On Sun, 2009-02-22 at 21:44 +0000, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > On Sun, 2009-02-22 at 12:44 -0500, John Baer wrote: > > I updated the wiki with my latest thoughts on metacity controls. > > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/Impression/Metacity > > > You are doing a great job at documenting your work! >
Thanks ... > I think it has been said already, but please consider to make the WM > buttons oval (wider than tall). A morph between a rectangle and an > oval > might also be an option. This way you might be able to get away from > Apple a bit while also making the target areas larger, without going > back to plain rectangular. > > You should either try to make the buttons look more physical, or make > them decidedly virtual by dropping gradients or any other means of > making them seem to glow or shine. > > For the physical direction, have a look at silicon, wax and backlit > buttons in general. > > http://blog.makezine.com/Button-Pad-4.jpg > http://www.austco.com.cn/upimg/2007112015519.jpg > http://static-p3.fotolia.com/jpg/00/02/82/72/400_F_2827209_jc0h0pVWuWT4k8aLIXmoZ1LwOQA76Y.jpg > http://www.soundwidgets.com/uploaded_images/ButtonPad-01-L-731833.jpg > http://www.pl0g.de/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/monome_1.jpg > > http://www.kxcad.net/modo/imgs/SSS-candles.png > http://img.tomshardware.com/us/2004/04/14/performance_leap/subsurface-scatter.jpg > > > -- > Thorsten Wilms I believe I understand your desire but for some reason I am having trouble making it work. :( Realizing the round buttons do resemble OSX my question is; are rounded button bad given the design elements of the Ubuntu logo? I noticed the highest rated theme at gnome-look.org use rounded buttons. http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Aurora+Smooth?content=80431 The highest downloaded theme is very OSX. http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/MacOS-X+Aqua +Theme?content=13548 The evidence seems to supports the fact rounded buttons are the desire. Having said that, if any of the "Breathe" folks (or anyone else) have an icon they would like to submit I would greatly appreciate the help. :) Remember it needs to display @ 13x13px resolution. John -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
