> Hey everyone; > > This post easily would not be in regards to intrepid, possibly it's > successor. It's in relation to extending the art-teams direction beyond > theme creation, into program layouts and per-program optimization. > > One of the main things I'm noticing with Ubuntu is that we have a lot of > -really- nice themes ready and poised. Dust is simply astounding, for > example (please post the Dust theme files, I love them). However, if we ever > plan to take on interface masters such as the designers over at Apple and > Microsoft, we need to polish individual programs once we have established > themes. > > A good example of an unpolished looking program is Asilerot Solitare. The > game looks horrible, and is in no way related to any Ubuntu theme. To make > asilerot solitare look good, all we need are some cards and a new > background. Firefox is a good example of when a per-program theme is made. > The Dust firefox theme adds amazing polish, and solidifies the theme. > > Other programs just have inconsistant layouts, if we managed to steal away > some programmers they could just make sure programs have a more standardized > layout. > > Overall, this would include a slow per-program layout update, and involve > maintaining program changes post-update (or getting the devs to add it to > the changes to their main builds). Programs that support themes (like > firefox or Solitare) and programs frequently used (such as Nautilus or > Evolution) would be the best to focus on. > > This post is mostly observational, but I personally beleive that it should > be a priority - once we have a polished, updatable theme (such as OSX is > doing with Aqua). > > -Ken Vermette
Program Layout. Good point. So we need something more than a theme, we need to make a theme for each program shipped with ubuntu... and maybe code a theme manager for those programs that don't support theme. We need programmers and a good artist. UI isn't just a .gtkrc and some images Canonical should seriously put some money on this. -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
