Dávid Horváth wrote: > Hey Dear Artists! > > I read a topic on Ubuntu.hu (Hungarian Ubuntu forum), and i would like to > bring you the message what i think is the conclusion of the discussion. > First have a look of these pictures, and observe them slowly. Try to > concentrate what feeling you have when you have a look at the first second, > and later on lets say in 15-20 seconds. If this is done, go to the next one > and try to analyse what you felt and compare them. Try to be objective. > > Computer 1 <http://www.stardock.com/products/desktopx/dx35/img31.jpg> > Computer > 2<http://seanmcgrath.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/sean-leopard-desktop.png> > Computer > 3<http://reformedmusings.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/jaunty-rc-desktop.jpg> > > I think it is quite obvious that the first one it the most engineered. You > start with your eye at the right upper corner at the clock, than follow the > line downwards, you loose interest, but you see now the wind-generators, so > you fallow them. It gets boring( in a few milliseconds) but there is the > horizon, so you fallow that. You have a look at the icons, what are quite > nice. You finish, but you still can observe at the clouds and the tray, what > has a decent colour. > > Have a look at the second picture: > First you see the welcoming colours and lines. You focus on the middle of > this miracle(a bit down, in the middle) and observe it. Its nice. You have a > look next to the icons in the bottom, make you feel there are many > functions, and possibilities, and you stop at the smiling face. Welcoming. > Precise, safe. Have a look at the stars( freedom, space) and go to the right > side of the screen with your eye. than the right top and left side. Nice. > The first one had a lot more impression so far. > > Lets observe the third one. > Nice welcoming warm colours, you stop at the middle line. Observe it a bit. > Nice, smooth lines.. As there is nothing at the bottom your focus goes up to > the upper right corner. Bob. Red button, punctuated icons, no structure. You > go on the tray to the right side, a big empty space, than an unpleasant > question mark.. blue.. how this came here? A too simple envelope.. and > firefox. Firefox.. like that. Fox and fire, and a bit blue, earth etc. Than > the signs, too narrow, too close, but i like the Ubuntu sign. Forgettable. > > Dont get me wrong. I love Ubuntu. I really do. I want to make it better, and > in these days marketing is one of the most important thing everywhere. We > cannot afford adverts, so we have to use other tools. We cannot afford a 20 > person big team for design, so we have to do it ourselves. Than do it nice! > If its big, lets make it Huge! (If its a goose, make it fat :) > Hungarian byword). > > > My opinion is that we should redesign Karmic Koala, and from now on make > Ubuntu a lot prettier. Compiz made a lot for Ubuntu's reputation. Why not > using it? Wobbling windows, special effects, turned on by default, if we > have a working 3d accel. Why not? We coul even do a startup script what > would show a 3d cube and slowly zoom on to on of the desktops. Would be > amazing. >
Generally, I agree with your post (welcome btw) but as we (being this list) having no control over the default art, it will be a little hard for us to: "redesign Karmic Koala, and from now on make Ubuntu a lot prettier." This list is for community art. We do have projects aimed to "make Ubuntu a lot prettier" just not by default. :) That's Canonicals call. Stick around though. There are many projects going on lately that are alot of fun. -Cory K. -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
