On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:53:27 +0200 Michiel Sikma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - snip - > set is. It follows guidelines more strictly, hasn't gone overboard > with insane levels of orangification (does the user-desktop icon > really need to attempt to show the default wallpaper in the smallest > icon size? Does the Internet icon really need to be a large orange > sphere?) and has more probability of being consistent with pretty > much the whole general style of the non-Ubuntu Linux art of > tomorrow. Consistency is still an important thing, and as of yet, > Ubuntu is not a trend setter in the art or UI world. Tango seems to > be just that.
Your discussion is good, and if you can write down in a spec exactly which icons you do not like, how they can be improved, and more importantly why they should be improved... that would be very valuable to us. It is very likely that the Art Council will pay more attention to the situation, if there is proper documentation on the subject, than these emails in the Message lists. There are historic reasons why the upcoming cycle is unlikely to let us change the human icon set. For one thing, we haven't "proved" ourselves as a viable alternative for making ubuntu art yet. For another, the Human set was outsourced, and we shouldn't step on their toes right from the beginning. This does not mean that we cannot take over when the time is right, so having these ideas on spec would be very useful for the long term. As per the decision-making: don't get your head under water because of it. The reason we have decision-makers in artistic exploits, is because art is very subjective, and also very prone to a lack in quality, which makes decision making on a democratic level very difficult. Additionaly, this is how it has always been done (Kenneth Wimer can tell you, he has worked for Novel for 7 years). This is the first time that a distribution approaches the art team with a more open-ended work process, so there are bound to be questions on the fairness of the organisation. This doesn't mean your words will be lost on the Art Council though! Write your thoughts in a spec, and they might get approved for the following release cycle. Kind Regards, - Niel Drummond > -snip- > > Michiel Sikma > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
