2007/3/7, Kenneth Wimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wednesday 07 March 2007 14:11:54 Arnaud Quette wrote: > > Hi Kenneth, > > > > 2007/3/7, Kenneth Wimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Sorry that it took so long for me to answer - lost this mail in my inbox > > > somehow :-( > > > > I do well know this problem. And gmail is very helpful, though having > > tons of mail seems to cause it few problems. > > > > > On Monday 26 February 2007 10:50:55 Jonathan Delrot wrote: > > > > Hi ! > > > > Well, I started the colors pallette, it's not finished, you can change > > > > colors, you can download it with the attachment file. > > > > But I think that the Oxygen Icons' colors pallette is very good (I know > > > > you work for this project) and a normal and vibrant colors pallette is > > > > a good ideas, I don't know if work with this colors pallette will be a > > > > problem. What do you think ? Are we obliged to make a new colors > > > > pallette ? > > > > > > I think that having a good solid color palette is very important to > > > creating a solid design. > > > > this point seems well taken. > > btw, what's your feeling about the Oxygen palette? > > > > Hehe, as I helped to make it, I love it! > > But seriously, it is a very solid palette which, in the meantime, has proven > itself. The one place in which it could perhaps still need help is in the > greens. Perhaps taking the oxygen palette as a reference/base and then > creating a good set of greens would be the best way to start.
interesting enough since we currently think about a green predominance ;) @Jon: any comment? > > > Another very important aspect that is often forgotten is to > > > know your customers - exactly which target group is the media center for? > > > > this is not targeted at a special audience, but generally is for the > > mass market people, wanting to install a media center without hassle. > > > > Actually you pretty much defined a group there :-) > > Typical, "normal" people at home who want to set up a media center, not a > whole desktop. Not the best definition but you get the idea. Back that up > with some typical use cases and you've got a great structure to define your > specs, etc. there are already some specs with adapted use cases (seen my mail on the umc list?) ie for the software part: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MediaCenter/SoftwareSpecs > > > These are just two things that should be considered before creating an > > > entire design :-) > > > > thanks for these, while waiting for some more artwork fever ;) > > > > don't forget to register on the ml. > > Arnaud > > I'll do that. cheers, Arnaud -- Linux / Unix Expert - MGE UPS SYSTEMS - R&D Dpt Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/ Debian Developer - http://people.debian.org/~aquette/ OpenSource Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
