Re: [ubuntu-art] Portfolio and Graphics

2013-07-25 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Devyn Devyn Collier Johnson wrote on 16/07/13 13:22: ... I would like to contribute to Ubuntu by making and editing icons and wallpapers. ... Welcome! Here are some bug reports about icons that are missing or need revising. Software

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 idea for update manager

2013-01-28 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 brent wakey wrote on 26/01/13 04:42: For future consideration, an icon idea for the update manager. thx Brent I don't know of any software available for Ubuntu that can open Paint.NET files. Could you use a more standard format, e.g. SVG or PNG?

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] The new update icon

2013-01-25 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Kai Kai Macmaster wrote on 23/01/13 15:07: ... I'm not sure exactly what your after but I thought I would submit an icon that I've just created based on the ubuntu logo. My first submission :) Thanks. Unfortunately that isn't really

Re: [ubuntu-art] The new ubuntu update icon submission.

2013-01-25 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Carlos Eduardo C. do Val wrote on 23/01/13 15:25: If the problem is the A... ... That looks pretty good! However, the problem isn't *just* the A. :-) If you've run Software Updater yourself, you'll see that it uses the standard Launcher

[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] Self-announcement‏

2013-01-21 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 dali liu wrote on 18/01/13 14:05: Hello! I have joined the mailing list for a while but I havn't done anything yet. I like to design user interfaces and how to interact with it, but what I can do is very limited. designing icons or some simple

Re: [ubuntu-art] Self-announcement

2013-01-21 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Krzysztof W?gli?ski wrote on 18/01/13 08:09: Hi guys, I've just joined your team so as Ubuntu Artwork says I'm introducing myself. ... Welcome Krzysztof. Have you found things to help with? In the next few days I hope to start posting visual

Re: [ubuntu-art] Center Design

2013-01-08 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 anonimo wrote on 27/12/12 22:19: A mockup -- anonymous As I said for your previous mockup, it probably isn't a good idea to require horizontal scrolling for the list of categories. Grouping a dozen of them under Other isn't really a good

Re: [ubuntu-art] Center Instalation

2012-12-20 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 anonimo wrote on 13/12/12 19:37: Mockup -- anonymous Interesting idea. It does give more room to the featured applications. However, it probably isn't a good idea to require horizontal scrolling for the list of categories. Cheers - -- mpt

Re: [ubuntu-art] Introduction

2012-10-04 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Connor P wrote on 28/09/12 03:33: ... Hi. As you can tell by my email address, I'm Connor Peet. I've been a fan of Ubuntu for neigh on four years now, and have recently started looking at giving back to the community. Welcome! ... With

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu UI Design Concept

2012-09-03 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Radu Silviu Ionut wrote on 03/09/12 08:15: ... I have played around on a Ubuntu UI mockup, after I have seen the work of Sputnik8 http://www.redmondpie.com/this-mockup-brings-metro-to-the-legacy-desktop-in-windows-8-images/ here are 2

Re: [ubuntu-art] mockup the evince

2012-08-28 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 anonimo wrote on 25/08/12 00:50: http://anonimo1245.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d5cesjd Interesting mockup. Using a borderless menu, with Ajustar al ancho de pagina as one of its options, would have one of two results. Either the menu would change

Re: [ubuntu-art] Help with usability issues etc.

2012-01-11 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Kristina Sorry for the late reply. I didn't see your message until now, because it was posted to the artwork list. (Ubuntu has other mailing lists for usability https://launchpad.net/~ayatana, accessibility

Re: [ubuntu-art] ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 74, Issue 7

2011-09-01 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Leute Graphic wrote on 31/08/11 12:44: Banner for Chromium ... Unfortunately that banner isn't usable, because: * It does at least two of the Things You Can't Do with Google trademarks http://www.google.com/permissions/guidelines.html:

Re: [ubuntu-art] Wanted: Artwork for Ubuntu Software Center department screens

2010-12-13 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
plans for announcing this to a wider audience? I just posted it on Twitter and Identica. I may post it on design.canonical.com later too. Thanks - -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http

Re: [ubuntu-art] Ubuntu Software Center department screens

2010-12-13 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
Recipe Manager, Kate, Waterfall font viewer, Zipper. Also I am assuming that universal access is just accessibility programs? ... Yes. Virtual keyboards, screen readers, magnifiers, etc. Thanks - -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ -BEGIN PGP

Re: [ubuntu-art] Wanted: Artwork for Ubuntu Software Center department screens

2010-12-13 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
is monochrome, the version used in the code will be black with transparency, so that USC can tint it to the appropriate color at runtime. - -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http

[ubuntu-art] Wanted: Artwork for Ubuntu Software Center department screens

2010-12-10 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
with a link to it. If you have any questions, please also reply here and I will answer them on Monday. Thanks - -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: [ubuntu-art] [Ayatana] Meerkat volume control design

2010-10-14 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
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Re: [ubuntu-art] Meerkat volume control design

2010-10-13 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
/#c11zste: | | We need more of this. Lots more of this. Cheers - -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAky1wMIACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecqYmgCeMnBo+D/5tDGd4LsrHDVlcwZy

Re: [ubuntu-art] gconf schema default for ubuntu wallpaper

2008-01-05 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
missing too, it reverts to the OS default), that's a bug that can be fixed. Once it's fixed, you can change the OS default at will. Cheers - -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http