why not use these wonderfull icon set http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Gnome%2BHumanElephant+Savane%2BMarine?content=67388 i think they fit perfectly with both a bright and dark theme.
johannes On Nov 23, 2007 11:43 AM, Álvaro Medina Ballester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007/11/23, Günther Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I'm going with James. The use of brown colours hat always been a little > > shy in Ubuntu, but you can do so much more. Think about the combination > > of brown nuances and white - very smooth and eyepleasing. Brown and > > black - very strong. Brown with green and blue - fresh, modern. Brown > > with red and orange - eyeblasting. > > Agree. Just look any of lyrae's themes. > > > http://www.gnome-look.org/usermanager/search.php?username=lyrae&action=contents > > He/she uses browns and makes the greatests themes I've ever seen in Linux. > > > Some thoughts on icons. Most people are bored by the glossy look of the > > Human Theme. But like someone pointed out, it would be a problem, if a > > new icontheme would not work with Tango anymore - Suse, Fedora, ... > > > > Maybe it would be way better, to rework a huge part of the actual > > icontheme, making them a little more realistic, making them somehow > > cleaner than they actually are. Hylkes Discovery icons are a good start > > or maybe could fuse with the new ones. What about this one: > > > > http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Simple+Human > > +folders?content=41750 > > What do you think about starting at this point? > > http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Dropline+NOU%21?content=53292 > > I think that combines Ubuntu look with more realistic & less glossy icons. > > > > > I've got the feeling, that souch a small change is exactly the right > > thing for a new Ubuntu Desktop. A simple gradient instead of the glossy > > feel. > > > > > > > > > > Am Donnerstag, den 22.11.2007, 16:59 -0800 schrieb Troy James Sobotka: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Jan Niklas Hasse wrote: > > > > IMHO brown is one of the ugliest colours. I'm sorry but it reminds me > of > > > > several bad things. Please don't decide to make a brown theme, orange > is > > > > ways better. > > > > > > > > > I'm sorry to bother the list responding to this, but I feel > > > that I must. > > > > > > This is the absolute most rubbish opinion ever offered up. > > > > > > It is a poorly researched, poorly understood, and knee jerk > > > reaction. Your understanding is not only misguided, it is > > > riddled with flaws that anyone with any ounce of design sense > > > would understand. > > > > > > > > > Ubuntu's brown is pitiful _only_ because of poor execution. Arguably, > > > brown is having a bit of a second life in many other areas of design. > > > > > > Notably, as has been said a 100000 times before: > > > > > > 1) Ubuntu's use of brown is monochromatic and extremely underwhelming. > > > A compliment or split compliment would fix this along with the > > > permission to use contrast from lights to darks. Brown could easily > > > remain the base if fleshed out with some supporting cast members. > > > > > > 2) Brown has been used many times by many different designers > > > extremely effectively. Of notable worth you may wish to research > > > some contemporary designs utilizing crests, grunge, etc. Common > > > pairings are brown with the compliment blue. Starbucks recently > > > launched a new campaign using brown as a base with white and a > > > petal blue. And yes, many design awards have been won with brown > > > as a base. > > > > > > 3) "Orange is always better". Superlatives are an immediate sign > > > that the statement is probably riddled with flaws. Make no mistake, > > > monochromatic orange is no better than monochromatic brown. For further > > > reflection on this, compare the weak Fedora 8 work to the extremely > > > strong Fedora 7 work. The horribly monotonous work in SUSE is also > > > a byproduct of monotony. > > > > > > There is a line between consistency and monotony, and no matter what > > > colour or psycho-semantic-tripey rubbish that someone is trying to > > > peddle about color psychology, in the end, it is the monochromatic > > > lack of contrast that is killing Ubuntu's use of brown. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > TJS > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > > > iD8DBQFHRiX9ar0EasPEHjQRArGaAKDGxK1DOvkM9QkcrM04gKe+13bOhACgmu0Z > > > WYgOUoU2ikHTX3ot6Ledc/0= > > > =Rebz > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-art mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > > > > > -- > Álvaro. > -- > 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
