Good points. I share some of these concerns, and eagerly await an answer :)
On Dec 28, 2007 11:03 PM, Andrew Laignel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been subscribed to this list for a few months now, and have been > slightly disappointed at how things are progressing. I have seen quite > a lot of good ideas go by, with people saying 'yes, I like that' and > then it disappears into history and someone else posts something and it > all starts again. There seems to be a mockup->post->dissappear cycle. > > I think it's the result of their being no actual official input, and no > officially managed archive of contributions. There is the wiki, but > each entry could be anything from a photograph of a sketch to a complete > mockup. It's also hard to know when anything new has been added without > checking each link individually each day. > > At this point I think what is really needed is an official voice to have > a look at all the contributions, group all the viable ideas in one place > and then say why each idea is good/bad and what the official opinion on > it 'making it' as the default theme is. It would provide an excellent > reference point on whats already been done, and what is being looked for > in an official theme. > > I like to think I am fairly good at design but I have no idea if my > current mockup is anything like anything that could be official. I > cannot work on problems and refine it to meet the specifications if I > have no idea what they are and I see this symptom in quite a lot of > posts - the designer simply stops due to a lack of direction. > > I do not think it would take much to refine the wiki slightly with the > current potential candidates and run them past Mark, or at least someone > official so they can say a bit about each one and what is > liked/disliked. At the least it would spur people on to improve on > things and respond to the comments. > > One of the most important parts of a design brief in my opinion is a: > the brief, and b: liasing with the clients at various stages to make > sure things are going the way they like. We just seem to be missing > both of these and seem to be just spinning our wheels. There is a lot of > talent on this list and the wiki, and its a shame to see it > under-utilised. :( > > > > -- > 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
