Can we do a gentle noise or noise+blur texture in cairo, like in your background? I thing gloss is on the way out too, but it is better than plain jane flat colors. A subtle texture though would be very cool! Just so long as it doesn't come off as a rip off of that old Mac brushed metal theme, it would have to be more subtle than that.
Corey On Nov 7, 2007 2:16 PM, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 07/11/2007, Andreas Nilsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote: > > > On 07/11/2007, *Andreas Nilsson* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > > > Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote: > > > > On 07/11/2007, *Troy James Sobotka* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > I somewhat agree with you. I think Tango is great, but I don't > > think > > > > that it is "Ubuntuish" in any way. > > > Hi Mikkel! > > > > > > > > > Hi Andreas! :-) > > > > > > I guess the elegance I am looking for is something like (this goes for > > > both icons+gtk+metacity): > > > > > > * Touch of realism (not naturalism) > > > * Simplicity > > > * Minimal number of distinct features, both on a per-icon level and > > > the desktop as a whole > > > * Something that you will instantly recognize as Ubuntu > > > > > > Where I feel Tango takes another direction is specifically in points 1 > > > > > and 4. > > Give me some time and I'll do some experiments and see what I can come > > up with. > > Ideally it would be great to have something that looked very > > distinctive, but didn't stick out like a sore thumb from the rest of the > > > > desktop. > > > +1. Looking forward to see what you conjure :-) > > > I just want to throw in a frequently found thing in mockups around the > > > web. Monochrome notification icons. Like the ones I attached. I think > > > it is a great way to reduce the visual clutter. Perhaps we could use > > > it even more extensively than that - maybe replace a some of the "less > > > important icons" throughout the desktop with monochrome versions. That > > > could be alternative solution instead to disabling all icons in menus. > > > > I think this is a cool idea and it was something that Lasse, Kenneth and > > myself discussed last week as well. > > We need a good solution on how to handle Pidgin status in monochrome > > though. mpt was going to show me how Adium solved it, but we ran out of > > time. :/ > > We also need a good technical solution on how to solve this. Should the > > notification area pick up it's own set of icons? Or if we just replace > > them in our theme, how do we solve it for banshee/rhythmbox that tends > > to just stick their app icon in the notification area (and yes, that is > > kind of a ugly behavior)? > > > Yes, the technical aspects concern me (let me think about them) . I think > it is a good policy to try and enforce a monochrome systray at least. > > Then we could simply compile a cynical list of "important" vs "less > important" icons and use monochrome (or low contrast) icons for them > throughout the rest of the desktop. > > Cheers, > Mikkel > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > >
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