose

2010-11-24 Thread Сергей
Hello! It's better to discuss on Ayatana mailing list, I think. Concepts going beyond visual design into functionality are better handled by the Ayatana project https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ayatana. Respectfully, -- Sergey Shnatsel Davidoff -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-art] Proposal discussion on xubuntu wallpaper/artwork.

2010-11-24 Thread Thorsten Wilms
On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 15:38 -0500, Saleel Velankar wrote: You say the next step is abstracting colors and shapes. Shapes I can see how, but how do we know which colors to restrict? How do we judge the value tritone color sheme vs. a monotone one , for example. Sorry if this is super obvious,

Re: [ubuntu-art] Compiz close-buttons on expose

2010-11-24 Thread Valentin
Okay, I'll do that Thank you! 2010/11/24 Сергей shnat...@gmail.com Hello! It's better to discuss on Ayatana mailing list, I think. Concepts going beyond visual design into functionality are better handled by the Ayatana project https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ayatana. Respectfully, -- Sergey

Re: [ubuntu-art] Proposal discussion on xubuntu wallpaper/artwork.

2010-11-24 Thread Charlie Kravetz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:38:16 -0500 Saleel Velankar svela...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Thorsten Wilms t...@freenet.de wrote: Ok, so we want to express high performance. But not performance by brute force, no big

Re: [ubuntu-art] Proposal discussion on xubuntu wallpaper/artwork.

2010-11-24 Thread Charlie Kravetz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:07:08 +0100 Thorsten Wilms t...@freenet.de wrote: On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 15:38 -0500, Saleel Velankar wrote: You say the next step is abstracting colors and shapes. Shapes I can see how, but how do we know which colors to

Re: [ubuntu-art] Proposal discussion on xubuntu wallpaper/artwork.

2010-11-24 Thread Saleel Velankar
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Thorsten Wilms t...@freenet.de wrote: Actually, I wouldn't rule out literal takes on these subject matters. Literal takes are harder than abstract material; also it may conflict with desktop icon text and so on. Unless the default wall is a photo, I cant put

Re: [ubuntu-art] Proposal discussion on xubuntu wallpaper/artwork.

2010-11-24 Thread John Baer
Hello Everyone, This discussion is very exciting and the points being raised are spot on - but somehow the spec needs to reflect the desire of the community and the advice of this team. Thorsten - Saleel - Charlie? Will you update the spec? Saleel, I would like to make you an admin of the

Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice Logo Concept

2010-11-24 Thread j_baer
Jakub Jankiewicz-3 wrote: Hello, This is new logo submission http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Libre-office.svg Regards, Jakub Jankiewicz Jakub, Thank you for showing your support with your submission for this important community project. Best regards, John -- View this

Re: [ubuntu-art] Icon for Ubuntu-bugsquad

2010-11-24 Thread j_baer
coz wrote: On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 8:10 AM, j_baer bae...@gmail.com wrote: Charlie Kravetz wrote: Can you help me with this? Do you need more information? (by the way, I am not an artist, but only the person that seems to know where to go for help). Hey guys, This is just

Re: [ubuntu-art] Proposal discussion on xubuntu wallpaper/artwork.

2010-11-24 Thread Charlie Kravetz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:53:46 -0500 John Baer bae...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Everyone, This discussion is very exciting and the points being raised are spot on - but somehow the spec needs to reflect the desire of the community and the advice of

Re: [ubuntu-art] LibreOffice Logo Concept

2010-11-24 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 10:58, j_baer bae...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you for showing your support with your submission for this important community project. +1 indeed :-) The input from you guys of Ubuntu Artwork is bringing really valuable results in the LibO project. Thanks for all