To hopefully put some more life into the polishing of the Human GTK theme, which I believe to be the most fun activity of all of Ubuntu Artwork, I've composed a little desktop environment mock-up screen with the latest version of my WIP.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/PolishHumanGTKTheme/Incoming? action=AttachFile&do=get&target=michieldesktop2.png This is how I envision the future of Ubuntu's desktop. (Except for the Tangerine icons; you can ignore them, that's just a personal preference of mine. The background also is far from finished.) Clean, concise, and very, very shiny. The updated GTK mock-up can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ Artwork/Specs/PolishHumanGTKTheme/Incoming#head- f092ea306a546788b86b8227a87ef7faa5ba78de Michiel On Aug 10, 2006, at 9:30 PM, Michiel Sikma wrote: > > On Aug 10, 2006, at 8:28 PM, Étienne Bersac wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I agree with Who. The overall look'n'feel is quite better than the >> current Human. However, less rounded widgets should do a better >> "distinctive" design. That would make GtkSpinButton nicer. >> >> I really like the progressbar, there are far more readable. Droping >> tiny >> vertical lines is a very good idea :D. >> >> Also, i find that the darken bottom of window title bar is too >> dark, as >> well as the close button background. > > Yeah, I need to tune those a little bit. I haven't spent much time on > them. I'll see if I can lighten it up a little. > > I personally kind of like the rounding, though! But the window frame > itself is too rounded, I would say. > >> About scrollbar. Using color for both scroll and buttons might look >> good. But remember that orange is quite sharp. Mark said that "long >> term >> widget" should not be in sharp color, nor glassy. > > Well, I'll see if I can make it a little more dim. You're right that > this is a little bothersome. I don't think that we should attempt to > make it look like it can last for years, though. I can't fathom the > skin not needing minor tweaks with every next release. > >> Also, a big big big point. Can you use less gray and more white or a >> sligthly oranged white ? I'm sure that a lot of people are fed up >> with >> gray. Using a widget background color other than gray would definetly >> make ubuntu looks distinctive. > > Yeah, I'll see if I can do something there too. Maybe make it a > little brighter. Although grey is, of course, a very good color for > beveling things and distinguishing from white. There are very, very > few colors (in my opinion) that can be properly used as GTK > background color. > >> Keep up the good work !! :D > > Thanks! :) > >> >> Étienne. >> -- >> Verso l'Alto ! >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-art mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > Michiel Sikma > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art Michiel Sikma [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
