Just a few words. Ubuntu = linux for human beings. Human beings = disctint cultures. Disctint cultures = distinct themes. Artwork team, start working!.
Have a nice day! Álvaro. El 19/04/2007, a las 22:46, Troy James Sobotka escribió: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Karoliina Salminen wrote: >> Earthy is very different from where you are coming from. In Finland >> Earthy would be propably green. Forest everywhere. > > Agree -- one part of the holy trinity of colour design -- Context (In > what context is the colour presented?), Culture (In what culture is > the > colour presented?), and Time (What are the contemporary design trends > surrounding the palette? Are there any exemplary art pieces / designs > that immediately draw context to a given colour?) > > In general, Context will overrule most of the other issues -- red on > body parts / meat versus red on a North American Santa, for > example. I > would hazard a guess that design with some impetus / direction could > direct the tones. > >> Anyhow, I would love to see something more stylish and less boring in >> the future in the Ubuntu themes. The current one is not really >> totally >> bad, it is an acceptable compromise, but by no definition it is cool >> and it does not give much wow-effect for potential new users and for >> me (after using Ubuntu from times of Warty) it is a bit boring, about >> as boring as some old MS Windows-look. If compared to competition >> though, the >> situation is not much better there currently, most themes in most >> distributions tend to be boring and very conservative. > > Well said. > > 1) Who is our audience? > 2) What are we communicating? > > Middle grey doesn't cut it. > > *sigh* > > Sincerely, > TJS > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFGJ9UOar0EasPEHjQRAsS5AKCdZoduUkS3DWTpMsVhKigt+gxQ+QCdHYgQ > GSEB2hYsIt6wq31Qn/b4Y0o= > =eDo8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
