2008/8/25 Hajo E. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello designers, developers and mailing list readers, > Looks like the mail did not get through the last time a few days ago, so > here it is again (I'm sorry if you got this mail more than one time): > After consulting Google, http://wiki.ubuntu.com, #ubuntu-artwork and > launchpad i couldn't find information on what exactly the three different > deadlines in the Release schedule of Intrepid Ibex [1] mean. > I'm just curious if there is a chance at all that a theme like Dust [2] can > still make it into Ubuntu 8.10 or if it is too late and we will end up > having almost the same design we have seen in 8.04 and no innovations. > Regarding the Dust theme: > Dust (as seen in the wiki) has some advantages over the other popular themes > which compete against each other being the new default theme: > * It looks mature > * the font and font size used in the pictures in [2] creates a very > different appearance (i would vote for a 1pt smaller font size in intrepid > compared to the size that is used in the last ubuntu versions) > * a bit of transparency like it is used in the GNOME panel makes it look a > grain more elegant > * ... rest of the arguments can be read in the comments of the wiki page > Another question i am interested in is why there are no paid designers who > could be able to create a good theme. > Thanks for reading. > Regards, > Hajo E. > [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntrepidReleaseSchedule > [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/DustTheme > --
No Dust won't be part of ubuntu, these are themes from the community to the community, and are not planned for any kind of inclusion. Cheers -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
