Hello,
If Ubuntu followed a blue-ish trend then I have the feeling we
would be
getting complaints from other people just about the same thing:
colouration. I accept that many people prefer blue above brown, or
grey
above orange, but this is one of the things that sets Ubuntu apart
from
other distributions. We've moved to orange now, as evident in the
Metacity and GTK themes (great work by the way, and both Tangerine and
the new Human icon sets are beginning to take form as well, using lots
of orange.
Yes, it's good for ubuntu to be different. I do not understand why
changing the color of ubuntu for this cycle. Why not make a clean,
polish and professionnal brown theme and work on a orange based theme
for the next cycle. Using a caramel theme is a good compromise.
If we were to change main shades now it would be a lot of work to
re-do
the work we have already done.
We have time, artist and artwork. We must review several points of
the current design. Do we have so much message about artwork in
previous release ? Even great supporter of Ubuntu (Lionel Dricot
wrote a book about ubuntu : http://www.eyrolles.com/Accueil/Livre/
9782212116083/ ). This is important to take care of those messages
that come from ubunteros, not from redhat or SuSE users.
We can't follow the Tango guidelines completely. Realise that the
Tango
Desktop Project aims to bring a consistent look to the Linux desktop,
emphasis on the 'a'.
Of course, i want that ubuntu build it's own guidelines (i'm the one
who creates DapperUbuntuArtworkGuidelines ), but obviously, Tango has
a huge advance over us and his highly reusable.
What i like in tango spec is the true emphasis on consistency and
accessibilty. This is what we must include in our Guidelines.
Best regards.
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