<quote who="Matthew Nuzum"> > > c) How do completely different looking 'Linux' [1] desktops help users? > > I'm not suggesting they look completely different, I'm suggesting they > have unique visual styles.
The kind of differences we see between Red Hat (Bluecurve), Sun's JDS (Blueprint) and the Novell/Ubuntu (GNOME) icons are the kind of differences that alarm users. They're not just "unique visual styles" - they change some of the fundamental points of familiarity (memory muscle) that users latch on to. Thus, I tend to support collaboration efforts in these areas (I'm really glad we're almost all using Clearlooks now, for example). - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2006: Dunedin, New Zealand http://linux.conf.au/ We're kind of like Canada, only we hate ourselves more, and it's wetter around the edges. -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
